Very pretty chestnut filly with a big white blaze. She has personality plus, as well as three great paces.  She is very light and forward and a lovely ride. Bianca is the first foal by our new colt, Bravo Romulus (by Northern Romulus out of a Salute/Precipitation mare). Bianca is out of Acacia Ridge Ceres who competed in dressage and then SJ before being put to stud, Ceres is by Mc Cartney, a son of Souvenir so imparts some of Australia's best jumping lines, plus the German performance lines of Falkland, Arnhem, Salute and Flaneur. Bianca is being retained by the stud and has just started her competition career with Denise for a second out of a big field in her first preliminary, watch the news pages for updates on her progress.
 

Bravo was bred by Sally Haxwell of Inverwood Stud and was purchased by Acacia Ridge Stud when he was only five weeks old, he is by Northern Romulus who was by Falkland Victory out of Arnhem Dutch WB mare. Romulus had just gone Prix St Georges and had won the Advanced at the State Championships when he unfortunately developed colic and died when recovering from surgery. Sally kindly offered me Bravo the day after Romulus died and I purchased him at five weeks of age. His dam carries the famous Salute lines on her sire side and his granddam's lineage goes back to Precipitation who has been an outstanding TB sire of jumping horses. Bravo has lovely free movement and a fantastic style over jumps, topped by an exceptional temperament. Bravo went to Wendy Schaeffer as a four year old and was just about to start his competitive career with Wendy when EI broke out and all events were cancelled. He then came home to Acacia Ridge where, due to my ensuing ill health he was a paddock pony for three years. With the advent of Colette arriving from Germany to work at Acacia Ridge Stud we now have Bravo in full work. Bravo and Colette have competed twice at official Novice level dressage for three seconds and a fourth with very good percentages we will be aiming him for the State Dressage Championships in May and they will also be competing in their first one day event at Kirkaldy Park in mid May. This will be a first for both of them, Colette has mainly schooled and competed in dressage in Germany but is taking to cross country like a duck to water with the aid of Bravo who is very forward and very brave . Watch the “news pages” for updates on their progress.