SISTER MONTY- FM
SISTER MONTY- FM was the full sister to an outstanding performer called Monty. Such was the prowess of this brilliant 15 hand horse that could jump 6 feet, that on Monty’ s passing as an 18 year old, The Northern Daily Leader described him as the best horse seen in the district in the last decade.
SISTER MONTY- FM was not to follow in his footsteps as a performer, as a smashed hip relegated her to the broodmare paddock. All was not lost however, as SISTER MONTY- FM has proved to be one of our most influential mares.
SISTER MONTY- FM has over 3,100 descendants. Her sire Starlight was purchased by Ventry Mc Lennan in 1954 from FB Haydon. Starlight was by Young Valais and out of Opal who was by Haydon’ s Starlight and out of Topaz.
On the dam’ s side, SISTER MONTY- FM was out of Black Opal by a Dandelion Colt. Dandelion, the grandsire, was a pony brought into the North Coast area in approximately 1903. This pony was to have a great influence in the Northern NSW area from around 1910 to 1950.
In 1962 her first foal by Sheedys Radar was a filly called, Robin, that was sold to the Lockwood Family and went on to win‘ everything’.
Her second foal was the Impact Mare and mother of STAR BLACK MINSTRIL- FS, YARRANOO STAR- IM. In 1965 / 66 she produced two foals by Wardance. In 1967 her foal by COLLUM SIMMER, Fraser Ramsey’ s ROXBY PARK FREEDOM proved an exceptional horse, winning the Canning Downs Campdraft at Warwick and numerous hack and station classes including wins at Queensland Royal Show. A full brother to Freedom, War Chief, was exported to Papua New Guinea, where he produced good polocrosse ponies and picnic race horses.
Her next foals DAFFODIL, TENERIFFE MAGIC and YARRANOO ZANE all were useful horses, with YARRANOO ZANE winning many campdrafts. Her last three foals, YARRANOO MINK, YARRANOO STYLE and YARRANOO MONIQUE were all Royal Show quality galloway hacks.
Top right: Maureen Walker at Sydney Royal Easter Show on the daughter of SISTER
MONTY- FM, YARRANOO STYLE, who was very much like her mother. Bottom right: ROXBY PARK FREEDOM, an outstanding son of SISTER MONTY- FM, ridden by Fraser Ramsay.
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