Skyview Stud

Delta was graded Premium by ACE as a foal against the warmbloods, which is an exceptional result for an Australian Stock Horse. 

She has shown and won at State Championship, Royal Show and National level, and was the
2014 National Palomino Horse of the Year Under Saddle.

We purchased Delta as an 11 month old weanling from Coldstream Park in VIC. 

She is by Goldmine Illusion-HSH and out of Benediction, a wonderful brown thoroughbred mare by Bianconi. 

Delta is genuine, has a wonderful people-orientated and loving temperament, is 8 years old, and was my riding horse for 4 years.  I have never seen her have a "mare moment" and she has been very quiet when in season.

She has been educated to novice dressage, is a good jumper and her favourite trick was to jump up the hunt drop-down jumps in the paddock by herself at liberty, has good conformation, fantastic legs, a lovely warm temperament and a super comfortable canter.  

For palomino breeders, the below photos show Delta's coat colour in Spring.  She is a beautiful golden palomino, does not smut regardless of what we have fed her, and has one slightly darker spot on the off hind about the size of a 20 cent coin.

The below photo is Delta as a 4yo, beginning her formal education.

Delta is also, to our knowledge, the tallest Heritage dilute stock horse in Australia, and currently stands at just a whisker over 16.2h, unshod. 

She is perfect for breeding with warmbloods, arabians, thoroughbreds and stock horses, for palomino, buckskin, cremello or perlino foals.  She also DNA tests brown / black, so put to the right stallion, will have jet black foals.

Delta had a significant wire vs hind leg injury as a 2yo, and therefore we have priced her for sale as a top quality broodmare.   The injury did not include any tendon damage, however there was some exposed canon bone and Delta has had an operation to remove a small bone chip called a sequestrum, that resulted from the bone exposure.  The leg has healed well, with a scar.  She was shown successfully post-this, as can be seen from the photos below.

She has been out of work now for around 9 months as we have young horses coming through, but can be ridden, is 100% paddock sound, and was sound to ride and compete at State Championship and Royal level.  She has not been given pain or anti inflammatory medication since the leg healed, however very occasionally when she turns quickly in the paddock, she may take a slightly shorter step on the leg in question, and we are not sure if she would be riding-sound long term or as a ridden horse in full work.

It has been a very tough decision to put Delta on the market, and she is only for sale as we now have two National Supreme Dilute mares in our band plus our Elite warmblood mare, and this year's filly foal Skyview Elegance is absolutely outstanding.  So unfortunately whilst both working full time + the stud, to keep the filly we have to part with one of the mares.  Finding a suitable new owner for Delta is very important to us, as she is a member of our extended family.

Coldstream Diamonds Are Forever-HSH is our palomino Heritage Australian Stock Horse mare, 16.2h.  Bred by Wendy Ansell, Coldstream Park, in VIC, she was purchased by Skyview Stud in July 2010 as an 11 month old, as a future show and all-round performance horse, and potential stud broodmare.

Diamonds Are Forever (Delta) was selected for her good breeding, conformation, movement, great height for an Australian Stock Horse, and lovely clear rich palomino colour.

Her dam (Benediction) has excellent thoroughbred breeding with sire Bianconi (by Danzig, Northern Dancer) and out of a dam by At Talaq out of a Century mare.

Delta was ACE assessed (predominantly warmbloods) in 2010 as a foal receiving a Premium Award, including 77% for conformation and the assessor's comment "very nice canter".