QUIETUDE LAMBERTS FAR FAR AWAY~~~
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QUIETUDE GOLDRUSH AND HIS GET
ARMAGH FARM NEW ZEALAND Travel to New Zealand & you will see Quietude Goldrush and his get compete against heavy draft horses. Goldrush also was driven to the church by his owner Peter Robson with his daughter, Gina, on her wedding day.Peter Robson and his team competed in a demonstration class of the 50th Mobil Silver Plough competition held on April 30th & May 1st in North of Oamaru at Pukeuri, The Morgan team was 3rd in this class to two part Clydesdale teams & achieved higher points than the leading Vintage Tractor combination. Competitors were allowed 3 hours to plough their 100 meter x 20 meter grass and stubble plot. Any slight diversion off the intended course would have spelled disaster. Judges allocate points for the other factors including the opening spit, tightness of the furrows, how much soil was available for crop, seedbed preparation & the finish. Peter is also involved in the tourist trade as he contracts to drive a team of 5 to a stagecoach. Horses in this photo from left to right are:- Quietude Goldrush, Armagh Britney, Armagh Rebecca, obscured is the Morab Armagh Billy. Britney & Rebecca are full sisters (Quietude Goldrush x Mt Tawonga). |
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QUIEUDE GOLDRUSH NEWS FROM NEW ZEALAND
Susan, Quietude Goldrush seems to thrive under pressure and loves the public attention. He has become the mainstay for leading the whole team through some very challenging situations. His owner is probably more stressed at the end of the day than Goldrush is!!! Peter and Jason, (our son), had a ball in Dunedin. The coach in the enclosed photo is a replica (which Peter built here at home), 1880 NZ Throughbrace stagecoach which was introduced at the time of the goldrushes in around that time. The coach weighs 960kgs empty and carries eight people including the driver. The hitch is locally known as a "pickaxe hitch," two britchin horses on the pole, three leaders hitched to an equaliser in the lead. Our best day so far was one hundred kilometres of road work. It would be a fantastic lifestyle if one could do it fulltime but unfortunately our small population base doesn't allow that. We are lucky in the fact that we have a very good line of horses that are adaptable to not just coach work but general agricultural work as well. They can take some settling down after coach work when they go back to ploughing as they do enjoy the freedom of gait of the coachwork. Cheers Helen and Peter Robson UPDATES Hi Susan, Quietude Goldrush (Criterion the Younger x Quietude Sally Moro) and his progeny have just won the Reid and Grey Otago Cup for Heritage Ploughing. That, is they have beaten all heritage tractors over the season plus were second overall to all types of tractors including those heading off to the World Championship on Slavakia later this year. I've just been on your site and can't get over how much Quietude Jubilee Kingdom is like 'Jock'...They are so similar it is uncanny! Peter and Jason are going to the National Ploughing Championships in Temuka on May 2nd and 3rd. 'Jock;, Goldrush, is now getting on in years but is still the fantastic natured horse he has always been. The notes that you have on your site about the Quietude stallions are certainly true of him. Hopefully we will be traveling to the States next year. We have a friend who lives not very far from you in South Carolina so we will be able to visit. Helen & Peter Robson On the 14th and 15th of April 2007 Peter Robson with his Morgan, Quietude Goldrush (Criterion the Younger x Quietude Sally Moro) and Goldrush's get, Becky, Billy and Brittany won the Silver Plough Competition for horses again this year. Last year they went to Oxford and beat teams of Clydesdales and others and this year at Mataura they competed with four other teams to win the trophy again. An article for the Morgan Horse magazine about these wins will be published. |
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QUIETUDE GOLDRUSH & GET WIN THE 2006 GOLDEN PLOUGH COMPETITION |
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An update on the adventures of the Lambert Quietude Goldrush and his kids with his owner Peter Robson.
They made a two month trip from one end of New Zealand to the other--the long way! |
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