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Cooldust - AQHA FM 24670
Photo by: Hickorwee Photography
‘She was not bred last year due to the
drought conditions. She is not an easy
mare to embryo, but we are hoping for
an embryo before putting her in foal this
year.’
Ben didn’t keep a record of her wins, but
from memory, she won the following and
many, many other placings. He thinks it’s
over 60 Open Campdraft wins.
Cooldust won two Novices before she
won an Open.
Pussycat Bore NT Open x 2
Adelaide River NT Open x 2
Tennant Creek NT Open x 2 plus Novice
Daley Waters NT x2
Nindigully Open x2
Nundle
Quirindi
St George
Yetman
Weengallon
2010: Nixon’s Crossing NT Moroak
Station Open Winner
2012: Warwick Gold Cup Winner
(Run-Off with Terry Hall & Conman)
2013: Goondiwindi Restricted
Open with 94 points
2013: Brunette Downs NT
3 round Open Winner
2013: Knudsen Chinchilla
Restricted Open Winner
2013: 3rd Warwick Gold Cup
2013 & 2015 - Won the Kilbeggan
Mug twice (highest first-round score
at the Chinchilla Grandfather Clock)
2014: Katherine Open Winner
2014: Halls Creek Restricted Open Winner
2014: Dirranbandi Open
2014: 2nd in the Open Cloncurry Challenge
2014: Toowoomba Beef Expo Open Winner
2014: Upper Horton Open Winner
2016: Texas Open
2016: Stanthorpe Open
2016: Inverell Restricted Open winner
2016: ABCRA Ben won the Open Rider
Aggregate on Cooldust
2017: Landmark Classic Open Winner
2017: Barraba Open Winner
& 2nd in Restricted
2017: Manilla Restricted Open Winner
2017: ABCRA Open Horse
of the Year Runner up
2018: 2nd Willinga Park Dash for Cash
2019: Geoff Seccombe Restricted Open
at Tyringham (Kylie riding)
2019: AQHA Q19 Open Winner
2019: ABCRA Open Horse Zone Winner
Cooldust has also won a Junior and two
Senior Challenges.
Ben and Kylie’s plans are to keep
breeding and selling horses. They have
an amazing facility on the outskirts of
Tamworth for their broodmares and
Stallions at Stud. The couple is keen
to get back into Cutting; ‘Supernova’
is being trained by Ben for the Snaffle
Bit Futurity in Tamworth later this
year. ‘Coolish’ will go to a Pro Trainer
before coming back to Campdrafting.
Wishing Cooldust a speedy recovery,
may she spend the rest of her days raising
champions like herself.
We look forward to watching the progress
and the success of her progeny in the
Cutting and Campdrafting arenas.
MAY/JUNE ISSUE ~ YEARBOOK 2020