Crown Manor Stables - Appaloosa Horse Stud

Happy Easter 🐣
Hope everyone have a blessed day with with love, joy & happiness

🤩🤩 WOWZERS 🤩🤩

What a week we had at Australian Appaloosa Association Ltd Show 🎉🎉🎉
Back in the show ring with Miss Paisley has been the most fun I’ve had in a long time. We have been working hard together to be thankful for our achievements and big goals we kicked together.

The great supportive banter with all the competitors, the giggles, the OMG’s we went off pattern giggles along the way 🤪
Everyone was supporting each other & I’m so proud to say I’m a part of an amazing Association with all of our Appaloosa friends.

We stepped out of our comfort zone and did classes we hadn’t done before, I kept saying to myself “GO BIG OR GO HOME”
Our results speak for themselves 😍😍😍

🏆 PLACINGS 🏆

🥉3rd Place Amateur Ranch on the Rail
5th Place Senior Horse Ranch on the Rail
5th Place Amateur Ranch Riding
5th Place Senior Horse Ranch Riding
🥇NATIONAL CHAMPION All Age Conformation
🥇NATIONAL CHAMPION Amateur Ranch Conformation
🏆GRAND CHAMPION RANCH CONFIRMATION

🥉3rd place All age Suitability for Dressage
🥇NATIONAL CHAMPION All Age Led Hack
🏆 GRAND CHAMPION LED HACK
🥈2nd Place All age Ridden Hack 14hh & Over
🥇 NATIONAL CHAMPION Amateur Ridden Hack
Amateur Novice HSE (oops off pattern 🤦‍♀️)

🥉3rd Place Jackpot All Age Hunter Under Saddle Classic
🥇NATIONAL CHAMPION Jackpot Amateur Hunter Under Saddle Classic

🥇 NATIONAL CHAMPION Senior Horse In Hand
🥈RESERVE CHAMPION All Age Walk/Trot HUS
🥇NATIONAL CHAMPION Amateur Novice HUS
🥈RESERVE CHAMPION Senior Horse HUS

5th Place All Age Walk/Jog Horsemanship
🥇NATIONAL CHAMPION Amateur Novice Horsemanship
Senior Horse Horsemanship (oops off pattern 🤦‍♀️)

🥈RESERVE CHAMPION 4yo & Over Mare
🥈RESERVE CHAMPION Amateur Halter Mare 4yrs & over
🥈RESERVE CHAMPION Amateur Novice Showmanship

5th Place All Age Walk/Trot Ranch Riding
🥇NATIONAL CHAMPION Amateur Novice Ranch Riding
6th Place Senior Horse Ranch Riding

Amateur Novice Trail (Got the lope over, then off pattern oops 🤦‍♀️)

Thankyou to all the show staff for everything you all do to make our show run as smoothly as it does. Our Judges Janette Dublin USA & Gillian Hill (Hack & Dressage)

The AAA committee Debbie Pearson , Tamara Pearson , Patricia Thompson, Jeff Hall for all your support at the gate, Lee Ann Hall & photographer Dakota Gorrie CJC Photography & Design for all your amazing photos of our journey.

Thankyou to our Amazing Mickie Magan Equine Herbalist for keeping Paisley on track with all her health & body needs 😘

Thankyou to Relax Nutrition for the amazing feed regime that keeps my girl very happy .

Thankyou to our amazing Britt for taking care of our fur babies back at home, your are amazing 🥰

Thankyou to my hubby Robert for always believing in me to pursue my dreams and goals with Paisley 🥰🥰🥰 you are my rock 😘

Seriously can’t wait for next years Nationals to achieve more goals

Don’t. You. Dare. Practice the Quiet Quit.

There is a villain creeping through the barns, arenas, and back pastures of ageing riders.

It isn’t injury.
It isn’t youth.
It isn’t competition.

It’s the quiet quit.

Not the dramatic decision to sell the saddle and walk away.

The slow fade.

Riding a little less.
Skipping one show… then another.
Watching from the rail instead of entering the gate.
Saying, “Maybe next year.”
Letting doubt speak louder than desire.

The quiet quit doesn’t announce itself.
It whispers.

“You’re getting older.”
“You’ve done enough.”
“You don’t need to push it.”
“Let the younger ones have their turn.”

And before you know it, the passion that once defined you is reduced to memories.

But here’s the truth:

Ageing does not require disappearing.

Yes, we adapt.
Yes, we ride smarter.
Yes, we respect our bodies more than we did at 30.

But adapting is not the same as fading.

You do not have to compete the same way.
You do not have to ride as high, as fast, or as hard.
But you must not surrender your fire quietly.

Because the quiet quit is not about ability.

It’s about belief.

It’s about slowly accepting the false idea that there is an expiration date stamped on your saddle.

There isn’t.

There is only the choice:

Fade…
Or show up.

Show up imperfect.
Show up seasoned.
Show up adjusting your goals if you must.
But show up.

The world does not need ageing riders stepping aside politely.

It needs visible examples of longevity.
It needs courage wrapped in wisdom.
It needs women and men who refuse to shrink.

So don’t.
You.
Dare.
Practice the quiet quit.

If you’re going to step away, let it be because your heart is at peace — not because doubt wore you down.

This is a movement against the slow fade.

Stay in the saddle.
Keep riding.

— Deb K Purdy 🐎✨

There are moments when words become unnecessary.
When a forehead touching a forehead speaks louder than any language.

She bows in silence —
not in submission, but in deep respect.
She answers with calm and trust,
as if saying: I am here, I hear you, I am with you.

This is not just a human and a horse.
It is a meeting of souls,
where there is no fear, no need to prove anything.
Only harmony,
born where the heart is open.

This is what a bond looks like
that goes beyond time,
beyond words,
and remains as light within. 🤍🐎

A horse’s eye does not wander without reason.
This one watched the gate every evening, not with hope, but with certainty.

It had learned the rhythm of footsteps. The pause before arrival. The way time stretched but never broke its promise.

That eye had seen storms pass and people leave. It had learned patience without bitterness. When the figure finally appeared, the eye softened — not in surprise, but in recognition.

Some horses do not wait because they expect.
They wait because they remember.

And memory, once earned, does not hurry.



My beautiful Paisley’s eye 🥰
The window to my soul

When their muzzle turns gray,
something in your heart shifts.
It’s subtle at first-
a softness around their eyes,
a sprinkle of silver on their whiskers,
a little more wisdom in the way they look at you.
But then one day,
you catch yourself staring a little longer,
memorizing things
you never want to forget.

Because when a horse grows older,
your love grows deeper.
Richer.
More tender.
It stops being about training and goals
and starts being about moments-
quiet, ordinary, sacred moments
you wish you could live twice.

When their muzzle turns gray,
you become gentler.
You slow down.
You let them take an extra second at the gate.
You walk more than you trot.
You brush them longer than you ride.
You spend more time listening
than asking.

You start to understand
that every nicker,
every breath,
every soft blink
is a gift not everyone gets to keep.

Their aging teaches you something
that youth never could:
that the best parts of life
aren’t measured in blue ribbons
or clean rounds
or perfect patterns-
they’re measured in trust,
in loyalty,
in years spent side by side
weathering every season together.

When their muzzle turns gray,
you remember the firsts-
the first ride,
the first bond,
the first time you realized
this horse wasn’t just a horse…
they were part of your soul.

But you also begin to treasure the lasts-
the last time they nuzzled into your chest
with the same strength they had years ago,
the last fall trail ride before winter,
the last time they whinnied
with that youthful spark in their voice.

Growing old with a horse
is one of the quietest heartbreaks
and one of the greatest honors
you will ever know.

You feel the weight of time
in ways you can’t explain-
how their back dips,
how their legs stiffen,
how they lean into your hands
a little more than they used to.

And yet somehow,
in all their aging,
they become even more beautiful.
Not in the shiny-coat, show-ring kind of way…
but in the way they trust you completely,
in the way they soften when they hear your voice,
in the way they follow you
because you are their safe place.

They give you a lifetime of love,
and all they ask in return
is that you stay
stay patient,
stay gentle,
stay loyal,
stay by their side
as their world slows down.

When their muzzle turns gray,
you realize you’re not just caring for a horse.
You’re caring for a friend
who carried you through pieces of your life
no one else even knew about.
You’re caring for a soul
who loved you in silence
but shaped you loudly.

And when that time comes-
when you know you’re walking into the later chapters-
your heart breaks and swells
all at the same time.

Because loving an aging horse
is bittersweet magic.
It hurts.
It heals.
It teaches you more about love
than any human relationship ever has.

So cherish the gray muzzle.
Cherish the slow steps,
the deep breaths,
the way they rest their head against you
just a little longer each time.

These are the moments
you will hold onto forever.
These are the memories
that become treasures.
These are the pieces of your heart
that will never leave-
even long after they do.

A horse is never just an image.
It is a memory carved into the path we once walked together.

It is the quiet of the forest that listened when the world grew too loud.
The rhythm of hooves that matched the beat of a restless heart.
A sunset where freedom and peace finally learned how to coexist.

In its silhouette lives the wind, the road behind us, and the dream that kept pulling us forward.
In the mirror of still water, past and future pause—just long enough to breathe together.

A human and a horse.
Two souls aligned.
Moving in the same direction, even when everything else falls silent.

This is not about riding.
It’s about belonging.

About a connection that needs no words.
About inner freedom that cannot be taken, only felt.
About a journey that doesn’t begin on a trail…
but deep within the heart. 🖤

🤩 FOR SALE 🤩

Mark Shaffer WP reins
5/8 weighted
No loop
In excellent condition, only used on show bridle for a short amount of time.
Selling as now using Romel reins

PRICE $100

Slobber straps
Never used.

PRICE $35

buyer pays postage

A horse and a human.
Two worlds meeting in the quiet of a sunset.
In this gaze — trust without words.
In this touch — a calm the noisy world so often takes away.

A horse doesn’t ask who you are or who you were yesterday.
It feels the heart.
And when the heart is honest, it opens completely.

This moment reminds us that true connection needs no words.
Only presence.
Only warmth.
Only truth.

And perhaps it is beside a horse that we remember who we truly are —
calm, alive, and real. 🐎✨

🐴 Tack room clean out 🐴

Black Tail bag used $15

Tough Saddle pad holder excellent condition $40

Green mesh hanging rug bag excellent condition $30

Black bridle/halter bag with 6 clips excellent condition $50

Canta single bridle/halter bag $15

Black mesh hanging rug bag excellent condition $30

FOR SALE

Roper girls boots
Size 13
BRAND NEW
I Bought the wrong size 🤦‍♀️
Paid $115.00

Selling for $100

For Sale
Billett near side strap. New taken off my show saddle for a leather one

RRP $29.95
Sell Price - $20

FOR SALE

Riding Sun Shirts
All in excellent new condition,
Tried on but are to big for me

Pink Delzani
Size L

Dark blue Hi Class Equestrian
Size ladies 14

Pink multi color Dublin
Size XL
Air mesh on sides and under arms

All $30 each

For sale

Balance Bit shank
In Excellent NEW CONDITION

$90.00

Stunning White Show Hat
Atwood 5X
Size 7 1/8
In excellent new condition
Purchased from USA
It looks Amazing on 🤩

Price - ONLY $400

Buyer pays postage 😉