Here we would like to honour some of our beloved horses that have sadly passed on.
Hilda HB
Hilda was one of Doorndraai’s first mares. Shewas a cornerstone for the Stud in its early years and provided uswith quite a few good foals. At the ripe age of 24 she lost the sparkle in her eye and the difficult decision was taken to put her to sleep. We have named one of our fillies of the 2010 seasonafter her, Hilda van Doorndraai (D: Tiffinie van Doorndraai, S:Tjalf 443 ‘Sport’).
Loret Bb1 Stb Preferent (5 Star offspring)
After Loret became the first South African bred mare to achieve Preferent status, it became clear that we lost this amazing mare way toosoon. After nursing her at home for almost two weeks she died from complications of West Nile virus. Yster van Doorndraai also achieved star status in 2011 and we have another young stallion, Bakkies van Doorndraai, with great promise to be presented at the 2012 inspection. We were lucky to have such a stunning mare with us even though it was only for a little while.
Dana Yvette Vb Star
Dana Yvette crept into everybody’s heart as a stallion with a friendly and happy personality. After he became the Champion Imported Stallion with a Breeding permission at the 2007 FPSSA National Show we had great hopes for him that were sadly cut short when he got billary and died the same day he became sick. Pictures of him were used years after his death in the prestigious Gabrielle Boiselle calendar. Two of offspring Zoe of Millford and AnnaMart van Doorndraai also became Star at the 2011 Inspection.
