All I did was stop at the Castlemaine market one Saturday to buy some apples. A Waler breeder from Tylden was there and the rest is history as they say.
I asked if I could visit their horses sometime, as although I had heard about them I had never met a Waler horse. No problem was the answer.
Topsy was born on remote traditionally owned land on the edge of the Simpson Desert, Northern Territory. Dam and sire unknown.
Tommy was born on remote traditionally owned land on the edge of the Simpson Desert, Northern Territory. Dam and sire unknown.
Indi was born on 28 October 2019 at Darraweit Guim, Victoria to mare Topsy, following Topsy’s capture that June. Sire unknown.
Hale was born on remote traditionally owned land on the edge of the Simpson Desert, Northern Territory. Dam and sire unknown.
Bess was born on remote traditionally owned land on the edge of the Simpson Desert, Northern Territory. Dam and sire unknown.
Mega was born on The Garden Station in approx 1989, rescued as a young foal and serving as a Waler ambassador for over a decade at the Collingwood Children’s Farm in Melbourne.
Treasure Walers Homelands horses are a wonderful legacy of the support given to the Walers by Doug and Mary Treasure.
Pinjee (pronounced Benjie) was born on 4 November 2019 in Taradale,
Victoria to mare wild captured Waler mare Hale, sire unknown. Pinjee is a rare boy indeed, we know of no other stallion from Todd River Downs.
Waler have perhaps the broadest gene pool in the equine world and they are now a rare breed. DNA testing and gene collection is critical to the preservation of the breed.
Already lost to us is the DNA of many of our foundation generation Walers as DNA testing was not readily available or affordable at the time these horses were captured and bought into domestic situations.
