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Lauja Downs is located in Alton Downs, Central Queensland about 10km from Rockhampton. The owners of this horse complex are Nathan & Silvia Smith. We welcome you to visit our site and please feel free to contact us at any time. |
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Silvia, born and raised in The Netherlands, has more than 20 years experience in the horse industry. She studied horse husbandry at the Groenhorst agricultural College in the Netherlands and completed this study successfully in 1999.
Silvia also worked full time as a 2IC at a horse complex / horse riding school in Ede, The Netherlands, where she was a riding instructor for many years and taught beginners to experienced riders of all ages. From the age of 8 she competed successfully at pony clubs and is currently competing in show jumping, hacking and dressage at shows throughout Queensland.
Nathan is a local, born and raised in Rockhampton. He and Silvia met in France, Europe. After spending a couple of years in The Netherlands together, they moved to Rockhampton in September 2001. Nathan is the driving force behind it all and makes sure everything is in order.
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The horses enjoyed there well deserved break over Christmas and New Year and with almost 6 weeks off they put a few extra kilos on and both horses seemed very relaxed. Time to get fit again! The first two dressage competitions of the year were cancelled due to rain and we didn't get a lot of training done as my own arena was pretty wet as well. Finally after a few weeks of sunshine we got back into it. I nominated Larundel Guardian in the official Prelim & Novice and Balero in the official Medium & Advanced. The horses worked very well. It was a beautiful relaxed day and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. Larundel Guardian scored 65.75% in his prelim and we had a total stuff up in the Novice. Better luck next time! Balero scored 60.556% in his Medium and 59.625% in his very first official Advanced.The top hat and Kentucky tails from The Netherlands fitted beautifully. Next comp 22nd April |
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