Below: Skyhawk cantering for the first time with a rider on and only the second time he has been ridden off the lunge! (Which is why he is on the wrong leg!!) For more photos see Skyhawk Ridden page where you can see how he is progressing! Skyhawk Ridden
"I always thought Skyhawk had stallion potential. He was a very good looking foal with super limbs and a wonderful temperament. He was also a whiteborn fewspot with dark points and I was quite certain that he would be not only homozygous for the appaloosa gene but also a very good colour producer. Basically he had everything you would want in a potential stallion.If I did not have "Harrier" I would have kept Skyhawk entire myself ".
"Skyhawk was advertised as having stallion potential and was sold as a potential stallion. I was very pleased when Debbie bought him, she is very experienced and committed to her horses.I could not have hoped for a better home for him. I delivered Skyhawk in the winter and saw Debbies other horses they were all a credit to her and extremely well cared for, happy and contented ".
"In all the pictures I have seen of Skyhawk since, he looks fabulous and is consistantly producing very nice foals and excellent colour.I am proud to have bred him and delighted he is doing so well. I wish Debbie all the very best with him and if I had an unrelated mare here I would take her to Skyhawk to be covered in preferance to any other stallion".
See SNOW 2009 page for more recent photo's of Skyhawk.
Below photo taken on 24 th January 2009.
25/02/09 Wearing a saddle for the first time!
** Skyhawk passed British Appaloosa Society stallion license vetting 20/12/07**
White born near few spot(or snowcap). Pure bred appaloosa (reg grade C) Stallion, born 13/05/05. To make aprox 15.2hh. Dark brown spots,head,legs. Reg BApS and ApHC(usa). Licensed BApS. DNA colout tested as AtA/EE.
Sire: August Harrier (near leopard) by Rivas Pageant- fewspot(by Klaus - leopard spot, 12 times National champion,worked at Medium level dressage ) ex August Valentina-chestnut(by Capitall Cyril-leopard)
Dam: Errin Juno (fewspot) by ENR'S Dutch treat-leopard(by Leopard Windsor) ex Candy Bell-fewspot (Grade B showjumper by Kingswood spotted wonda x Domino Queen-leopard)
Skyhawk has a lovely kind temperament, pretty head and athletic uphill paces with very correct conformation.Unshown to date.Will be started under saddle during 2009,hopefully for a career in endurance!
2009 Dun colt ex Red Whirlwind (tested hetrozygous dun by Redhot Spot x Tequila Whirlwind)
2009 filly ex Tequila Whirlwind
First foals born 2008 , some pictured below:
Leopard Whirlwind ex Tequila Whirlwind-bay Welsh Cob x TB mare.
Cheyenne Whirlwind ex Cyndia-bay pure arab mare
Snowspot Whirlwind ex Lambrigg Fleur de Lys- blue/bay roan snowcap appaloosa mare
Smarti Pants ex Jabask Elzara- grey purebred arab mare
R Mellow Whirlwind ex EBA Kiaora-chestnut roan appaloosa
Skyhawk is bred from proven show and performance lines.
Bred by and purchased from Alex McEachern -August Appaloosa's.
