Stock Horses
Nonda Bobbinic
NONDA BOBBINIC
Nonda Redford – Nonda Miss Reminic
Age: Rising 2YO filly (foaled 2007)
Height: Will mature around 15.hh
Registration: ASHS registration is currently underway
Comments
Bobbinic is a daughter of Nonda Redford (Semipaliltinsk – Nonda Lets Talk Later)
Her pedigree is world class: she combines Fillinic the dam of her maternal grandsire Reminic with Lets Talk Later, dam of her sire Nonda Redford. Filliinic is considered the best cowhorse mare America has ever seen, while Let’s Talk Later won the Warwick Gold Cup, Australia’s greatest campdraft. Lets Talk Later is also the only horse in Australia to ever make the finals of the NCHA Futurity, the NCHA Derby, the NCHA National Finals, the Warwick Gold Cup and the Canning Downs Draft.
“Bobbinic is a waspy, intelligent filly with all the quick responsive moves you would expect in a filly bred from these champion families. This is a genuine once in a lifetime opportunity to acquire some of the worlds best campdraft and cowhorse bloodlines.”
Pedigree
Sire
Nonda Redford
Bobbinic is from the first crop of Nonda Redford, who stands at Plaintree Farms.
Redford has a pedigree that is simply unmatched in Australia, since he combines the champion thoroughbred sire Semipalatinsk with Nonda Lets Talk Later, a champion Australian campdrafter. This is a completely unique outcross since he combines the influence of the great Star Kingdom – considered one of the greatest sires in the Australian Thoroughbred Industry – with the influence of Doc Bar, considered the greatest sire in the American cutting and cowhorse industry and now a major influence on the Australian camp draft industry.
Semipalatinsk (TB) champion sire of tough, sound winners of more than $20 million including Group 1 sprinters, Group 1 stayers, Group 1 hurdlers and steeplechasers. Semipalatinsk is also a Champion Australian Broodmare sire of numerous Group 1 winners. He has also sired champion Olympians, outstanding polo ponies, polocrosse horses, champion hacks, three day eventers and showjumpers.
Nonda Let’s Talk Later won the 2000 Warwick Gold Cup ridden by Terry Hall. She remains the only horse in Australia to make the finals of the Warwick Gold Cup, and the Canning Downs draft as well as the NCHA Futurity, the NCHA Derby and the NCHA National Finals (placed second)
Dam
First Dam
Miss Reminic (Reminic – Nonda Bounceback)
Pedigree Notes
Miss Reminic is an own daughter of the legendary Reminic, considered as ‘one of the greats’ by the leading cowhorse trainers and breeders in America. Miss Reminic was bred using chilled semen here in Australia. Reminic is a son of Fillinic, the extraordinary cowhorse champion owned by Greg Ward who was considered not only one of the finest mares ever seen in competition but certainly the greatest producer of cowhorses ever seen. She has bred a long line of champion cowhorses who have not only won the American Reined Cow Horse Futurity a number of times and also continued to pass her remarkable influence on.
Miss Reminic is from Nonda Bounceback, who is a daughter of Nonda’s best mare family. Bounceback ran 2nd in Novice at the ACA National Finals Campdraft (ridden by Peter Comisky) and is a half sister to Sweet Dreams, dam of Nonda Let’s Talk Later, winner of the Warwick Gold Cup, Australia’s greatest campdraft.
Performance
Miss Reminic has been worked under saddle and has done light mustering. She is highly intelligent, kind and loves people. We did not send Miss Reminic out to be trained for a very good reason. In 2001, the same year that she was foaled, we purchased Plaintree Farms and, our major commitment, time and resources have been focused in developing a boutique thoroughbred stud.
Second Dam
Nonda Bounceback (Rivoli Rex – Nonda Night Bird)
Nonda Bounceback (Rivoli Rex-Nonda Night Bird) was originally sold by Nonda as a 2YO. She was later drafted by champion camp drafter Peter Comisky, who had a very high opinion of the mare. Bounceback placed second (by one and a half points) in the Novice Draft at the ACA National Titles. This mare was later re-purchased by Nonda to join their brood mare band where she proved to be an extremely successful acquisition. Her progeny include two outstanding young sires, Nonda Military Cross (Acres Destiny) owned by Mr David Rathie and successfully campaigned by Mick Connelly and Nonda Spider in the Swag (Nonda Swag) who is a successful sire in Western Australia. Now 21, she has been retired from the brood mare band for a number of years and lives in retirement as an Aunty for young thoroughbreds.
Third Dam
Nonda Night Bird (Nonda Skywatch – Nonda Cuddles)
Pedigree Notes
Nonda Night Bird was an exceptional type of mare. This original taproot family was developed by the Brown family in 1923 at Nonda Downs station, Julia Creek N.W. Qld. They were an outstanding line of camp drafters, station stock horses and all-rounders with tremendous heart and stamina.
Performance
Nonda Night Bird was shown by champion trainer Ian Francis.
- 2YO: Junior State Champion Working Horse of Qld at the State Championship Show.
- 3Y0: won the Station Hack Class at Brisbane Royal Show (youngest horse in history to do so): second at the 3YO Widgee Futurity
- 4Y0: Retired to stud where she produced 5 daughters until her untimely death.
Stud Record
Her foals include:
- Nonda Bounceback (Rivoli Rex)
Sold by Nonda as a 2Y0 and drafted by Peter Cominsky. This mare placed second in the Novice Draft at the ACA National Titles (by one and a half points) Peter Cominsky had a very high opinion of this mare. She was later re-purchased by Nonda to join their brood mare band where she proved extremely successful. Her progeny include:- Nonda Military Cross (Acres Destiny) sire owned by Mr David Rathie and successfully campaigned by Mick Connelly
- Nonda Spider in the Swag (Nonda Swag) successful sire in Western Australia
- Nonda Undoolya (Beaver Doc) Multiple halter and show winner for her owners.
- Nonda Sweet Dreams (Boab) See above.
- Nonda Allnightlong (Docs Freckles Oak) Not shown due to injury. At stud she has produced the outstanding and widely respected Open campdrafter ONE DARK NIGHT (Acres Destiny) owned by the Hick Family, of St Elmo Julia Creek, NWQ
- Nonda Happy Ever After (Docs Freckles Oak) Drafted by Terry Hall before she returned to the Nonda broodmare band. She has produced a number of quality colts.
Fourth Dam
Nonda Cuddles (Skymark – Nonda Blue Mist)
Nonda Cuddles was a brilliant camp mare at Nonda who became a wonderful producer. This family has been owned and bred by members of the Brown family at Nonda Downs for 83 years: NH Brown (1923-1953) Reg Brown (1953-1975) Heather Brown (1975-2006).
The Rotorua family has always been regarded as Nonda’s best family. This family carries outstanding thoroughbred blood – the kind of bush thoroughbred that passed on speed, conformation and temperament.
Due to the distance and isolation of Nonda Downs, a station in North West Queensland, Nonda Cuddles was only ever bred to the one stallion, the thoroughbred Skywatch (Lumley Road – Countess Lloyda).
What Nonda Cuddles might have achieved if she had the opportunity to be bred to some of the more popular campdraft sires in the South can only be left to the imagination.
Her foals include:
- Nonda Bull Mitchell (Skywatch): station camp horse and picnic race horse
- Nonda Flynn (Skywatch)– station camp horse
- Nonda Jeannie Gunn (Skywatch)– halter winner at Brisbane RNA
- Nonda Daisy Bates (Skywatch) – broodmare
- Nonda Nellie Melba (Skywatch)– broodmare
- Nonda Salute (Skywatch) – gelding
- NONDA NIGHT BIRD (Skywatch)
- Shown by champion trainer Ian Francis.
- 2YO: Junior State Champion Working Horse of Qld
- 3Y0: won the Station Hack Class at Brisbane Royal Show: second at Widgee Futurity to another Nonda owned Filly.
- 4Y0: Retired to stud
- NONDA NATIVE SON (Skywatch)
- Remarkably tough, handsome horse who won a legion of admirers. He was used as a station camp horse at Nonda Downs during the years when the BTEC clean-up campaign was under way, and his speciality was running bulls. He was one of the greatest natural horses on cattle we have ever bred.
- He was shown at Cloncurry Show and Hughenden Show, where he won the Champion Stock Horse stallion on both occasions.
- His only other outing was in the Winton to Longreach Endurance Ride. Heather Brown was asked by outback legend RM Williams to accompany him for part of the ride and write about it for the Weekend Australian in order to promote the then yet-to-be-built Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame in Longreach.
- Then a 6YO – and coming off the back of a long winter muster on the station – Native Son started the Ride without any special training. He vetted through at Eversham, 96 miles down the road, and the next day completed the 35 miles from Maneroo station into Longreach in 2 hours and 11 minutes. He vetted through again and won the admiration of both vets and horsemen everywhere.
- In a stud career cut tragically short by his early death (32 registered foals) Native Son managed to sire:
- NONDA BEBOPALOOPA (Charlie Brook) Champion Polocrosse Horse of Australia
- WOODBRIDGE GAZELLE winner of the prestigious Victorian Barastoc Horse of the Year.
- NONDA NATIVE WHIMSEY – won Station Hack at the Brisbane Royal Show in 1983, the only horse from the north to ever do so. Trained by Ian Francis, she also won another 8 working stock horse events.
Price
For Private Sale
Photo Gallery
Nonda Redford
Nonda Miss Reminic
Reminic
Reminic
Nonda Night Bird cutting (ridden by Ian Francis)
Nonda Cuddles as a 3YO in 1967
Nonda Native Son
Nonda Native Son – ridden by Johnny Banning (aboriginal stockman)
Heather Brown and Nonda Downs stockman Joe Wilson. Native Son is photographed minutes after he crossed the line after traveling 35 miles in 2 hours and 11 minutes
Heather Brown and RM Williams
Nonda Bebopaloopa
Woodbridge Gazelle
Nonda Native Whimsey