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VELVET QUARTER HORSE RANCH
ARTICLE & PHOTOS BY: VELVET QUARTER HORSE RANCH
Formally known as Velvet Stud, it is now known as
Velvet Quarter Horse Ranch (VQHR). After looking for a
property in the Southern Highlands in NSW, Sue Gibson along with
her daughter Kodie and son Sam, purchased the property in June 2018.
Velvet Quarter Horse Ranch
white yards in the morning
ocated at Robertson
and only 30 minutes
to the magnificent
South coast beaches
and a 90 minute drive
to the Sydney CBD, this was the
perfect location. Set on a lush
122 acres, natural rain forests
are a feature along with spring
fed dams that ensure a constant
water supply and an annual
rainfall around 60 inches.
Over the years, the property
has been pasture improved and
a regimental fertilizer program
has insured that the pastures are
green all year long.
With a history second to none,
It hosted and catered to the
Australian Show jumping
team during the 2000 Sydney
Olympics as its training base,
also Gai Waterhouse used the
thoroughbred stud to run her
yearlings prior to them being
broken in. The property was
also once owned by Australian
fashion designer Lisa Ho, who
staged some of the most talked
about parties which the locals
and Sydney siders still talk
about.
The search for a Manager
started in early 2018 and Ricky
Glen who had trained horses for
the family in Western Australia
prior was given the key position.
Ricky arrived in July 2018 and
under took the revamp of the
ranch which has transformed it
to what it is today.
Velvet Quarter Horse Ranch
has a state of the art equestrian
complex which includes a 10
stall barn, an indoor round yard
which is more than large enough
to ride in, an entertainment area
and bar area which overlooks
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