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AQHA FEATURE
Mark Buttsworth and Branchvale Metal Alloy Q-93525
believe Branchvale Metal Alloy Q-93525 is one
of those. To top it off he has a lovely temperament
and is always a pleasure to be around.’
Broken-in by Daniel Lithgow of Chinchilla,
the plan for Alloy was always that he would
go to Mark Buttsworth for his training, to
find out just what his potential was. With
positive feedback from both trainers, who’ve
each respectively done a wonderful job with
him, there was always talk to aim for the
NCHA Futurity, and later, aged events and
Campdrafting.
‘The new owner has left him with Mark and it
looks like the plans will go ahead. For us, that’s
good to know. Mark knows the horse and
the horse knows him and it’s wonderful that
someone else can see what we could always
see—the potential that this horse has and the
training he’s had so far!’
Merle and Derek hope those at Koobah
Performance Horses enjoy Alloy as much as
they have and will certainly be watching his
career and future with great interest.
‘We’d also like to thank Nutrien for putting
on such a great event! Merle adds. ‘Not
only do they promote the horse industry very
professionally, but their use of new ideas is
refreshing!’
THE TRAINER
Trainer, Mark Buttsworth, of Kingaroy, Qld,
likes Alloy and says he’s a really nice colt to
work with and is naturally very soft.
‘Breaker, Daniel Lithgow put a real good
foundation on the colt before I started with
him and that made my job a lot easier. When I
started him on cattle, I found that he just had a
natural talent from day one. There was a good
rate of speed there, a natural stop and he really
wanted to read a cow.’
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