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~~ Swing Time Horses ~~ Now I lay me down to rest Below is a collection of Swing Time horses, some have been sold, some have been retained by the stud, some are from our stallions and mares, some are not. If you have purchased or bred a Swing Time horse please drop a line (photos are great too!) to Sandra and let her know what they are up to. Then you can be added to the list below! Progeny of Jaybee Calibre Swing Time Copper - Sold By Jaybee Calibre out of HP Mylander. Sold as a broken-in 3 yr old to NSW in April 2008, was standing at 15.3hh at that time.
Copper with Sandra Copper with Sandra In mid 2007 I had finally saved enough $$ to purchase my first 'non ex-racehorse' and so embarked on what I thought would be a relatively simple search for a nice moving, young horse with a good temperament, that had been well started and had good feet. Simple! I thought…I now have 47 video's at home of various horses that on paper (in mags, internet, word of mouth) sounded likely candidates. I looked in a price category up to $30,000 since prices are often a wish list and I first needed to identify a horse with the characteristics I needed. In the end I only went to see 2 horses - Swing Time Copper and another horse (the other horse didn't even compare to Copper). The rest of the video footage in the most part was of horses ridden on the forehand, fussy mouths, unhappy, bottled up, lazy and VERY uneven behind…need I say more. On the other hand, I sent an email to Sandra Trott with a list of my requirements (as above, not a long list!) and she immediately got back to me with details of 2 young horses she had. She then sent comprehensive video footage of both showing them under saddle and also free jumping. The horses were both very nice types, lovely moving, had good limbs and looked HAPPY! They were being ridden in such a suitable young horse fashion - forward, soft & relaxed. Both had a great jump and both had fabulous movement. I have subsequently purchased one and couldn't be happier. He is 3 ½ yrs old so still a baby but, the walk, the trot, the canter (esp. the canter!) are just so fabulous. Big, straight and balanced. I have never worked with such a balanced young horse. At the vet-check the vet was blown away by how supple Max ( the new name for Copper - sorry Sandra, that was my husbands bit of input, renaming the horse!) is, he had never seen a horse so supple and loose. His temperament is divine - he's no sloth but takes everything so well and accepts things, you generally only have to explain things to him once and he 'gets it'! He is the type of horse that does notice and look at strange things (as any young horse does) but he wants to go towards things and check them out - I LOVE that in a horse! I would thoroughly recommend Swing Time horse to anyone looking to purchase a horse - Sandra and her family have great common-sense horse skills and so the horses are brilliant to handle & ride. Max has come to me good to catch, lead, ties up well, good with his feet and is excellent to ride. Add to that the fact that Sandra gets the info to you quickly and is honest. Trust me, after 47 videos and 100's of conversations with horse-dealers, the Swing Time organisation is really great to deal with. When I look to purchase my next horse I will go to Swing Time first! Swing Time Cloudy Kid - Part of the ST Team By Jaybee Calibre out of Evening Storm xx, 15.2hh, 2003 Swing Time Cazoo - Sold By Jaybee Calibre out of Zoe (Stockhorse mare). Sold as a broken in 3 1/2 yr old gelding.
At his first official outing he scored a 64% and was placed 5th in his Preliminary 1.2 at PRARG Two Star in August 08. The photo below shows him in action. Photo taken by Horses and People Magazine Cazoo and Melanie "I have recently purchased Swing Time Cazoo, by Calibre from an ASH mare. I have ridden for professional German barns on horses from Europe's leading sires. Cazoo will do me any day. Watch out for him in 2008. I am pleased to support the Australian Warmblood breeding industry". Swing Time Chips - Sold By Jaybee Calibre out of Jes's Memory xx (Aythorpe). Sold as a 3 1/2 yr old broken-in gelding June 2008, standing a 16.1hh. Swing Time Chips was a short term member of the Swing Time Competition team. He was a lovely horse, with a super temperament - very forgiving. Results with Sandra Trott 2 March 2008 - Bunderberg Country Dressage Group 1st Preliminary 1.1 70.41% (Associate) 3rd Preliminary 1.2 61.2% (Associate) Swing Time Camelot - Sold
By Jaybee Calibre out of Freeda. Purchased from Swing Time as an unbroken 2 1/2 year old in June 2007. "He is such an amazing horse. He is always surprising me with bigger movement, I never believed he could move like that, even my trainer is excited and thinks he is world class. Thank you so much! He also free jumps really nicely and was very easy to break in, not one buck and absolutely no spook ever. He was very sensible and I definitely recommend Calibre to anyone. He is still growing and is already 16.2hh and we think will be at least 17hh. Thanks again for my beautiful boy". Progeny of Swing Time My Cosmo Swing Time Misty - Part of the ST Team Bay, Filly, Born 28.12.04 14.3hh Swing Time Marcello (aka Major Tom) - Sold By Swing Time My Cosmo out of Freeda (Northern Ty Cardin), Sold unbroken July 2008 to Melanie Schmerglatt. Marcello and Melanie Marcello and Melanie Swing Time Merlin - Sold By: Swing Time My Cosmoout of Thooruna Xena (Stockhorse) Merlin is a very special horse who was very hard to part with. He was a horse that when ridden felt like he had "Done it all before", it was almost surreal at times. On his first cross country training day he never put a foot wrong and felt like he had done a year of training already! He showed a great talent cross country with only very little exposure, he managed to go under time on the Intro course at TWB and he wasn't even trying. On the flat he was super uncomplicated with an extreamly balanced canter. He has now found a lovely home with an up and coming dressage rider. We look forward to their future together. A one in a million horse. Mundubbera Show Toowoomba ODE Kooralbyn ODE Burpengary ODE Cooloola Dressage - March Swing Time Swift - SOLD Black/Brown, Filly, Born 8.11.05, 14.2hh Swing Time Swift - Photos Toowoomba ODE Kooralbyn ODE Burpengary ODE Cooloola Dressage - March Owned, Bred and Campaigned by Swing Time Swing Time Goblin - Sold
By Centure Gladiator out of Swing Time Sparky (stockhorse). Purchased from Swing Time as a riding horse at 5 years old in October 2007. In competition with Sandra Goblin was a super horse to ride. He was extremely trainable and was very calm and sensible in the competition arena. We are very happy he found Kieran in the midst of the EI crises and they have become a great team. Results with Sandra 4 March 2007 - Bunderberg Country Dressage Group 1st Official Preliminary 1.2 71.89% His first competition! 10 June 2007 - Cooloola Dressage Association 1st Official Novice 2.2 63.4% 1st Official Novice 2.4 66.4% June 2007 - Cabolture South East Queensland 2 Star Championships 1st Official Preliminary 1.4 68.4% 6th Official Preliminary 1.2 65.4% 6th 4 Year old Young Horse Class "I believe that our horses find us. Swing Time Goblin is a 5 year old warmblood cross stockhorse bred by Sandra, that found me via horse deals in the midst of the EI crisis. Not a great time to be buying or selling a horse, but from the moment I viewed his video I knew he was one very special horse. I event and compete in dressage and needed an athletic all rounder with a great trainable temperament and lots of spunk. Goblin is all this and more. He had shown his talent for dressage prior to my purchase and is now doing his schooling showjumping and cross country, showing huge potential and absolutely loved by all his instructors. I plan to spend the first half of this year training and doing as many clinics and schools as I can then start his official competitions in the later part of the year. Sandra conducts her business extremely professionally and he after sales service and support is amazing. I feel like I am now apart of the Swing Time family and hope to make them very proud of us in the years to come. Castellano Damascus - SOLD By Mayville Lodge Jakara (Andalusion)out of Athena xx, Bay, Geld, Born 31.10.98, 16.3hh. This site Developed by: BIPL Digital Productions: © 2008. This site Maintained by Sandra Trott. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
