CONSTANCE

Constance is an extremely beautiful baroque pure friesian filly out of our mare Hannah (see Mares page) by Wessel, born 10/05/08. She has gorgeous action and as you can see from the photos compact conformation, a very pretty feminine head  along with a sweet temperament. We think she should mature to approx. 16Hh  and would make a fantastic ride or drive mare.

All the pics are of her at 3 months old.

£3700.

Sire: Wessel

Dam: Hannah

ORLA - FRIESIAN WARMBLOOD

Orla is a stunning, bay, yearling filly by Willow Warbler (registered Thoroughbred) out of Wessel born 03/05/07. She has compact, perfect conformation and should mature to approx. 16 Hh. She has Willow's fantastic laid back temperament, but also has her Dad's really fancy action as well - she is just like a top class warmblood. She would make the perfect competition/show horse and a definite future broodmare prospect. There are pics of her mother and brothers above, on the SOLD HORSES and STALLIONS pages.
Definitely not one to miss as she will go far in the right home. A must see youngster, her full brother Phoenix - we are retaining as a stallion, can be seen on the stud as well as her sire Wessel and dam Willow.

Reduced from £3200 to £2900.

Orla in both of these pics at 1yr old.

Orla as a gawky yearling!

Sire: Wessel.

Dam: Willow Warbler - See below.

SOLOMAN - FRIESIAN WARMBLOOD.

Soloman is a very handsome, bay, colt foal born 28/04/08 by Wessel out of our thoroughbred mare Bolula . He should mature to over 15.3Hh, has perfect, compact conformation, a really sweet temperament and amazing action , he has also inherited  Bolula's speed as he is very fast!
Soloman is not a youngster to be missed as he has loads of potential and would make a fantastic eventer, dressage or allround horse, we think he could definately go far in the right home.
We also have his full brother Samson for sale, we think they could make an excellent driving pair as they are almost identical in every way. See below for more information and pictures of his dam Bolula and also below for pictures of his brother Samson.
Soloman will be available one month after weaning in Ocotber/November.
Deposit secures.

Reduced from £2900 to £2700.

Soloman + Bolula = £4200

(reduced from £4600).

Soloman + Samson = £4600.

Soloman, Samson + Bolula = £6600 (reduced from £6900).

Sire: Wessel.

Dam: Bolula.

Soloman at 3 months old.

Soloman at just coming up 3 weeks old.

WILLOW WARBLER (IRE)

Willow Warbler is a stunning, compact 8 year old Thoroughbred mare she is about 15.3Hh and has perfect conformation. Wetherby's registered she is by ENTREPRENEUR(GB) winner of the 2000 Guineas -  (GRP 1) .  Her dam is Miss Willow Bend(USA), by Willow Hour(USA).  Willow's half sisters have fetched up to 32,000 guineas at Tattersalls, Newmarket.  She would also be perfect for breeding flat or national hunt horses, as she is definitely good enough, has the pedigree and stamps her stock.  
She can run with the stallion, is easy to cover, get in foal (has always taken first time) and produces great looking foals- the perfect broodmare really! 
Her foal from 2004 by Nero ( Friesian)  looks just like a top warmblood foal and is now sold  as a show and event horse - see Sold Horses page.   She has very large powerful quarters which she certainly passes on!  You can see her stunning 2005 son - Aramis on the Sold Horses page as he has just been sold as a general riding/possible competition horse, her 2006 colt, Phoenix, on the stallions page and pics of her now weaned, bay filly foal by Wessel below.
Willow  was put back to Wessel in 2007 and foaled on 30/05/08 and had a very handsome colt foal - see the NEWS PAGE for pics of her new foal.
Willow is for sale with colt foal Quintus at foot or can be sold separately at weaning time.                                             Willow is not being put back in foal this year as she is having a well earned rest after having had 5 foals in a row!

Reduced from £3900 to £3300 - including a free covering for 2009.

Willow + Quintus = £5300 (reduced from £6000).

Willow’s 1st foal - Maximus as a 2yr old.

Willow’s 2nd foal - Aramis as a 2yr old.

Willow’s 3rd foal - Phoenix as a 2yr old.

Orla - Willow’s 4th foal (a filly) as a yearling.

Quintus - Willow’s 5th foal.

SAMSON - FRIESIAN WARMBLOOD

The face of innocence after taking a bite out of poor Moo, the stags, bum!!! - 5 months old.

As you can see Samson is very tall young colt! - born 10.4.07.   He has to have been the tallest foal we've ever had - he was just all legs when he was born!  He is a very athletic looking youngster he should make around 16.2 Hh+, he is built very much along the lines of a TB but moves very much like a friesian with the higher action in front, he really uses his quarters well under himself and has a very impressive turn of speed, he would make a fantastic event/dressage or driving horse, he's certainly got a good engine on him!  He is of course by Wessel out of our TB mare Bolula, she is by the sprint stallion Tagula, Bolula was placed the few times that she did race before we bought her (she is also for sale see below), he has inherited her deep chest and will have good bone from Wessel, he is very sweet natured and laid back, like both parents.  

Samson has been gelded (13/2/08), he behaved perfectly.  He is also chipped and vaccinated. He now has a little brother called Soloman - see NEWS page born 28/4/08 by Wessel, and they would make a perfect driving pair - they have both got a white sock but on opposite hinds. Soloman will be for sale soon and we would do a good deal for the 2 or even with thier Dam Bolula back in foal as well for 2009 - please ask us for details.

£2800.

Samson + Soloman = £ 4600.

Samson, Soloman + Bolula = £6600 (reduced from £6900).

Sire: Wessel.

Dam: Bolula.

QUINTUS - FRIESIAN WARMBLOOD.

Quintus is a very handsome,dark bay, colt foal, born 30/05/08, out of the Thoroughbred mare Willow Warbler by Wessel and should mature to over 15.2Hh. We are extremley pleased with him as he is just like his full brother Phoenix (who we've retained as a stallion prospect), lovely temperament, compact, perfect conformation with a beautiful head and Willow's powerful back end!
We think he will go far in any discipline, but would make a fantastic competition horse/ eventer and a possible stallion prospect too.
A fantastic opportunity to acquire a horse with serious potential, not a horse to be missed. 
Pictures of his full sister Orla can be seen above and his other brothers, Aramis and Maximus, above and on the SOLD HORSES page, his full brother Phoenix can be seen on the Stallions page. Orla and Phoenix can be seen on the stud as well as Willow and Wessel. Quintus is for sale with his dam or can be sold separately one month after weaning October/November time.

Reduced from £3000 to £2700.

Quintus + Willow = £5300 (reduced from £6000).

Sire: Wessel.

Dam: Willow Warbler.

BOLULA.

Bolula ( called Socks at home) is a stunning 9 year old, 15.2 Hh, Wetherby's registered Thoroughbred mare. She has a beautiful head which inclines towards an arab, she has wonderful short cannons and a really good sloping shoulder with plenty of depth through the girth. Bolula is a really speedy mare  who was placed a few times in her racing career winning about £ 2000. She is by a top sprinting stallion TAGULA who won the Prix Morny (GRP1) and the July Stakes (GRP 3).  Tagula's offspring have won Group races and prize money over £5,400,000.
Bolula had one foal in 2004, an Anglo Arab by Eternal Dream, she is easy to get in foal and is a really good mother.
Bolula’s 2006 foal was by Recording Session - (a registered TB ), we were really pleased with him.          She  had a huge, bay colt foal born 10/4/07, he's going to be a stunning chunky boy!! - See GALLERY 2 page for pics of colt - we have named him Samson.  She is due to foal around the beginning of April 2008.  She will most likely throw something exactly the same as her colt Samson this year - good opportunity to produce a driving pair!.
Socks foaled on the 28/04/08 and produced a gorgeous, big, bay, colt foal  called Soloman (pic below) and is now for sale above. Also check the NEWS page for more pics of him.
Bolula is for sale with Soloman or can be sold separately at weaning time and we are also doing a deal for her, Soloman and her yearling son Samson. Bolula also comes with a free covering to any of our stallions.

Reduced from £2900 to £2300.

Bolula + Soloman = £4200 ( reduced from £4600).

Bolula, Soloman + Samson = £6600 (reduced from £6900).

Bolula’s 1st foal an Anglo Arab, who has gone on to be a show jumper. As a foal above and as a weanling below.

Bolula’s 2nd foal by reg. TB stallion, he got 4th place at the Dalsotn show on his first outing, in the hunter yearling class with his new owners, and looking very smart.

Bolula with her 3rd foal Samson.

Soloman - Bolula’s 4th foal at 3 months old.

FISH AT DAWN.

 Fish At Dawn is a stunning example of a Thoroughbred, she has a fantastic temperament - very people orientated, her action is more towards a warmblood and she has very good conformation as you can see.  She is 9yrs old and is Wetherbys registered and is by the TB stallion MARLIN who is by the famous RED RANSOM ( he has a stud fee of £35000 and is sire of the GRP 1 winning stallion INTIKHAB and the up and coming sire ERKRAAR !)  So a very well bred mare!  She is 16.3 Hh and we have had her since she was a 3 yr old, she was broken to race but never did as she was still growing when we bought her!
She had a stunning foal in 2006,  by our friesian stallion Wessel, we were so pleased with the filly foal - Arwen (see top of for sale page), that we were umming and aaahing over wether to keep Fish At Dawn as she really is a sort hard to find nowadays, but as we are hoping to get in another 2 or 3 friesian mares in the next couple of months we just don't have enough stables for them all!!  Our vet bought Arwen to go eventing in a few years time, so we look forward to see how she gets on, she will also be going to a few shows in 2008 so we will keep you updated on how she does.
She was scanned in foal at 21 days at the end of June '06, but we had her scanned again and she had reabsorbed it. The vet checked her uterus and ovaries and everything was perfectly normal. Unfortunately it is not possible to get a mare in foal every time- it's just one of those things, we were very disappointed though as she did produce one of the best looking foals we have had  to date and she sold for just under £4000 as a yearling!. She really is a great mare, easy to cover and can run with the stallion. She was also a super mum.   She did get in foal last year however first time and is due around the middle of May 2008.
Filly foaled on 22/05/08 and produced an enormous, bay, colt foal called Archer - see the NEWS page for more pics.
Filly is for sale with Archer or can be sold by herself after weaning. She will be for sale with a free covering to any of our stallions.

Reduced from £2900 to £2300.

Filly + Archer = £3800 (reduced from £4200).

Arwen - Filly’s 1st foal as at a couple of months old and below as a 2yr old.

Filly’s 2008 colt foal - Archer.

Please note - we will do very good deals if you would like to buy more than one horse!!, please ask us as we are flexible, we will also do good deals to competition/show homes as we want our youngsters seen out and about!!

IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFO. , MORE PICTURES, VIDEOS  OR WOULD LIKE TO ARRANGE A VISIT - VETTINGS WELCOME.  THEN RING OR EMAIL US :
016973 20572
info@mealrigg-stud.co.uk

                                        TERMS OF SALE:

Vettings welcome and we do advise you get one done!!  We can give you numbers of several vets in the county that are not the ones we use, so please ask.
Once a deposit has been placed, the horse must be collected within 2 weeks, after that we will charge a livery fee of £40 per week during the spring/summer months - winter will be £80 per week.  (This does not apply to foals for the first month after weaning, their purchase price includes worming/passport/first vaccination/microchip and gelding if purchaser wants.)  If the horse is not collected after 1 month after the deposit has been placed, then the sale will be cancelled.  If you are stuck for transport please ask us for transporters we can recommend, or look in the back of the Horse and Hound.                                          
The full amount for the horse must be paid in full BEFORE the horse leaves the stud and all cheques have cleared, we do not accept monthly payments or direct debits!                                                                                                                  
We also do not do part exchanges/loans or swaps(for horses, any items of farm machinery or other livestock!!!) - and yes we have had people try this!!            

                                                                
NO TIMEWASTERS/TYRE KICKERS  - PLEASE!!! - you don't fill up your trolley in Tesco and then ask the checkout person to hold it all for you for months on end while you save up!!!!!!!!!!!
We are not a livery yard either and cannot keep your foal until it is full grown and ready to train or winter it for you - we just don't have the space!!!

              ORLA’S VIDEO

- or click HERE if you need to link to YOUTUBE to see it.

                   SOLOMAN’S VIDEO

- or click HERE if you need to go to YOUTUBE to sse it.

Samson (middle) as a yearling, along with Otto and Phoenix.

The picture above and all the pics below are of Samson as a yearling.