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About Kelseys Sports Horses

We are so pleased to welcome Helen as an owner of our exciting rising 5 Year old Archie (Future Dark Pleasure). Archie has 3 fabulous paces and huge scope over a jump. he also has a affable temperament and is very trainable. We still have a couple of shares in Archie available. 2024 will be very exciting!

Delighted to welcome Helen Pearson as an owner to our team

We had a really wonderful and educational day when Sports Horse Breeding GB came to assess our broodmares and the 2023 foals. All of our broodmares were graded into the Main Stud Book and Future Dark Art (Holly) was awarded Head Stud Book status! Further Holly's 2023 foal that is by Chacco Bay (Mae - Kelseys Cover Girl)  and Annie's foal by Billy Congo (Ziggy - Kelseys Red Kite) were awarded premium grade. The whole day was so interesting and the informative judges gave us great confidence in our breeding programme and inspired us for the future!!1

Heidi, closely related to the legendary Priceless

Thistle, with golden relatives, Welton Crackerjack and Primitive Rising

Alice (Mill Law x Coevers Diamond Boy) She just loves being a Mum!

Beautiful Annie, (OBOS Quality 004 x TB) gave us a premium foal!

Holly (Painters Row x Abdullah x ARD Allez Cat) Head Stud Status!

Great successful for our broodmares and foals

Archie is our very handsome but leggy rising 5 year old, out of Holly (Future Dark Art) by the award winning  and life graded stallion, Future Guilty Pleasure. Archie has a wonderful temperament, 3 correct paces and a superb jump. He is going to be a big chap so we will take him slowly in his education. He was awarded a Gold in his Futurity Assessment in 2020.  We are now backing him and are also looking for syndicate owners for him who would like to be part of his journey right from the very start! His sire is now competing at Intermediate level Eventing so we have high hopes for Archie.

Future Dark Pleasure (Archie)

01 Richard Norfolk

Archie having a bit of fun loose-jumping. 

We are very excited about our broodmare, Holly. She has produced 3 stunning, quality foals, all with a trainable and kind temperament (Archie, Mavis and Mabille). She passes on floating paces combined with a natural ability to jump and is descended from some of the best thoroughbred lines in the world. In 2023, she has had a proper supermodel, Mae, by Chacco Bay, born on the day Tina Turner died. She is having a break in 2024.

Future Dark Art (Holly)

We are very excited to announce we have a successful embryo transfer from Wilma, by the exciting young stallion, Chacco Bay. Ruby is carrying this precious package and we know she will make a wonderful Mum! Both parents have a kind and willing attitude to work and bucket loads of talent. What an exciting baby expected in 2024.

Chacco Bay x Wilma baby due 2024!!

Traditional Irish Sports Horse by Jackaroo (full brother to Zara Tindall's 2012 Olympic and WEG horse, High Kingdom) and Karen O' Connor's 2008 Olympic horse, Mandiba), out of a Clover Brigade mare with Sadlers Wells also in the mix. She is 88% thoroughbred and appears to be very willing, trainable and has a wonderful temperament.

Kelseys Skylark (Wilma)

Wilma and Richard at Cornbury International Horse Trials

Richard is a young International Event Rider, he has ridden up to CCI 3 star Eventing. He gained his BHS AI at the renowned Talland School of Equitation under the direction of Pammy Hutton and Charlie Hutton. Richard has recently achieved his UKCC level 2 coaching certificate and will be working on gaining his UKCC level 3 this winter. He has worked with some top event riders in the country, including Andrew Nicholson. Richard continues his equestrian education with Jane Green and Di Lampard and brings this expertise to his teaching. He is based on the Derbyshire / Staffordshire border, between Buxton and Leek, competing and producing young horses as well as breeding sports horses for the amateur and professional market. He enjoys teaching all levels and all ages.

Coaching

Rain or shine, we offer excellent riding lessons for all ages and abilities

Teddy is an exceptionally well balanced 5 year old with 3 correct superb paces and an impressive jump, his lovely trainable temperament is something that will take him to the top. His breeding cries out "top event horse",  with 3 legendary eventing sires in his blood, Grafenstolz, Heraldik and Welton Crackerjack.

Teddy was entered into the British Futurity eventing section in 2020 and came 3rd nationally in the 2 year old section. He has a very exciting future ahead of him. He is being produced for sale by Richard and we would love to find some syndicate owners for him so he can stay here!

HVS Royale Graffiti (Teddy)

Teddy smashing the cross country at Frickley out of the park!

Teddy making the full up to height table at Frickley look easy.

Lovely jump from Teddy at Frickley showing his excellent scope.

Teddy was such a good 5 year old at Frickley scoring our best ever dressage score of 75% for a 25.0 in the BE100!

Our best dressage score to date!

Grafendor HVS (Griff)

Percy is an honest, leg at each corner Irish Sports Horses, Richard has bought to produce for sale. He has a wonderful calm temperament, is very trainable, hacks out on his own etc. He is also very talented, and whilst the dressage is work in progress while he grows and strengthens, he has a correct and bold jump and loves his cross country. He would make a wonderful event/all rounder horse for a competitive amateur of young rider.

Casanova Lad (Percy)

We had a brilliant day at Richmond with Wilma on Friday. It was her first intermediate event and she was placed 7th, qualifying us for Cornbury 7 yr old championships! 
A lovely dressage test just with a few moments of excitement meant she did not get her best score.  

One pole in the showjumping tarnished a fabulous round on a course that caused loads of issues, showing the lessons with Di Lampard are really paying off.  
Wilma then showed her amazing brave attitude on a big cross country course with some tricky combinations. She produced a confident clear cross-country run. Richard wanted to make sure she understood all the questions, so clocked a few time penalties. We are so excited about this young mare!

Wilma smashes it in first intermediate at Richmond and qualifies for the 7yr old Champs!!!


Hilary Vernon has, over the last 20 years, worked as a full time Bitting Clinician travelling over the U.K and parts of Europe lecturing and demonstrating the art of Bits and Bitting. She works closely with Richard both with the horses and training Richard in her craft.

Hilary Vernon - Informed Designs

So pleased with the dressage mark today, Griff seemed much more relaxed and willing to do his work. A twisty, showjumping course meant the horses didn't seem to settle into a rhythm and caused lots of issues, but the Griff stormed around the full up to height and technical cross country course!

An unfortunate accident on one of the other horses warming up meant that Richard could not participate in competition on this day. So Katie Magee kindly stepped in to ride Griff around his first 100 course. Lovely dressgae of 29.3 showed that Richard's work with him is starting show results, 2 unfortunate poles in the showjumping but a confident clear cross country. 

Acceptable dressage for where Griff is at the moment and a lovely double clear!

My name is Emma Hallam. I have been involved with horses for the last 20 years. I spent several years working for a national saddle supplier where I  gained a huge amount of knowledge about saddles and saddle fitting. I have since branched out on my own so that I can extend the service I offer by supplying several different makes of saddles to suit all budgets. My main focus is customer service and 98% of my work comes from recommendations from existing clients. I offer a full money back guarantee and no obligation saddle consultations. I am a fully qualified SMS saddle fitter and a qualified SMS saddler. 

Calton Saddlery

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Tamsyn Lafferty BSc(Hons), MSc Vet Phys, MCSP, HCPC, ACPAT Cat A. Chartered Physiotherapist and Veterinary Physiotherapist. FEI Permitted Therapist

01 Richard Norfolk

Rider, Manager, Teacher/Coach,

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Our best dressage score to date!

Wilma smashes it in first intermediate at Richmond and qualifies for the 7yr old Champs!!!