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AQHA FEATURE
2023 NUTRIEN SALE
2023 NUTRIEN CLASSIC CAMPDRAFT AQHA $ 2,500 BREEDER INCENTIVE
MARMELLO A2-3648 BREEDER : KYLIE GRAHAM - MUNGALLA STUD
WORDS BY : LYN HOFFMANN © 2023
Long-time AQHA Member and Breeder , Kylie Graham , has been a phenomenal supporter of the Nutrien Sale every year since first attending as a vendor in 2009 , at the second Nutrien Sale . As a breeder , she ’ s shown true commitment and great confidence in the Nutrien Sales platform .
Kylie is proud to have been awarded the AQHA Breeders Incentive Award for the Nutrien Classic Campdraft , as the breeder of the highest placed AQHA horse , 2018 chestnut gelding , Marmello , a horse carrying her signature Mello lines . Coincidentally , at the 2009 sale , she sold two horses there that were Mello babies .
Owned by Carolyn McNabb , Marmello A2-3648 , is by One Stylish Pepto Q-54631 , out of the palomino mare , Marshmello A1-9564 . The Kylie Graham bred gelding was ridden in the Nutrien Classic Campdraft by Campdraft specialist , Ben Hall . Ben and Marmello began well and had a great run for an overall equal shared placing of 10th-12th . Prior to Nutrien , Ben and Marmello won the Saltwater Grazing Futurity Draft , scoring 181 , at Armidale .
‘ Marmello ’ s dam , Marshmello , was foaled in 1999 .’ Kylie says . ‘ I ’ d bred this lovely mare , but sold her on as a 2yo . She went through a couple of owners , and although she ’ d never competed herself , I believe she did a lot of mustering and station work . I have no doubt that she would ’ ve been competitive . Her full brother , Mello Yello , was an Australian champion polocrosse horse and a finalist in the Cloncurry Stockmans Challenge .
Marshmello eventually fell into the hands of Troy Welsh , who used her as a broodmare and got some good foals out of her — one , maybe two that Kylie knows of that Troy showed in Cutting . Knowing her lines and her true worth , Kylie purchased her back as an aged broodmare . Marshmello was put straight into Kylie ’ s broodmare band , and she was able to get five foals from her , Marmello being the final one . All of her babies turned out to be very good , including Mello Mate , Mello Time , Smooth n Mello , Mello Senor , all competing successfully .
‘ My horse breeding journey began where I grew up , at Valley of Lagoons Station , north of Greenvale , Qld . I ’ d bought Doc ’ s Little Tivio Q-33046 , by Poco Peppy Doc Q-1516 , by Doc O ’ Lena . The mare I bred to him , Mello , an unregistered Quarter horse mare given to me by my parents , carried imported lines , including Clarence Robinson . Mello became my foundation mare , and that initial breeding produced Marshmello . Today , my Mello horses are in their 5th generation , with Marshmello , a half-sister to my main broodmare , Mello Oak .’
Like all discerning AQHA performance horse breeders , Kylie wants to know , that when it comes to any of Mungalla Stud ’ s progeny , she ’ s doing everything she can to make a positive impact in the future direction of the industry . Kylie sincerely thanks the AQHA for the recognition given to breeders through this great Incentive Award .
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