Raging Bull Vangelis-S was amongst the winners at Olympia winning the Christmas Tree speed stakes on Saturday
November
Raging Bull Vangelis-S picked up some fantastic results in Novemeber. 3rd place in the World Cup Qualifier at the CSI*** Helsinki (FIN) and 2nd in the World Cup Qualifier at the CSI**** Toronto (CAN)
6 yo Pro-Motion II by Pro-Set fulfilled his qualification for the Elementary Regional Championships with a win at Abbey Dressage scoring over 71%
August
Raging Bull Vangelis-S has been shortlisted for the European Championships in Windsor
Raging Bull will be launching a leisure range for the equestrian world at the European Championships in Windsor. The Raging Bull Clothing range will be available from Frogpool Manor Saddlery at their stand in Avenue B. Phil Vickery will attend the European Championships to watch his horse and autograph sessions are planned at the Frogpool Manor stand.
July
Vangelis-S won the British Masters at Chester Racecourse.
Freddie's Prospect by Libro (owned by Mr and Mrs Barnes) won the 2/3yo Warmblood class at the Royal Show and ended up Reserve Champion
Another foal by Libro belonging to Mr. and Mrs Webb of Archfield stud won at Three Counties Show
A filly yearling by Chaos ( ex K.E. First Diamond by Candle King), owned by Kate and Emma Bevan became reserve champion at the Royal Welsh.
6 yo Pro-Motion by Pro-Set had a succeddful show at Mount Ballan winning the Elematary and Medium classes.
Chilled semen from Raging Bull Vangelis-S and Talan will be available from 27th July for one week.
June
Vangelis-S continues his run of success and after a 4th place in the Hickstead Derby Trial he also finished 4th in The Hickstead DFS Derby, in his first ever derby attempt.
A bunch of young Pro-Set 6-yo's are starting to make an impression on the dressage circuit. Fan-Set and Watley both competed in the Shearwater International 6-yo class at Wellington Premier League which was convincingly won by Fan-Set. Both are ridden by Alice Peternell (nee Wilson). Vic-Set (Tessa Thorne) and Pro-Motion II (Martin Schleicher) have been successfully competing at elementary level winning several classes wih 70%+.
Wizardlea HFS by Vangelis-S, ridden by Jackson Reed-Stephenson, has competed very successfully in 6 yo jumping classes and has also qualified for HOYS at Newcomer level.
May
Vangelis-S' recent successhas attracted celebrity interest. International and Lions rugby star Phil Vickery and his clothing company 'Raging Bull' will now support Vangelis-S and he will carry the company's prefix and be known as 'Raging Bull Vangelis-S'.
April
Vangelis-S achieved a very good 3rd placing at the British Open Championship at the NEC, Birmingham.
March
New arrivals: Big Time, Robert Smith's promising young World Cup stallion, who sadly died in 1997, produced two fantastic colt foals to Meadow Stud's top mares Pathetique by Burggraaf and Tashamo by Andiamo (dam of the 2008 Futurity Supreme Champion).
Talan and Vangelis-S will both be coming back to meadow Stud from the 20th April to 2nd May 2009. Fresh and chilled semen will be available during this period. Any breeders interested in this opportunity please contact the stud office on 01452 750113
February
New arrival: Meadow Stud has acquired another new stallion to stand at stud for the 2009 season. 'Cash Point' is a 3 year old Holstein bred stallion by Com Air x Chamonix. Information on Cash Point will be available on our website shortly.
Vangelis-S will be coming back to the stud for a short period of time from the 20th April to 2nd May 2009. Fresh and chilled semen will be available during that period. Other dates may be added which will be published on the website
Solitair, Landtanzer, Libro and Pro-Set will participate in the Stallion Parade at Hartpury College on the 14th of February
January
Vangelis-S was presented at the BWP stallion show in Moorsele/BEL and was fully licensed by the BWP stallion committee and will now also be available too continental breeders through Michel Spaas' Berkenbroek
2008
November
Vangelis-S placed 2nd and 7th at the CSI**** Maastricht/NED
Vangelis-S competed in his first World Cup qualifier at CSI-W Verona/ITA and achieved a fantastic 6th place
October
Vangelis-S placed 5th and 7th at CSI*** Belfast/IRL
Vangelis-S performed sucessfully in front of a home ccrowd at the CSI*** Birmingham (HOYS) and achieved 2nd and 5th places !!
September
Vangelis-S competed successfully again on the Nations Cup Team at Spruce Meadow/CAN and was also placed in the $1,000,000 Grand Prix on the final day
August
Woodlea Farm Elenor, a yearling filly by Pro-Set out of Tashamo by Andiamo, purchased from us as a weanling last year won the show-jumping division at the Futurity final and was also crowned SUPREME CHAMPION of the whole Futurity Evaluation Series 2008. What a great result for Pro-Set again, having sired last years champion of the small horse and pony division Puck's Glen.
Vangelis-S achieved one of his biggest successes in his career. He was a member of the Nations Cup winning Team at the international show in Dublin/IRL
Fantastic news from Addington. Diaghilev, a 5 year old by Vangelis-S out of a Handstreich mare claimed second place in the British bred 5 year old championship at the British Young Show Jumping Horse Championships.
Additionally, at the Brightwells Foal Auction on Tuesday, a filly foal by Chaos out of an Ahorn Z mare fetched £7,000 and was third highest priced show jumping bred foal. What a fantastic result for Chaos and his first crop considering he had to prove himself against older and more established sires such as Quidam de Revel and Eurocommerce Berlin. Watch this space!
June
News from Rotterdam: Vangelis-S finished 4th in the Samsung Nations Cup in Rotterdam/NED as part of the British Team and also finished 6th individually in the Grand Prix on the final day
Master Blaster" by Irco Lhee qualified for the Pavo Young Event horse championship at West Wilts and will represent the Meadow Stud colours at the championship at Twesedown at the end of the year.
May
More fantsastic news from abroad reached the stud in May, Vangelis-S jumped his first Nations Cup with Robert Smith and gained 3rd place in Madrid/ESP performing as one of the best horses on the team in Spain
April
Fantastic news from oversees. Vanqueur by Pro-Set finally got fully approved by the SAWHA society in South Africa. He was exported at 6 month and now represents British Breeding in South Africa as Pro-Set's first graded son gaining 9 for his topline and straight 8's for all the other components. In addition, One of Vanqueur's foal claimed the reserve champion title at The South African annual breeding championshop and was only beaten by a 6 year old
Good news from the States: Solitair's full brother Triviant won the Step by Step Grand Prix at Palm Beach/Florida. Below is an extract from the news article:
Sweetnam & Triviant Top $25,000 Step by Step Foundation Grand Prix
WELLINGTON, Fla., April 27--Ireland's Shane Sweetnam and Triviant captured the $25,000 Step by Step Foundation Grand Prix at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center Sunday.
The pair were the last to go in the 10 entries that made it to the jumpoff from the 23 combinations that started the class
The 6 year old mare Armani by Libro gained an excellent 4th place in the Elementary Restriced Freestyle class at the 2008 Winter Dressage Championships at Hartpury with owner/ rider Verity Perry. Well done to botth
The Show-Jumping Pony stallion Fabian has been sold to Garry and Nancy Pinchen for their daughter Yazmin. We would like to congratulate Yazmin and Fabian for their win at the Pony of the Year Show and their fantastic placings in the Grand Prix at Le Toquet/FRA and Moorsele/BEL and wish them all the best for th future
February
Good news from the competition front: Fabian qualified for the Winter JC final at Hickstead jumping a treble clear at Towerlands with up to 1.35m fences (!)
Vangelis-S was 3rd in the Big Tour at the Sunshine Tour in Spain, his first competition after his winter break.
Another New Arrival: The first foal by Chaos has arrived!! Its a beautiful filly out of a Burggraaf x Cash mare. What a great start to Chaos's breeding career
January
New Arrival: The KWPN approved stallion Solitair will move to his new home in the UK in February 2008. Sharon Baldwin and Daan Horn of de Wiemselbach stallion station have agreed to offer Solitair to British breeders on British soil. Solitair will be standing at stud in the UK for the foreseeable future
2007
August
Vangelis S achieved a 5th place in the Puissance class at the CSIO***** Dublin/IRL
Fabian's run of success continued with a win at the Junior Regional Final at Bicton. He was the only (!) pony to jump a treble clear and therefore qualified for HOYS
Fabian also came 7th in the Junior Foxhunter final at the Scope Festival
August also brought on some outstanding breeding success with a 3-year old filly by Pro-Set winning the KWPN mare grading at the Hand EC and being the first British bred mare to be awarded 'ster' status
July
Vangelis S had a winning streak and won classes at both the CSI**** Geesteren/Ned and CSIO***** Estoril/POR
Fabian conculded the Meadow Stud Jumping stallions' winning streak by winning all 6 (!) classes at the international pony show H.P.I. Cavan/IRL
June
Vangelis S continued his successful run and achieved several top 5 placings at the CSI*** Gelderland/NED and Addington
Fabian placed himself second in a Junior Foxhunter class at the Hand EC
May
Landtanzer qualified for the PSG Regional Finals
Vangelis-S was crowned a winner at Windsor Royal Show
Vangelis-S won a six bar competition at the CSIO Rome clearing 2.15m (7")
April
Vangelis S achieved a very good 3rd placing in the British Open grand Prix at Birmingham NEC
March
Good news reached the stud from the Sunshine Tour in Spain where Pro-Set and Carl Hester achieved a 4th and 6th placing at Grand Prix level. The pair went even better in the Grand Prix on Sunday were they won for the first time at international Grand Prix level. Pro-Set therefore achieved qualifying results for international championships
Fabian has achieved a fantastic second placing in a Blue Chip Coral qualifier in Sheffield and has qualified for the Blue Chip final.
Fabian picked up more second places at Foxhunter level at The Hand EC
Landtanzer claimed a 2nd place at PSG level at Abbey Dressage with Martin
January
Pro-Set made an excellent Grand Prix debut winning the main class at Addington Premier League and raises the hopes for a successul first Grand Prix season
2006
November
Vanita, a 4-year old gelding by Jazz, owned by Sharon and produced by Martin was second highest priced lot at Brightwells' "European Sale of Dressage Horses" fetching £36.000.
October
Landtanzer has upgraded to Prix St. George and claimed 2nd place at the Hand EC with Martin Schleicher
Nibeley Bertie Bassest by Irco Lhee was a winner in the show ring at HOYS
Vangelis-S was placed 6th in the Grand Prix at the CSI-W in Oslo/Norway
September
Hillview Farm Tambalyn by Irco Lhee claims the overall coloured championship at the Festival of the Horse at Malvern
Pro-Set came 3rd in the Intermediare I Freestyle at the National Dressage with Carl Hester
Vangelis S claims his best placing so far with a 4th in the Grand Prix aat the Arena UK with Robert Smith Vangelis S also came 4th in the 1.50m class at Bremen CSI****/ Germany with Robert Smith
June
Ciaran Paterson, Brendan's son, has graduated from Vet school in Liverpool and will now join the team at the stud as the second veterinary surgeon. Congratulations
April
A new addition to the resident stallions of Meadow Stud has arrived. Landtanzer is a beautiful Holstein stallion with superb paces and a powerful jump. Please check out his page as he is a truly exciting prospect. He will be competed by resident rider Martin Schleicher.
February
Very good news reached the stud in Februray when Pro-Set and Carl Hester won six (!) out of seven international classes at the Sunshine Tour in Spain and was crowned overall Small Tour Champion beating several well- known combinations from the continent with scores well in the 70%s.
