OUR NEWS

WELL, THAT'S IT FOLKS!

After breeding nearly 400 Irish Sport Horses since 1986, they have ALL been sold.

It is the end of an era, which is bittersweet and I need some time to be able to process this and express more in words. However, I would sincerely like to thank the many, many people who have supported this journey as well as myself along the way.

 To the critics, it’s so easy to be swayed by those that feel threatened but thank goodness you just made me stronger and more determined to achieve my goal of producing the best that I possibly could.

After thirty seven years of research and genetic selection ESB has become one of the largest and most successful performance horse names in equestrian history.

The ESB stud has consistently produced more top-level eventing horses than any other stud in Australia.  The bloodlines have competed at major international events in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, USA and the United Kingdom as well as winning a silver medal at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 with Megan Jones’s Irish Jester. 

And so, founder Vanessa Hawkins has certainly achieved her goal of breeding nice horses with more than 78 of her horses currently registered with Equestrian Australia, her bloodlines have produced ten 5*, six 4*, nine 3* and more than thirteen 2* horses and countless 1* horses.

THANK YOU ALL, ESPECIALLY THE HORSES OXO

ps. I will still be breeding a few Gypsy Cob crosses for carriage driving, novice and nervous riders as well as the ESB cattle.

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The ESB story

 is a project of pure passion rather than any commercial sense which has been developing international quality performance horses for more than 30 years. We take great pride in the selection of horses for riders because your goals are our goals.

 All the ESB stock have been genetically selected for their temperament, movement, conformation, soundness, trainability, athleticism, confidence and jumping ability.


The youngsters have had plenty of space to grow and develop, good nutrition, regular worming, gentle handling and professional training to give them the best possible foundation and start in life. Now they just need the right rider to maximise their potential and to realise their true qualities and what they were originally bred for.


ESB bloodlines have consistently produced international quality horses including the sire of Olympic silver medal winner Kirby Park Irish Jester and Kirby Park Irish Jamie (Cammy O'Rourke AUS); as well as 4* horses such as ESB Irish Endeavour (Will Enzinger AUS), ESB Irish Doctrine (Ashley Johnson USA), ESB Irish Fiddle (Alex Hua Tian CHINA), Kirby Park Irish Hallmark (Megan Jones AUS), ESB Irish Eclipse (Dale Flynn AUS), ESB Irish Quest (Tarryn Proctor) and many, many others.

If you are looking for a horse, we may have or know of a few which may suit you, so please feel free to let us know exactly what you are looking for.

 As you may have seen there are several horses posted on the

ESB horses for sale page

but there are more coming up.

 

We would be happy to help you source the right horse which is suitable for your needs.The best option to do justice to you, the horses and us, is to come up for a visit. 


In the meantime, could you please CLICK HERE to give us a few more details of your requirements; we can then narrow down the options and potential prices for you. It's easier to advise you on what might be suitable once we know your preferences for height, age, gender etc

 

We shall look forward to hearing from you and hope that we can help you to find that special horse.

Please feel free to give me a call on 0417 363 710 or email info@esbhorses.com

Cheers, Vanessa Hawkins



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