‘Hi, I’ve owned Toscanini (I call him JD since we have a Toby and an Oscar in the family) for years now and thought I’d give an update. He’s doing well for himself, although he does have some internal issues in his fores. He’s a horse of a lifetime, a bit of a spook but in the keeping-us-both-safe kind of way. We’ve won ekka felts and baby eventing rugs together (he has a really good jump on him even if he stags over anything suspicious) and now he’s older we play out in the Dayboro Hills. He hates not being at the front of a ride and loves to spend the day wallowing in the creek eating water plants.’
From owner Shannon Andrewartha, December 2024
Toscanini
Central Australian Waler station bred stock horses were taken to Newhaven Station in the 1950s, the isolation and hard country protecting the impressive old-bloodlines and continuing the attributes of being wise and hardy. Excellent bone, some medium but largely light athletic types, with proven good temperaments. They were removed in the early 2000s, some saved from yards in Alice Springs and others as youngsters in SA (like Tosca) awaiting processing through Peterborough Meatworks.
We are gathering and preserving as much information as possible about our Waler horses. Please let us know if you know anything more about Toscanini, anecdotes and photos welcomed!
This is what we know about how Tosca came to Victoria.
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