And now the Otztaler Girls. Head of the girls is Oxnead Saffron and she is joined by 4 daughters - Otztaler Sakira, Otztaler Savannah, Otztaler Santana and Otztaler Sakiya.
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OXNEAD SAFFRON
Saff, along with Ash, is by the famous UK stallion, Alpine and out of Oxnead Sapphire. She is 11 years old, stands at 14.3hh and has inherited a fabulous temperament from her parents. We have successfully shown her in hand over the years but for the last few years Saff has loved being a Mum. Riding her has come as a bit of a shock to her, which we did once we'd weaned Santana in 2007 - but she loves it !!
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Saff has a really soft spot for the fabulous stallion Bernhard (the only B line stallion in the UK, sadly now retired from stud duties, but to fair is 28 !!) and all of our older girls are by him. All inherit great temperament and paces from both Saff and Bernie.
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Saffron is thrilled at being a mum again, but is not quite sure that AI is fair, she didn't get to meet the gorgeous Anthony !!
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OTZTALER SAKIRA
Kira is 7 years old and was the first Haflinger born under the Otztaler prefix, back in 2003. She was inspected by the Haflinger Society in 2006 and passed as an Elite mare, which we were absolutely thrilled about. Kira stands at 14.2hh and has her taken after her father with a fabulous dark chestnut coat.
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Kira was broken to saddle in 2006 and has inherited her fathers incredible paces and positive attitude to work, she loves it !!!. Kira became a mum for the first time last year and is very proud of son Cody.
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Having weaned Cody, Kira is back under saddle and going well. She is out and about competing for the first time and doing really well showing in-hand, under saddle and also competing at Dressage
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OTZTALER SAVANNAH
Savannah is 5 years old, is the spit of her mother in appearance and currently stands at 14.3hh. She has followed her mother and is a lighter chestnut. Like Kira she has inherited fabulous paces from her Mum and Dad and a great temperament.
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Nothing phases Savannah, having never been on a lorry for any length of time she handled coming up to Scotland from the Midlands on the transporter when we moved up north like a pro. To be honest we're not sure how she'll cope with a short journey as every time she's been on the lorry it has been down to England !!
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Savannah did us proud at her inspections in 2008, so we sent her off to visit the fabulous Silvretta stallion, Oxnead Windsor, just like her sister Kira. Savannah was proud to introduce her son - Otztaler Wicasa (Cass) last year and he is growing up in to lovely horse.
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She loved her basic training, was backed last year and loved chasing round the moors with Ash. She's a very girly girl, loving her pink bandages !!
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OTZTALER SANTANA
Santana is our 3 year old. We were very excited to welcome Santana to Otztaler as she was our our first foal born here in Scotland, which we are very proud of.
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In the main Santana looks gorgeous, but sadly on the days she goes out without a rug she enjoys nothing more than bathing in the extensive mud & dust we have. She does a fabulous impression of a swamp donkey - her Dad (Bernie) would be proud !!
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Santana is getting used to not being the baby any more and is growing up fast. She is not far off the same height of older sister Kira so at the moment stands around 14.1hh. She remains very pale but is slowly going a similar colour to her Mum and big sister, Savannah.
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Santana is out and about on the showing circuit and made her debut at the Haflinger Society's Annual Breed Show in August 2008. She is spending the winter with her Mum and sisters and did us proud at inspections in March 2010 and is now passed in to the Breeding register. She is spending the summer with Cass and having a great time.
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