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PICTURES PAGE 2

Charmane, Blues Sister.

Kate 28 years old, Mindari's dam, some four months before foaling.

Blue, at 3 years by Applejack. Sire of Mindari

This photo was taken 4/4/1937. The Black horse with the two white stocks and blaze, is Toby my grandfathers sulky horse, the ribbons round his neck were won at the 1932 Sydney Royal. When my grandparents went to visit my great grandmother who lived in the Megalong Valley, they used to tuck my mum and her brothers in blankets underneath the seat and start at 3am in the morning and arrive around 9am having travelled from Bankstown. So you see endurance riding and harness events only copy what was the norm in my mothers day. A horse then was expected to perform what we now think exceptional, the truth is a good horse in fit condition should be able to travell 100 miles in 12 to 13 hours with ease.

Pictures page 3

1975 Wyong 75 Mile Ride

This pair had the Highest Slow Twitch Muscle Counts Recorded by Prof Ruben Rose.
June Petersens Tequila and Aeneas ridden by myself.
Together that day we Won the Trophy for First Pair and individually were 7th and 8th Open Riders in 8 hours 26 minutes.

This is the trait which passed on to his progeny makes it so easy for them to complete with such ease and he also passed on his naturally low pulse rate as well. His at home pulse was 28, his sons, Aeson is 28, Aeneid is 26, Illusion is 24 and his grandson owned by Kevin Sayer, Mindari Aellusion is 21.
Aeneas daughers are proving just as good.
Mindari Nadji's Magic won 2001 NSWERA HEAVYWEIGHT ONE HORSE/ONE RIDER Pointscore as well as placing 2nd in all other Hwt Divisions. Also Placed in all Heavyweight divisions in the National Pointscore.
The achivements of his other 6 endurance winning daughters can be looked up on the page titled "Progeny Performance"