THE CAMEO STUD – ARCHIVED NEWS 2006
CRABBET CONVENTION
News Posted by: Coralie on 20/02/2006
Yes, there is life after the World Crabbet Convention [Toowoomba 11
th
to 16
th
November 2005] even when it is immediately followed by the graduations of one’s
17-year-old twins in the very same week! This is a consequence of having to set the
dates for the Convention so far ahead – I would hardly have planned it this way!!
The Convention was a wonderful experience. So many wonderful horses together on
the one Showgrounds, from as far away as Cairns in the north and Wagga Wagga in
the south. So many interesting people from all over the world gathered together.
Whenever they were all together in a small area, as at The Moat House for the camp
oven dinner on the Saturday night, or at the Burke and Wills for the buffet dinner on
the Sunday night, the babble of happy voices was most evident. The bonds between
the Crabbet breeders of the world are so much closer now. Some of the British
visitors started their trip a week earlier in Victoria, and managed to see a large
proportion of the Crabbet horses of Australia in a very short time!
You can read all about the Convention in the “Arabian Horse News” [December and
March editions], The Arabian Horse Express [February], and in the upcoming March
edition of Australia’s Crabbet Arabian Horse magazine. The Queensland Crabbet
Arabian Group also has videos and DVD’s of the Parade for sale. Our website is
www.crabbetqueensland.com
We had three of our own horses and one of Peter Butler’s stabled at the Showgrounds
for the Show and Parade. As I was doing the announcing, Peter and Ken, with a lot of
help from our daughter Catherine, prepared the horses. Richard Sharman showed
Hallelujah for us. We were very pleased with the Show results. The Champion Pure
Crabbet Filly was John and Judy Hasted’s CAMEO VIOLETTA [Hallelujah/Cameo
Tosca] while Reserve Champion was our own CAMEO SILVER HALO
[Hallelujah/Pure Silver].
Peter Butler’s filly ELSHADA O