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Stud Stallions
(current)

Coalmans
Touch (Irish Draft)

Trevalda
Irish Cloud (@ 4yrs)

Andromeda
(Thoroughbred)

01 10 13

Breeder: Tracy Crossan

Cassanova (Reg Friesian)

Mahachi
Jack (@ 5yrs)

Unamed (Anglo Arab)

01 10 13

Breeder: Brigitte Doyle

Ohai Jim (Shire)

Ohai
Frost (@ 3yrs)

Gini (NZ Stationbred)

10 -11- 2012

Breeder: Heather Jade

Stud Stallions
(Foundation)

Bobby
Coon (the little
Master)
Bobby Coon sired 28 foals before his
death in 1996. 12 of these were
exported to Japan as showjumpers.
While standing just 14.3 hh high his
progeny out of Clydesdale mares
averaged 16 hh
On the lookout for a stallion we found
him in a paddock still running with his
mother at age 5. He had never been
tied up nor had his feet trimmed.
After paying $150 for him we was
chased onto a stock truck - arriving
home with a few scrapes and bruises.
I taught him to lead in 1 hour and was
riding him in 3 days. He was that
sought of horse.

My fancy has always been dressage

and that was the initial objective but
once Bobby Coons stock hit the
competition rings the die was cast.
Rata Mill horses were to become best
known as jumpers.

Booby Coon actually had quite a bit of

pony blood, a half brother (Diplomat)
having won NZ Pony Jumper of the
Year a couple of years before we
bought him.

Bobby Coon progeny have won

scores of important championships
in showhunter, showjumper,
combined jumping:dressage,
eventing, and pony club. The most
important will always be Rata Mill
Brown Bess of who I intend to write a
special tribute on this site. The
second foal dropped from Bobby
Coon, she was one in a thousand.

Rata
Mill Stannic
By Bobby
Coon out of TB mare Almi
Stannic was designer bred as a
replacement for Bobby Coon. We
advertised for a big grey TB mare. As
it turned out she foaled this one
horse, which was opportune as Bobby
Coon died of a heart attack when
Stannic was 3.
Stannic left big scopey horses. Born in
1993 he was retired from breeding in
2011 as most of the mares were too
closely related. However his impact
lives on. 75% of the big grey
broodmares shown elsewhere on this
site are by Stannic. Stannic’s mother
had very low milk production so he
never grew to his potential.
Interestingly with less than 1/8 Arab
blood he still displayed
complementary Arab traits (feet,
features, and temperament) which
further supported my decision to
always have some Arab in the breed
mix.

Serpico

Reg
TB

Luckily, Serpico also died of a heart

attack after sireing just 5 foals. He
was part of an experiment to breed
straight TB x Clydesdale's
Only one of the 5 were easy to handle.
He became a very competent police
horse. The remainder were hot and
digcult. If it were not for 2 very good
trainers the experiment would have
been a complete failure. One progeny
(Titoki) was to become second
highest NZ showjumping stakes
winner in the mid 1990's. A
second (Bushman) still jumps
Grandprix in Japan at age 22.
Up until the inhuence of Serpico Rata
Mill horse had proven to be stable,
easy to train and ride. If Serpico had
bred more foals this reputation could
have been destroyed. Breeding the
odd champion is not good enough.
This was my one and only attempt to
use straight TB. Never again. They are
too inconsistent in size and
temperament. Furthermore, TB
broodmares do not have the
constitution necessary in our
conditions. The most important factor
in horse breeding is consistency of
type and temperament.
Most breeding schemes are focused
on breeding champions.Our's isn't. My
attitude is jrst breed well made
horses with quality of type,
constitution and temperament. Do
this consistently and the cream will
rise to the top. Look at a paddock of
quality unbroken young stock and it is
impossible to predict which will make
a champion showjumper. 95% of
horses end up doing ordinary things
with ordinary riders. My objective is to
produce horses that do this well.
Many potential champions never
make it because they don’t meet a
champion rider/trainer.

Photon
Photon was a grey, straight TB x Arab
(Anglo Arab) bred by endurance rider
Ray Tylee of Taupo. He was just 16
hh and left horses slightly smaller
than those Stannic. His offspring
were tidy in conformation, and very
stable in nature. He matched Stannic
as a sire of jumpers.

Consul

Grey 16.2 NZ Stationbred, bred by Jim

Wright. Consul left big solid horses
with superb natures. They were all
'Point and Go' jumpers. Lovely horses
to deal with.

Contact
Ratamill Stud
238 Waimaori Road RD2
Raglan
3296
+64 7 825 7314
michael.carter@xtra.co.nz

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