Horse Heaven is owned and operated by John & Gaye Harvey, who have their horses competing on the race track, dressage and showjumping arena, eventing courses as well as pony club. John & Gaye have experience with all types of horses, with all sorts of temperaments, and devote all their time to their passion.
Croyden Park, or Horse Heaven as it is called by our residents, is situated on the Granite Belt, known for its cool climate, fresh mountain air and absence of biting insects that bother horses in other areas. With over 300 acres of gently undulating country, we offer a very relaxing and peaceful retreat for horses who need a break from their strenuous lives.
We also have a large range of facilities allowing us to offer:
We are a boutique spelling complex, and we treat your horses as individuals giving them the utmost care and attention. We understand that your horse has worked hard and needs to relax and recoup its resources before starting the next season. Our broad range of facilities allows us to stable your horse suited to its preferences, by choosing from small yards all the way up to large open paddocks, you can be sure that your horse will be treated as special in a calm, relaxed way by people who have devoted their lives to horse welfare. |
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30/11/11
How time flies - it will be the end of 2011
before we know it.
Most of the competitive horses are out for their end of
year spell before getting ready for the 2012 show season so Croyden Park is
looking a bit empty.
We have had some great foals this year
who are growing well and give us so much joy watching them romping around the
paddock or lying around in the sun.
Regardy
Gold - a beautiful Warmblood/thoroughbred 2yr old filly by Regardless (Regardez
Moi) from Geisha Gold (Iglesia) has just been broken in and has not put a foot
wrong. She had her first ride this morning and moves beautifully.
Her education only started 6 days ago and she has shown us a lot of
potential. Well done Allan and Clive.
"Look
At Me" another Regardless filly is starting her education today - we look
forward to her progress
27/7/11
Croyden Park Cardiac Express,
Reserve Champion Brisbane Show 2009 as a yearling did not like racing so is
now being retrained for sale. Check out his photos under Horses For
Sale
26/7/11
I have just uploaded todays photos of Croyden
Park General and Croyden Park Carol under Horses for Sale. Please don't
hesitate to contact me if you are interested in
either.
31/5/11
Congratulations Clive on your successful 2*
comp at Warwick - we had no doubt Croyden Park Dare Too (Darren) could do it,
did we?
Croyden Park General behaved like a veteran -amazing that it
was his first outing - this week he just stood still while he was
clipped - this horse is going to be a star. Next competition for him
will be at Burpengary this weekend so he will be worth a
look.
Burpengary ODE this weekend and Clive will be extremely
busy riding 4 horses - Croyden Park Dare Too 1*, Banyula Brave and
Croyden Park Merlin in Jnr Prelim and Croyden Park General having fun in
the Pre Intro. Good Luck to
all.
20/5/11
Wonderful news.
Clive Hicks has been
invited to join the Queensland Jnr Eventing Squad - Well done Clive it's
good to see that all your hard work has been recognised
You can
watch Clive compete in his first 2* event this weekend at Warwick ODE -
we wish him well
Clive will also be riding Croyden Park Megs,
Croyden Park Merlin and Croyden Park General in various levels - no
doubt Clive will be looking forward to a good sleep on
Sunday. We wish him luck
Our exciting new prospect
Croyden Park General will be having his first outing - he has a wonderful
personality and is so calm and willing we just hope he maintains the
same in the competition arena
Kate Weatherill has taken on our
special big boy, Croyden Park Zaha while her horse recovers from an
injury. I hope you have fun with him Kate and that he behaves
himself. Kate is competing him for the first time this
weekend.
We had a wonderful day at the Stanthorpe Races a couple of
weeks ago. We always have a win at Stanthorpe and were not disappointed
when Forest Redgum won the 1000m race convincingly beating his
opponents by over 3 lengths. We now have to line up in
October and do the same!!!!!!
Good Luck to everyone competing
at Warwick this weekend - I hope you have a great
time
11/4/11
Since writing we have successfully competed at
Figtree Pocket ODE - Croyden Park Dare Too (Darren) came 4th in 1*
Croyden Park Megs lost a shoe on the cross country course so Clive
made the right decision to slow her down so that she didn't
hurt herself but I was still happy with her result - her dressage is
really coming on which will really add to her presence as her jumping is
already on track, Banyula Brave (Benny) who stood in at the last
moment one of Clive's horses that had to be scratched also showed
everyone that he knew what he was there for and had done it sooooo
many times before - he is just such a personality.
Kasey
Charlton is riding Croyden Park Evie and is still getting used to her
- I have every confidence that Kasey
and Evie will form a bond
but at the moment it is a project in progress and time will
tell.
2/4/11
After a stint in hospital I am now on the way
to recovery - thank goodness - I apoligise to all those whose who have
sent enquiries about horses and not received a reply, I am gradually
getting in contact so thank you for your patience
We have been
very busy with the shows over the past couple of months and I am very
pleased how all my horses have gone in the show jumping
This
weekend is the first ODE of the season which is very exciting and we
have number of horses competing at Fig Tree Pocket - I shall give
you a full report in a couple of days. If you are interested in
seeing the Croyden Park horses perform head on down to Figtree
tomorrow and see them go through their paces, just look for the
Croyden Park truck parked new the ladies amenities block and make
yourself known to John, Tina or Clive who will introduce you to
them.
25/02/11
Last weekend was very successful at Killarney
Show. Our old favourites Benny and Decibels came out again and
thoroughly enjoyed their day out showjumping, Decibels will make
someone a fantastic schoolmaster and he just loves it.
Croyden Park Ellie came 3rd in the 1 mtre class and this is only her
3rd time out competing, this is the horse for someone who wants to get
serious about showjumping. Croyden Park Zaha is the new up and coming
star - he is so cool just standing at the truck all day and then doing
his showjumping just being unlucky in the 90cm - this guy turns
heads everytime he goes out he is so majestic.
Thanks
Clive for training and competing them so well and
congratulations to Clive Hicks for being awarded the well deserved
Champion Showjumper of the Show.
Not only were we hearing about Croyden Park horses in the
showjumping ring but we were very proud to hear they did so well in the
other rings as well. Congratulations to all riders competing on
Croyden Park horses.
This weekend we have taken 6 horses to
Millmerran Show for Showjumping so look forward to their successful
participation and another satisfying weekend.
I'll keep you
posted
5/02/2011
We had a great day at
Stanthorpe Show taking out the first 4 places in the 80cm showjumping.
All horses jumped well over some difficult courses. First timer Croyden
Park Ellie handled it like a trouper and jump !!!! anyone serious about
wanting a horse that can jump and jump well must consider her, she has a lot
of ability and will go far.
Yesterday was Allora Show
and again we competed in the showjumping taking along, Banyula Brave (still
jumping extremely well- no more than 1 rail down), Croyden Park
Decibels (back to competing successfully. This horse would make a
wonderful school master for someone up to 80cm), Croyden Park Megs (
had 2 offers to buy her but sorry she has already been sold - jumped
like a pro), Croyden Park Ellie (jumped 90cm and 1mtre with only one rail
down - she is just one hell of a pocket rocket) and our gorgeous
Croyden Park Tiny who had his first outing and didn't disgrace us - for
the people who know him when he was racing as "Son of Zaha" he is on the
market now and is catching as much attention on the competition
trail as he did on the race track - if someone wants a quiet gentle
giant who has the ability to go a long way in any discipline this is
the horse
25/1/11
Getting ready to (hopefully) kick
ass at Stanthorpe Show this Friday and Saturday with Croyden Park
Decibels, Croyden Park Dare Too, Croyden Park Ellie, Banyula Brave (yes,
still going strong) and Croyden Park Megs.
Wish us luck for the first
show of the season
14/1/2011
We would like to
offer help to anyone affected by the floods. We have plenty of room
and feed for your horses while you repair fences etc and get back to
some sort of normality. We are situated on the Granite Belt
about 40klms south of Warwick. Let us know if we can help you
in any way
Phone Gaye 0419 728 544 or email
gaye@horse-heaven.com.au
31/12/2010
Just to let everyone
know that Felicity Cribb no longer works here at Croyden
Park
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO
EVERYONE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
WISHING YOU ALL A SUCCESSFUL
2011
December 2010
Welcome Clive Hicks to our team at
Croyden Park. Clive has just finished year 12 and we wasted no
time in getting him into the big wide world of the working
person.
Clive is currently eventing Croyden Park Dare Too (Darren) who
is currently the QISEA Queensland 1* Eventing Champion - this is a great
combination and we look forward to his winning streak continuing in
2011.
All our foals have now been born so thank goodness I can now
catch up on lost sleep. We have a tremendous crop this season, all
fillies bar two, and are enjoying watching them grow.
All the mares
have now been joined to some fantastic stallions for the next crop.
Stallions chosen for this herd include Mail Train, Hidden Dragon, Outback
Prince, Zaha, Natural Destiny, Rapid Man, Tycoon Ruler and Masked
Assassin.
This year has just flown by - I'm sure I've
missed a couple of months somewhere. I hope everyone has a safe,
enjoyable festive season and a successful 2011.
October
2010
Dean has decided to further his horizons and his career with
horses and has taken a job down in Beaudesert. We wish him all the best
and hope all his dreams come true. Thank You Dean for all your efforts
over the past 3 Years - we shall miss you.
Foaling has been
very traumatic this month with every mare being late, heaps of rain and
lots of interrupted sleep. However, we only have two more foals to
be born and everyone is well. It is great to see all the mares and
foals enjoying the green pasture and sunshine of the past few
days.
We have had a lot of success on the racetrack this month
which helps with mood and money.
SILVERBERG won at the Sunshine
Coast on her first run - not bad for a mare with part of her pedal bone
missing - she is really showing a love of racing and we look forward to
an exciting future with her.
FOREST REDGUM is a consistant prize
winner bringing home a first, 2 seconds and a third in October - he
always gives his all and is a very honest
horse
After disappointing us with his first
couple of runs, SON OF ZAHA, came
through with a third at Beaudesert. It surprised us no end as it was
only 1200 mtres and he is very hard to get a burst of speed out of -
usually he runs over 2000 mtres - however he was on his home track and
maybe looking forward to getting home quickly for his
dinner
ANNIE ROCKS is another horse going well and enjoying
it. She came home with two seconds in October, and is a real
little pocket rocket who hopefully will have the joy of coming first
very soon.
Thank you Mark - all our horses are relaxed and happy
and enjoying their work. We look forward to more good results next
month.
Congratulations Clive and Croyden Park Dare Too (Darren)
for their terrific effort at the Interschool Nationals in
Sydney. We were very proud of both of you gaining 6th place
in the eventing section.
Congratulations also go to Kasey and
Croyden Park Ace who gained 12th place in the showjumping section. Well
done - we look forward to your progress next year.
Don't forget
that we are trying to decrease our horse numbers and have a number
of horses for sale at very reasonable prices. If you are
interested just email or phone
me.
August/September 2010
Good
Luck to Croyden Park Dare Too and Clive Hicks and Croyden Park Cool Ace and
Kasey Charlton who are competing in the Queensland
Interschool National
Team, Sydney 21-24th September 2010. We are so proud of you
both.
We have decided to retire Astroman after only 4 races because he
just doesn't like the racing game. He is a very good looking, sound,
good natured boy
who will make someone a great partner. Just give
me a call if you are interested.
1st September saw the arrival of
Spring and our first foal for the season - a gorgeous black boy by
Mail Train from Sparkling Lass - 2 weeks early but
perfect - he is
looking forward to having some playmates soon.
We have heaps of
rain and some warm days so even though the ground is squishy it is
good to see the grass growing and everything green
again
July 2010
Just thought I would let
everyone know that we are downsizing our horse numbers, therefore there
are quite a number of horses being sold for a very reasonable
amount.
The horses we have for sale cover the whole
spectrum:-
Thoroughbreds off the track
Weanlings (warmblood
cross)
Competition horses - professionally trained in all three
Olympic disciplines
Thoroughbred Brood Mares
Young Thoroughbreds
ready to race
There are too many to feature independantly on
the web site - the best approach would be to email or phone me with
your requirements.
gaye@horse-heaven.com.au
Phone (07) 4685 2512
, Mobile 0419 728 544
July
2010
Congratulations to Clive HIcks and Croyden Park Dare
Too -State QISEA Eventing Champion 2010. These pair are a great
team and both have tons of ability. We will watch with
excitement when they compete for Queensland in September.
I have
just come back from 3 weeks in the Kimberleys - mainly exploring by
water which was fantastic. It was very hard to return to this cold
weather but oh well !!!!!!
We have decided to downsize the
number of horses that we have here on Croyden Park so if you are looking
for a horse to complete your family now is the time to contact
me
28th April 2010
This has been a
very busy month with horses going every which way racing and
eventing
Last weekend we had horses racing at Chinchilla, Toowoomba,
Beaudesert and Gold Coast so that was a lot of miles clocked
up
Mada had a terrific run at the Gold Coast on Monday (Anzac
Day) coming 3rd in a very impressive field - not once was he mentioned
in despatches before the race but they were sure talking about him
afterwards. He loves racing and shows it coming into the mounting
yard very proud and so he should be
Our eventers competed at
Warwick Show showjumping and then at Warwick CIC 3 Day Event and Mt
Gravatt ODE so have been very busy.
All performed well with
Feldale Guest coming 2nd in Prelim and Croyden Park Merlin 5th in Pre
Novice at the Easter CIC 3 Day Event
Croyden Park Merlin came 2nd
in the 90cm at Warwick Show
Although we didn't take out any of
the top places at Mt Gravatt we were very happy with how all the horses
performed
I'd like to give a big vote of thanks to Clare Fowler
and all the helpers at Mt Gravatt for a fantastic
weekend
22nd March 2010
Our showjumping
on the show circuit has finished and the eventing season has
started
We competed five Croyden Park horses at Figtree Pocket on the
weekend and all competed well.
Congratulations to Dean on
Croyden Park Merlin who came 1st in Prelim and Croyden Park Evie who came
3rd in Intro
We are now looking forward to Warwick at
Easter
See you There
Gaye
10th February
2010
The show circuit has started and I am so proud of all our young
horses that are competing - we have already been to Stanthorpe and Allora
Shows with Killarney the weekend after next.
Most of the horses
that are competing are first timers in the competition arena and have
coped with all the stresses like ferris wheels, loud speakers etc like
veterans.
Horses that will be jumping at Killarney are Croyden Park
Merlin, Croyden Park Dulux, Croyden Park Evie, Croyden Park Piquance,
Croyden Park PD and Croyden Park Meg.
If you are looking to purchase a
horse and want to see how it competes Killarney is the next showjumping
event.
Watch out for Clive Hicks jumping Croyden Park Dare Too
(Darren) - he is outstanding and jumping 1.25 metres and with ease.
He is an outstanding looking horse as well - a real presence in the
ring. Darren is leased to Clive till the end of the 2010 season
and will be competing in ODE events as well as showjumping and
interschool comps. If you want an outstanding horse, this is the
one, he will be for sale at the end of 2010.
Another
horse to watch is Croyden Park Lady. She was bought by Julia
Tanner last year and they have bonded so well that Julia is getting
more out of Lady than she showed us here during
training.
January 2010
Happy New Year - I hope
everyone had a great holiday period and are now busy preparing for
the start of the competitions for 2010.
We are busy preparing horses
for Toowoomba Showjumping and Stanthorpe Show which are coming up within
the next couple of weeks.
We have some very talented youngsters
competing this year and look forward to their performances
Details
will be posted on the horses for sale section within the next few
weeks
Good Luck everyone
Cheers
Gaye
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