Chrialka Warmbloods...

Stationbred, Crossbred, Clydey Cross - with a touch of Warmblood or Irish...

At Chrialka we breed quality Sport Horses, the Clydesdale - Thoroughbred cross, with a touch of 'something else'.

The Clydesdale brings strength, steadiness and soundness; the Thoroughbred adds heart, spice and refinement. The 'something else' are Warmblood and other breeds that have also been included in the breeding plan, resulting in a versatile athlete suited to a range of disciplines.

Chrialka Zibu

was purpose bred by Val Tarrant of Central Hawkes Bay.
Glendevon Commander (Clydesdale), his sire, threw many successful Sport Horses. They are often seen competing in show jumping and show hunter events as well as out leading the hunt field. They are also very able in the dressage arena, eventing and as good all round pleasure horses. Glendevon Commander was the sire of NZ Madison, bred by Simone Goldfinch. Ridden by Guy Thomas, Madison was in NZ's 2004 Olympic Show Jumping team in Athens.
Fickle, Zibu's dam, was by Telereign - the sire of Squirrel Hill, Sally Clarke's medal winning New Zealand Olympic eventer and Telegraph, who Show Jumped successfully in Europe, returned to NZ and won the World Cup Show Jumping Series 2004/5 with John Cottle and was then sold overseas.

Further back Zibu and our mares trace to many of the top Thoroughreds. Nasrullah, Gainsborough, Fairway - Phalaris, Donatello II - Blenheim - Blandford, Robespierre and last but not least, Precipitation. These lines go back a long way, but have remained exceptionally strong and reliable in sport horse breeding. Son in Law, grandsire of Fair Trial was one of the main Thoroughbred lines used in German Warmblood breeding.

Mares and foals grazing.

Chrialka Donar

was bred by the stud and retained entire to be used as a back-up should Zibu be incapacitated. Donar always stood out from the others in the paddock, with an amenable temperament and people friendly attitude to go along with his excellent conformation. Donar has been backed, but due to not having a rider hasn't been competed. His older sister Placet was a promising jumper who unfortunately had to be put down following a paddock accident.
Donar's dam was by Polaris, an imported Dutch Warmblood, his offspring were highly successful in all disciplines and showed up regularly in the winners line-up, including his stallion son "Uraeus" who competed successfully in Advanced dressage.

Craighaven Lord Astra

was bred by Karen and Martin Gow of Craighaven Stud, Whakatane.
Karen and Martin bred horses for 20 years and consistently improved their breeding programme by retaining their best mares and introducing top performance bloodlines from New Zealand and overseas. Their horses are competitors and companions for hundreds of satisfied owners, here and abroad.
When Karen and Martin returned from a stint managing the Welton Stud in England they bought home with them Lord Welton, the last son of Welton Crackerjack. The Welton Stud is synonymous with Champion Eventers, with Welton Crackerjack being the most successful Eventing sire ever.
Lord Astra is by Lord Welton, out of Astra Amber. Astra Amber is by Shamal, a stallion well known for producing top jumpers. Mighty Heights is one of New Zealands top performance stallions, a Grand Prix jumper and top level Eventer who also competed to a high level in Dressage - and half brother to Lord Astra.

Stud mares have carried the blood of some of New Zealand's top Thoroughbred and Warmblood lines - Imperial Seal, Heroicity, Zamazaan, Rocky Mountain, Half Iced; Polarschnee, Urban, Falkensee and Mount Everest.
Mares are selected for temperament, movement, ability and bloodlines. It is necessary for them to be good to handle as they often run in paddocks of up to 100 acres.

Pedigrees of all our stock can be found on the relevant page.

• Thoroughbreds
• Warmbloods
• Crossbreds and others