Horse Name 
Major
Also known as 
Gender 
Gelding
Capture Location 
Newhaven
Capture Year 
2004
Birth Year 
Sire 
Dam 
Colour 
Bay
Markings 
Type 
Light
Height (hh) 
Parentage DNA 
Breed Ancestry 
Registration 
WHOBAA
Deceased 
Additional Notes 
AWHDB ID
AWHDB0261
Major
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 awaiting processing through Peterborough Meatworks.
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