August 2006

21 Aug Elegance is sold to Karen Theobald of Whittaborough Stud

9 Aug 2 more temporary stables built - the next 8 will be completed shortly...

July 2006

25 Jul 7 of the Rollestone mares have been scanned in foal at 42 days, and fingers crossed that Kachina in Germany is also still in foal. Elana unfortunately did not scan in foal so we have decided to leave her for the rest of this season as it is getting late. We will try again in 2007. Here's hoping for 8 healthy foals in 2007

25 Jul The Rollestone liveries now have their own page here

25 Jul Several new horses added to the Rollestone Classifieds section

1 Jul A few spot yearling Knabstrupper colt arrives from Germany - Angelo af Asgard. "Ghost" is a possible future stallion prospect, although this will depend very much upon how he matures over the next 2 years.

1 Jul 1 horse and 1 pony added to the Classifieds

June 06

30 Jun Marstacre Bambi scanned in foal to Centyfield Figiel

23 Jun Nutmeg scanned in foal to Centyfor

19 Jun Sonny's Kachina, a few spot Knabstrupper mare currently in Germany, is now officially ours. She will be joining the Rollestone mares in September when her 2006 filly is weaned. See the Mares page for more details of Kachina

17 Jun Marstacre Ballerina II scanned in foal to Faust Af Elmelygaard

14 Jun New Rollestone Classifieds section - free equestrian adverts. 1 Horse and 1 youngster currently offered for sale

12 Jun Olympus Eclipse scanned in foal to Hamlet Frydenlund

6 Jun Arctic Dancing Queen scanned in foal to Centyfield Figiel

4 Jun Ella leaves for her new home in the Cotswolds.

May 06

30 May The diggers finally move in to the orchard to level the area ready for the new stable yard

30 May Holme Park Kossette & Lozanna scanned still in foal still at 42 days to Hamlet Frydenlund & Centyfor

20 May Bolero is sold to George & Heather from Somerset

17 May Ella is sold to Nicola in the Cotswolds

12 May Holme Park Kossette returns home from stud

10 May Lozanna is scanned in foal to Centyfor and Holme Park Kossette is scanned in foal to Hamlet Frydenlund

4 May 10 days late Marstacre Ballerina finally foals - a strapping near leopard spotted colt - More pictureson his page here

April 2006

13 April Marstacre Bambi & Lozanna taken to stud

12 April 2 more grass liveries arrive all the way from Cheshire. Honey an Irish Sports Horse and her 2 year old filly Cocoa have come to Rollestone for a while

12 April Finally! 17 days late but more than worth the wait, Olympus Eclipse has foaled and what a cracker. A beautiful leopard spotted filly shown below at less than an hour old. More pictures on her page here

9 April Inde-Cent travels to Cheshire for the CHAPS Gala evening, as an example of the elite stallion Centyfor's progeny. Still not quite a yearling it was a big day for the young fellah, but he behaved impeccably, and didn't let the side down! A very short video clip can be found here

6 April Sadly an internal exam confirms our suspicions that Arctic Dancing Queen is no longer in foal

1 April New livery Darcy arrives, a very smart TB gelding

March 2006

30 Mar 3 new liveries have arrived, infoal mare Willow & Welsh D Jonesy, as well as Welsh D mare Golly - all arrived this month from the local area

13 Mar Holme Park Kossette & Lozanna are taken to Centyfield to be covered by Hamlet & Centyfor respectively

5 Mar Duke, a cheeky coloured pony arrives on DIY grass livery

February 2006

21 Feb Rollestone Kashaya is sold to Karen Hardwick of North Somerset

18 Feb Rollestone Lolita is sold locally to Tracy Langly of Exeter

12 Feb Tally the young TB who has spent the winter here maturing returned home to the Newforest to prepare for the showing season

11 Feb A new livery arrives - Paddy has come all the way from the Basingstoke area to enjoy his retirement at Rollestone

31 Jan After a very speedy labour (Sarah was mucking out the foals 4 hours before the birth) Sarah and Chris's second daughter was born 2 weeks early, weighing 7lb 4 1/2oz - Welcome to Rollestone Alaya!

29 Jan Our new broodmare, Elana, arrives safely from Germany in the small hours of the night. More pictures and details to follow but for now below is a photo taken in Germany

13 Jan Lolita and No Regrets are successfully weaned

1 Jan Happy New Year to all!