PDR SAFFYRE
"Saffyre"
Chestnut mare
PDR X War Belle
2023 4th NZCHA Futurity
Chestnut mare
PDR X War Belle
2023 4th NZCHA Futurity
PEPTOS DO ROCK
"PDR"
2007 Red Roan Gelding Pepto Style n Spin x Miss Royal Durack 2013 Reserve Champion Taurimu Classic NZCHA Certificate of Ability 2014 NZCHA Reserve Champion Stallion 2014 Reserve Champion Taurimu Classic 2015 NZCHA Champion Stallion Gelded 2020 and returned to show pen in 2022 2022 4th KCCC Open Horse 3rd KCCC Gelding Stakes 1st Restricted Rider (Kristin Anselmi) NZCHA National Finals- 3rd Restricted Rider aggregate (Kristin Anselmi) |
ALL FYRED UP
"Nolan"
2010 Chestnut Gelding Docs Durack (Imp) x War Belle by Colonel Pep (Imp) 2015 CPCHC Superstakes Reserve Champion 2015 NZCHA National Finals. Open Horse finalist 2015 NZCHA Hi Point Champion 4 Year Old 2015 NZCHA Derby Champion 2015 NZCHA Futurity Show JLT Open Horse 2016 NZCHA National Finals - winner Novice Horse Final 2016 NZCHA National Finals - second Open Horse Final 2016 NZCHA Open Horse Champion 2016 AQHA -NZ Open Horse 2016 NZCHA Hi Point Gelding Champion 2016 NZCHA North Island Open Horse Champion 2016 NZCHA Taurimu Classic Champion 2016 CPCHC Novice Horse Champion 2017 CSCHC Classic Champion 2017 NZCHA Open Horse Champion 2017 AQHA -NZ Open Horse 2017 NZCHA Open Non Pro Champion 2017 NZCHA Taurimu Classic Champion 2017 CPCHC Open Non Pro, Colin Holmes riding All Fyred Up 2018 NZCHA Open Horse Champion 2018 AQHA -NZ Open Horse 2019 NZCHA Triple Crown Open Horse Champion 2019 NZCHA Futurity Open Horse 2020 South Island Finals Open Non Pro winner 2021 NZCHA Open Horse Champion 2021 AQHA -NZ Open Horse 2021 Reserve Champion NZCHA Open Non Pro 2022 KCCC Gelding Stakes Champion 2022 NZCHA Open Non Pro Reserve Champion 2023 NZCHA Open Horse Champion 2023 NZCHA Reserve Champion Open Non Pro 2023 NZCHA. Reserve Champion Gelding 2024 NZCHA Open Horse Champion NZCHA Horses Hall of Fame NZCHA COA NZCHA COM |
Introducting the newest inductee to the NZCHA Hall of Fame Horses
All Fyred Up Q3424 Born in 2010, a Quarter Horse chestnut gelding by Docs Durack (Imp) out of War Belle by Colonels Pep (Imp). Bred and owned by Colin & Helen Holmes, trained and ridden by Colin. The story behind All Fyred Up is very special to us and the reason for his paddock name Nolan and his AQHA-NZ registered name A few weeks before our friend Nolan Fyres died we sent him a picture of our roan yearling colt Peptos Do Rock. Nolan’s daughter Kim got back to us saying that Nolan had always wanted a roan horse. So a plan was set in motion that we would have one of Nolan’s mares to breed to PDR and we could use her to breed from until we were breeding with PDR. How fortunate were we, unbeknown by us then, that by having a mare by Colonels Pep, the stallion Nolan Fyers had imported, we were acquiring amazing bloodlines in that Colonels Peps full sister Colonels Destiny is now an NCHA Australia Hall of Fame inductee. Combined with Docs Duracks genetics the stars must of been aligned for Nolan. So in 2009 War Belle went to Docs Durack and the story of Nolan started. (to add to this story Warbelle did produce a roan filly by PDR for Kim) Nolan is a nondescript gentle horse with a few quirks but in front of a cow he is strong, very cow related in what he does and has more than enough ability to control a cow with big stops and agile movement with lots of eye appeal. If he has one fault it would be in the warmup pen when occasionally he will “lie” to Colin and in the show pen he will be too cow fresh and pig root across the pen but he will stay cutting and settle into his work. Nolans career started at the 2014 NZCHA Futurity and since then his highlights have been: 2015 CPCHC Superstakes Reserve Champion 2015 NZCHA 4 Year Old Champion 2015 NZCHA Derby Champion 2016 NZCHA Open Horse Champion 2016 NZCHA Gelding Champion 2016 NZCHA North Island Open Horse Champion 2016 NZCHA Classic Champion 2017 CSCHC Classic Champion 2017 NZCHA Open Horse Champion 2017 NZCHA Open Non Pro Champion 2017 NZCHA Classic Champion 2018 NZCHA Open Horse Champion 2019 NZCHA Triple Crown Open Horse Co Champion 2021 NZCHA Open Horse Champion 2021 NZCHA Open Non Pro Reserve Champion 2022 KCCC Gelding Stakes Champion 2022 NZCHA Open Non Pro Reserve Champion NZCHA COA and COM Only four horses have won the NZCHA Open Horse Championship three times in their cutting career: Poronui Worthwhile in 1986, 1987 and 1988, Docs Durack in 1998,1999 and 2000(Nolan’s Sire), Starzacre in 2014, 2019, and 2020. Nolan is the first horse in the NZCHA’s history to win the Open Horse Championship four times in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2021. (Starzacre accomplished that in 2022) And now the honour of being in the NZCHA Horses Hall of Fame and as he is only 11 years old as this is written, we hopefully can look forward to more of his achievements. Colin & Helen Holmes June 2022. |