Perdiz Pre Stud old - Perdiz Spanish Horses

My husband, David, was also brought up on a farm at Foxlydiate and he spent many years helping his parents with their dairy and beef suckler herds. At fifteen years old he accompanied his father, working their Shires on the land, ridging the potato field, cultivating and chain harrowing the grassland.
Having only previously seen pictures of Spanish horses in books, it was not until the 1990`s before we actually saw a living Spanish horse at The Royal Show, where we were exhibiting our Jacob sheep. A stand in the Craft Area was promoting Seville Oranges, which combined a display by traditionally dressed Spanish riders on the most beautiful horses I had ever seen. It was the kind temperament and breathtaking sculptural elegance of these horses that was so captivating.

It was not until after joining BAPSH in 2001, that I was able to contact a local breeder Mandy Wheatcroft.  It was there that I decided to buy `Mill Eclipse`, a two year old bay/greying filly, one of only five females bred in the UK that year .She was bred from the original Spanish bloodlines ,her Sire was the beautiful Adonis-Rex (see Articles page) and her Dam, Salinera was bred from Yeguada Cardenas stock. Over the years Eclipse has fulfilled all my expectations and has developed into a superb riding horse and excellent brood mare.