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An Australian Stock Horse competing in eventing. Around 190,000 Australian Stock Horses are registered or foals recorded with the Australian Stock Horse Society. [3] The Stock Horse is used in many competitive disciplines, including polo, polocrosse, dressage, campdrafting, show jumping, eventing, and endurance riding.
Formal recognition of Australian Stock Horses as a distinct breed began in June 1971 when over one hundred campdrafters and horse breeders met to form the Australian Stock Horse Society. The first sale of campdraft focused horses was held at the Landmark Classic Campdraft Sale, Tamworth on 24 May 2008. The 103 horses sold to (A$)$51,000 and ...
Australian horses were sent overseas from the 1830s; between the 1840s and 1940s, there was a steady trade in Walers to the British Indian Army. [5] In Australia's two wars of the early 20th century—the Second Boer War and World War I—the Waler was the backbone of the Australian Light Horse mounted forces.
The final Inglis Easter Yearling Sale to be held at the historic Newmarket premises was April 12, 2017. In 2020, Inglis became the first Thoroughbred auction house to host a major yearling sale in a virtual format, with its two-day Inglis Australian Easter Yearling relying entirely on online and phone bidding due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ...
A stock horse is a horse of a type that is well suited for working with livestock, particularly cattle. [1] The related cow pony or cow horse is a historic phrase, still used colloquially today, referring to a particularly small agile cattle-herding horse; [ 2 ] the term dates to 1874. [ 3 ]
Stock horse, agile, heavily muscled riding horses of several different breeds, suitable for working cattle. Not to be confused with the breed Australian Stock Horse. Some representatives colloquially called "cow horse" or "cow pony" in the western United States.
Over the years, Ultra Thoroughbreds diversified, purchasing stock at all stages of development, including a recent focus on ‘two year old in training’ sales. This is in addition to the company's interest in the purchasing and sale of weanlings, yearlings, tried horses and broodmares. [5]
The purpose of these criteria is to include only horses that should be recognised as being Australasian. Horse must have earned at least $5,000,000 (AUD) in total career prizemoney according to Racing Australia. [1] Horse must have earned at least $2,500,000 (AUD) in total career prizemoney in Australian and/or New Zealand races.