Stock Horses
Nonda Sunday Dreaming
One of a kind
NONDA SUNDAY DREAMING
Sunday Knight – Nonda Sweet Dreams
Age: bay filly rising 2YO (foaled 1 Dec 2005)
Height: Will mature around 15.2
Registration: ASHS registeration is currently underway
Comments
- This is a filly with a special pedigree. She is the daughter of Nonda Sweet Dreams (Docs Boab – Nonda Night Bird) who is considered one of our finest broodmares.
- Sunday Dreaming is a half sister to Nonda Let’s Talk Later, Nonda Seventh Heaven and Nonda Swag (see below)
- Sunday Dreaming is by Sunday Knight, an own son of world champion sire Sunday Silence who won the Kentucky Derby and was Horse of the Year in America (see the plaintree.com.au website) His dam Wrap Around was a Group 1 winner from a wonderful family of champion Australian race mares.
- Half sister to Nonda Lets Talk Later, winner of the 2000 Warwick Gold Cup, (ridden by Terry Hall) Finalist 2000 Canning Downs: highest aggregate Gold Cup/Canning Downs. Ran the fastest round in 2000 Canning Downs (22 seconds) Also won the Walcha Golden Gate, the Proston Golden Spurs, 2nd Pearl of the North etc. Regarded as one of the most admired campdraft mares in Australia.
- Half sister to Nonda Seventh Heaven who won 6 novice drafts for Ben Hall. Also runner up in 1998 ASHS SuperQuest, third in the 1998 ACA Rookie Horse of the Year Award. Seventh Heaven went on two long droving trips with Ben Hall and walked from Normanton to Windorah in Queensland with 2000 head of cattle. She was tough, strong and absolutely sound.
- Half sister to Nonda Swag (sire: deceased) 2nd Brunette Downs Novice ridden by Terry Hall, Won first round Winton Novice, also won cut out, Won Allora Novice. Went droving with Terry Hall. Travelled on foot with 3000 steers from Cloncurry to Urandangie in the Channel Country. Trucked back to Cloncurry then walked 1800 steers from near Cloncurry to Blackall in Central Queensland. Ridden every second day (average day: 20 to 30 miles riding). Terry Hall noted his extreme soundness and toughness. He completed the trip without a day off for lameness or soreness. At the end of this trip he drafted in the Stallion Draft at Warwick, where he scored an 82 on a tough beast.
- Sunday Dreaming is a member of the wonderful Rotorua family developed by Nonda since 1923 and the taproot of most of their best campdrafters.
- This filly is suitable for campdrafting, futurity polocrosse, polo. She has everything it takes to become an exceptional broodmare for the leading Australian breeder.
“Every so often a horse comes along with “Mercedes sports car” stamped all over them. Sunday Dreaming is one of those – she is big, strong and extremely powerful, with a wonderful action and focus about her. She will draft, play polo or polocrosse at the highest level and make a fabulous broodmare. She has started under saddle extremely well and I was really impressed every time I watched her work. She has the world at her feet.”
This horse was started at Finch Farm, owned by David Finch. David is currently EFA Coach of the Year, and his protegee Robert Moffart – who starts and rides all the young horses – is a World Cup Showjumper. He grew up on a property in the Qld bush, won the Brisbane Exhibition World Cup in 2007 as well as numerous Grand Prix wins at major shows across Australia. While Roberts sights are set on the Olympics, he is also a full time trainer of performance horses for a wide number of disciplines.
“She had very correct paces and good movement. She has a big, scopy rhythmical stride and she is very switched on and observant. She is quick on her feet, she has size and feels like she will be fast. She could suit campdrafting, polo or polocrosse”
Pedigree
Sire
Sunday Knight (Sunday Silence – Wraparound)
Sunday Knight is the only Australian bred son of the international super-sire Sunday Silence in the world. He combines Sunday Silence with a double cross of the great Australian sire, Star Kingdom. Sunday Knight hails from an outstanding Australian colonial family of Group 1 winning and Group 1 producing mares.
It is an outstanding family of champion mares: his dam Wrap Around is a G1 winner, her half sister, Rose of Danehill is a G2 winner and another half sister Attire has produced the G1 winner Fashions Afield. Their dam Beach Gown is a G3 winner as well.
Sunday Knight’s first crop are now 3YO’s and they are showing plenty of ability (see News section) with 11 race wins and 17 placings. Three of his geldings, Marunouchi, Punch Up and Wullkuraka have chalked up 8 wins between them.
Sunday Knight is an outstanding near black stallion with an imposing presence. He is athletic and highly intelligent to work with.
As a yearling, Sunday Knight was offered by Arrowfield at the Australian Easter Yearling Sales and sold for $800,000, which gives some indication of his pedigree and conformation.
Sunday Knight is a true son of his sire Sunday Silence. He is black/brown, 16.2 hh, with the same blaze and white sock as his sire. His colour and conformation gives him a real presence when he steps onto the parade ring. He has a typical Sunday Silence head and a very similar physique. He is a beautiful mover, and has a way of going through his gears with seemingly very little effort.
He has dominated his foals in exactly the same way that his sire, Sunday Silence did. The majority are blacks or dark browns with the customary running white blaze (or star and snip) and one of two hind white socks. There is an occasional dark bay with no white. This is the same colour patterning as produced by Sunday Silence. They are true to their sire in type and are particularly good movers.
Dam
First Dam
Nonda Sweet Dreams (Docs Boab – Nonda Night Bird)
Pedigree Notes
Nonda Sweet Dreams produced a Warwick Gold Cup winner in her very first foal. That fact alone has distinguished her as one of the most successful stock horse broodmares in Australia. She has produced a number of very talented horses in her 6 live foals to date:
Performance Notes
Sweet Dreams was started once for a fourth placing in the 2YO class at Widgee Futurity. She was trained by Ian Francis who had a high opinion of the mare. She was retired to stud and bred Lets Talk Later as a 3YO
Breeding Record
- 1992: NONDA LETS TALK LATER: (Docs Freckles Oak)
Ridden by Terry Hall:- won 2000 Warwick Gold Cup, Finalist Canning Downs (fastest round: 22 seconds) Won highest overall aggregate in Warwick Gold Cup and Canning Downs. She was only competed twice at Warwick: the first time she made the final and once again set a new course record for the Canning Downs Draft.
- Lets Talk Later also won Walcha Golden Gate, Proston Golden Spurs, and ran second at the Pearl of the North in Darwin. In her cutting career (as a 3Y0 and 4Y0) she was a Finalist in the NCHA Futurity, Finalist in NCHA Derby and second in the Novice at the NCHA Finals. She is the only horse in Australia to have achieved the distinction of being a Warwick Gold Cup winner and a NCHA Futurity and Derby Finalist.
Second 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.
Price
For Private Sale
Photo Gallery
Sunday Night
Nonda Sweet Dreams ridden by Ian Francis as a 2YO
Lets Talk Later and Terry Hall
Lets Talk Later, 2000 Warwick Gold Cup (ridden by Terry Hall)
Lets Talk Later – NCHA Futurity
Heather Pascoe (nee Brown) on Lets Talk Later, NCHA Derby finalist
Nonda Seventh Heaven
Nonda Swag
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