Welcome To Savannah Appaloosa & R.S Droughtmaster Stud
Sunrise at Renner Springs Station, photo by Mary Presley
I give my sincere thanks to my dear husband Steve, Amanda McHugh of Rocking M Performance Horses, Debera Ebbert of Riverdowns Appaloosa Stud,for all your help I'm very grateful.
We specielize in quiet, well bred horses to suit all western, show and performance events , some of the best bloodlines in the World are in our paddocks.
Skips Songbird - by Skips Supreme,photo by A.McHugh
Renner Springs Station in the NT belongs to Steve and Valmai Jones and is also home to Renner Springs Droughtmaster Stud.
Click on R.S Droughtmasters page for cattle details.
In my search for the perfect stud sire I searched all the Western breeds, but the perfect horse was still out there. After all, I was'nt looking for just any old horse. He had to be pretty and stand out from the crowd.Then one day I saw the most awesome stallion I had ever laid eyes on, imported from the USA, he was a Blue Grulla Dun Appaloosa with a baldy face and four white stockings, and a snow cap blanket to his withers.
Mighty Storm Song was fresh off the U.S.A show circuit, he was the number one yearling colt over there.
He took all before him in Australia and became a Multi National Champion both at Halter and under saddle.
Finally, a colt foal was born, a spitting image of his sire, a double cross of Mighty Storm Song .
Cayuse Mighty Windstorm, sold to me at one day old. The most gentle stallion in the world and he is very, very quiet. He is also now a Champion in his own right, and together we are dedicated to breeding good quiet horses that anyone can do anything with, any place, any time. So to all our buyers, and brood mare owners, we wish you all the best and may you join the winners circle with a Mighty Windstorm horse , belive me, they do stand out from the crowd.
Savannah Appaloosa Stud is made up of a very potent mare band. We carry some of the best Quarter Horse and Appaloosa blood in the world. We have only ever purchased mares from the very best studs in
Photo by A.McHugh
Our horses are picked on temperament and conformation. All horses must display quiet natures and athletic ability. We specialize in breeding high class, quiet family mounts for show, cutting, campdrafting and all performance events, all of our foals are imprinted at birth. At weaning, foals are introduced to the Stable environment, they are stabled and fed to get them used to that routine, then turned out to grow.
Savannah Dreamsong, photo by A McHugh
Renner Springs boasts some of the "best horse country in the North"(vets quote), horses do really well here. Lactating mares are fed a horse custom mix co
ntaining copra and seaweed meal. Foals are reared in a natural environment and are not limited by space. Foals can roam far and wide beside their dams as they are meant to by nature. The horses graze peacefully beside our Stud Droughtmaster cattle and they have a wide verity of ground to cover which includes gently sloping hills, sandy ridges and rolling Mitchell grass plains , this insures sure footed riding stock with good feet when they are broken in at around 18 months of age
We use natural horsemanship methods at breaking, our young horses are always started in a rope halter and usually bareback. We give a guarantee with all our sale stock, and you can rest assured that all sale stock are quiet with no vices.
Savannah Midnight Storm - Champion Colt Katherine Show
Rocking M I'ma Stormy Q- Champion Coloured Colt Mt Isa, Qld
Storm has his 3rd foal crop due in October out of both pure Q H and Appaloosa mares( Storm babies have already shown their winning ways in the show ring), and boy what attention they'er getting!
Colors range from brown dun, black buckskin, silver bucskin,black and white, varnish blue, buckskin, bay dun, grulla and a pearl dun, most of them carry the ‘Storm trademark of white feet and white on the forehead. Storm is a proven sire of show horses already. The Storm Song line of horses stand out in any crowd by their good looks alone, however due to athletic ability, good conformation and cool trainable minds we are seeing their performances shining through. So we hope you enjoy looking at them on our website, thank you.
Valmai & Steve Jones
