Taraco Rockstar 

(photo of Rocky at less than one day old - click on photo for more photos)

Rockstar - n. 'rock star' a famous rock and roll musician; the term usually implies celebrity status, or 'stardom'; also the name of an American energy drink.

The fifth of Rara's foals this is the second by Lapstone Paragon and a full sibling to Taraco Rosetta (retained) and another colt that shows every sign of being as fantastic as both Rosetta and their siblings by Vervale Grenade. Rockstar is half brother to RASE winner Taraco Renegade and the prizewinning fillies Taraco Razzmatazz and Taraco Rioja and this gorgeous colt was up and charging about at only 2 hours old! Like all of Rara's babies he is incredibly cheeky and has heaps of attitude so should make a super show colt. Although this is no surprise as he is closely related to RWAS winners Vervale Gabbana and Galileo as well as having prizewinning siblings so I would expect him to have the same mountain pony quality and attitude! Like his sister Rosetta, Rockstar is a lovely combination of some of the best bloodlines in the World - his sire is the lovely stallion Lapstone Paragon who is half brother to Vervale Stud's foundation mare Blanche Glimmer. Paragon is a stunning old stallion who well and truly lives up to his name and is a model of excellence in both type and temperament. He is beautifully bred and is by the fantastic stockgetter Springbourne Blue Boy a stunning Supreme International Champion stallion and out of the superb Supreme Champion mare Churchwood Portia. He is a wonderful example of a welsh mountain pony with short cannons and excellent bone combined with a beautiful head and fantastic movement. Lightly shown with great success as a youngster he was a prolific winner and Champion and was also 2nd at the RWAS as a youngster.

Rockstar's dam is one of my best foundation mares, Vervale Rara, a strikingly marked chestnut sabino mare who is impeccably bred being by the Supreme Champion Stallion Vervale Gangster (by Springbourne Caraway and out of Blanche Glimmer) and out of the fantastic mare Neauddparc Welsh Lady. A true welsh mountain pony - deep-bodied, extravagant mover, beautiful head, and heaps of spirit. Rara's sire, Vervale Gangster is full brother to the Supreme Champion's and Royal Welsh winning stallions Vervale Gabbana and Vervale Galileo and Gangster himself was a supreme champion before being sold abroad as a four year old after covering some mares. So this stunning colt has a superb pedigree, combining back-to-back champions and stock-getters in his immediate pedigree, which include some of the best: Springbourne Caraway (Supreme Champion, RWAS winner and sire-ratings topper); Breachwood Marwyn (Supreme Champion and RWAS winner and champion); Springbourne Boy Blue (Exported to Canada where is has won Supreme Championships); Churchwood Portia (RWAS winner); Churchwood Promise (supreme champion); Blanche Glimmer (champion show mare and dam of RWAS winners); Penual Mark (top stockgetter) and many more.

Taraco Stud, Canterbury, Kent

A small stud specialising in breeding quality palomino and buckskin welsh ponies and cobs