Mares/fillies
Daphne's mares;
100% Crabbet 100% Old English
Crystal Stardrift 1999 grey AHS premium mare ( Astar x Crystal Sunset)
Crystal Shadowlight 2005 - 2022 grey ( Indian Banner x Crystal Stardrift)
Crystal Silver Star 2008 - 2015 grey ( Ibn Silver x Crystal Stardrift)
Crystal May 2013 ( Crystal Romance x Crystal Stardrift) now sold
Sunfield Crystal Star 2018 - 2018. grey/chestnut (Crystal Romance x Crystal Stardrift) Sadly this filly passed away.
High % Crabbet Old English
Bint Magnetta 1998 -2022 grey ( Celtic Shadow x Magnetta)
Shades of Tessra 1998 chestnut ( Celtic Shadow x Tashasra)
Bint Arishma 1999 - 2020 chestnut ( Idris x Arishma)......passed away in sad cirumstances.
Irexanda 1999 - 2019 grey ( Idris x Irexandya)...passed away in sad circumstances.
Crabbet/CMK Old English
Bint Irexandya 2002 grey ( Secret Heart (CMK) x Irexandya)...home now and retired from her successful endurance life.
Christabella 2007 grey ( Secret Heart (CMK) x Coralie Belle)
 Sunfield Iona 2022 Crystal Romance x Bint Irexanda
This beautiful filly will stay chestnut. She was sold within two days of being born!
Full sister to my Skye, Iona will go to her new home in December 2020. Mandy Vallance is the lucky lady. |
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 Crystal Solitaire 2018 Klinta Sultan x Crystal Shadowlight.
This cracking chestnut pure crabbet filly was bred at Romac. Klinta Sultan was a loan resident stallion until he was sold. Look at that movement!! One to watch for the future. Solitaire is based in Shropshire (Zobeyni Arabians).
Photo credit and permission from Alexia. |
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 Sunfield Isadora 2021 FOR SALE
Crystal Romance x Bint Irexandya
This beautiful filly has been given to Lucy Gash. Lucy comes to help Daphne after school and has been wonderful in all that she does at Romac.
Her full brother, Crystal Heartbeat is 16hh.
Daphne has used her personal prefix Sunfield, as she has used Isadora before.
She will be grey. |
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 Crystal Carys 2020 (Crystal Romance x Christabella)
SOLD! To Max Colledge.
High % Crabbet OE breeding is of such quality to race or endurance. Moves like a dream and very sweet and pretty.
Photo credit to Linda Harris. |
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 Daphne and Iffy Daphne and Bint Irexandya....aka Ifffy.
Now retired from endurance and back home at Romac. Plans are that she will run out with Crystal Romance....foal for 2021! Foal is Isadora....above photo! |
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 Crystal Carlotta 2019 Crystal Romance x Christabella
This sweet filly has been sold as a yearling 2020 to Claire Seaward... a super home. |
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 LHP Romancing Arishma 2018 (Crystal Romance x Bint Arishma)
Bint Arishma was sold in foal to Crystal Romance and the lovely ‘Lola’ is the result.
Photo credit to Louise Howe-Piper. Lola will be retained at LHP stud for future breeding. |
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 Sunfield Crystal Star 2019 -2019 (Crystal Romance x Crystal Stardrift)
This lovely PC filly is to be retained at Romac. Star will probably turn grey. Daphne has used her Sunfield prefix to allow the name Crystal Star. I look forward to her progress. Photo credit Alexia Ross.
Sadly, Star contracted an infection and passed away. Such a loss to the Crabbet gene pool and the Stud. |
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 Crystal Stardrift 1999 AHS premium mare A lovely 100% Crabbet, 100% OE mare. One of Daphne's favourites. Stardrift bred by Maureen de Popp, is the last daughter of Crystal Sunset by Rafid, who in turn was the last daughter of Grey Crystal (Romac/Silver Bell). |
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 Bint Arishma 1999 -2020 A striking chestnut mare. The only one that does not have Romac in her bloodlines.
Bint Arishma has been sold and now lives in Hampshire. She will continue as a brood mare.
Sadly Rishy lost her life in sad cirucmstances. |
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 Bint Irexandya 2002 A high % Crabbet.... Iffy is a very pretty mare. Her sire is the lovely Polish boy, Secret Heart. Foal at foot is Crystal Heartbeat.
Iffy currently is doing some low grade endurance and dressage. She is on loan to Maggie Wagstaff. |
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 Tia Mia 2008 - 2016 One of Ibn Silver's daughters. Dam Shades of Tessra. Full sister to Shadowsfly. A very pretty and sweet 95% Crabbet, 100% OE. Just sold to a lovely home. Tia Mia is to be schooled and ridden away this winter. Hopefully she will be put to a 100% Crabbet stallion to preserve her OE breeding, spring 2015.
Sadly Tia Mia passed away suddenly in 2016.
Hay thief is Crystal Heartbeat. |
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 Crystal May 2013 (Crystal Romance x Crystal Stardrift).
Daphne's retained 100% Crabbet, 100% OE GSB filly. A one to watch for the future.
Photo by Alexia Ross, with kind permission.
Now sold to Zoe Ackroyd. |
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 Crystal Silver Star 2008 - 2015 Daughter of Ibn Silver. Pinky has yet to produce a foal for the Romac Stud. A lovely photo of Daphne and her Dachshund, Goldie. Sadly, on the 6th January 2015, Pinky was peacefully pts after a short illness.
Photo by Angela Brown, with kind permission. |
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 Crystal May 2013 May under saddle with her owner, Zoe Ackroyd. |
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 Crystal Shadowlight 2005 - 2022 A lovely Indian Banner daughter. 100% Crabbet GSB.
Photo by Angela Brown, with kind permission.
Sadly, Amber was pts June after an illness. Daphne is very upset at the loss of her PC mare 😔 RIP Amber....run free 🌈 |
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 Crystal Silver Chance 2012 A pretty 100% Crabbet GSB mare owned by Angela Brown. (Ibn Silver x Crystal Shadowlight). She was Silver's last daughter. He sired two other PC....Crystal Sapphire and Crystal Silver Star both 2008.
Now ridden as a five year old with Angela on board.
Photo credit to Sarah Harper. |
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 Crystal Georgiana 2012 (Crystal Romance x Christabella). A high % Crabbet grey filly with Polish lines through Secret Heart CMK. Now owned by Jo Burghwin and under saddle.
Photo by Ruth Whitby. |
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 Shades of Tessra 1998 A striking high % Crabbet chestnut mare. (Celtic Shadow x Tashara) Foal at foot is Zathura 2013 (Crystal Romance x Shades of Tessra).
Other offspring;
Shadowsfly
Tia Mia
Crystal Flame
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 Bint Magnetta 1998 - 2022 (Celtic Shadow 1991 x Magnetta 1978). A high % Crabbet mare who has produced some lovely foals, particularly Celtic Maggie May 2005, Sharqis Crystal Magnet 2011 and Crystal Red Shadow 2014.
Sadly Nettie passed away May 2022 giving birth. However, a big strapping colt survived.
Photo by Daphne Cocksedge with kind permission. |
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 Irexanda 1999 - 2019 (Idris x Irexandya).
Anna is one of my favourite high % Crabbet mares. Probably because she is the dam of my own Crystal Flash 2010 - 2012 (pictured) and she has a lovely, sweet temperament.
Photo by Karen Madden with kind permission. Anna lost her life in sad circumstances. |
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 Irexanda 1999 - 2019 This a lovely photo of Anna and Flash with dad....Crystal Romance. As you can see, Georgie continues to run and play along side with his offspring.
Photo by Karen Madden with kind permission. |
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 Irexandya 1978 - 2008 (Romac 1951 x Thyra 1969).
Alex was bred at Daphne's Cilcoed Stud and was the last remaining offspring of Romac. If you talk with Daphne, she has amazing stories to tell about racing Alex. Even thou she didn't win any races, Alex raced her heart out and would bolt from start to finish! She did come a very respectable 3rd at Market Rasen in the 1980's. Daphne had great fun riding her and getting her fit to race.
Alex in 1988, retired from racing and produced ten foals for the stud. Her first foal was Celtic Inspiration (Idris x Irexandya) and her last foal was Bint Irexandya (Secret Heart x Irexandya).
Alex has left a remarkable stamp of a riding horse through her offspring. This shows how versatile these Crabbets are!
Photos by Daphne Cocksedge with kind permission. |
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 Christabella 2007 (Secret Heart x Coralie Belle)
Incredible Polish influence running through this very pretty, sweet tempered high % Crabbet mare. Christabella has lovely dark, large eyes and a broad forehead. Her foals are very striking.
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 Tessra 1953 - 1986 (Daphne thinks this is correct) (Rufeyan 1946 - Taima 1944).
A very important mare in Daphne's breeding program. Rufeyan was exported to Australia but left two fillies in the UK...Tessra and Yanni (Rufeyan x Yavroum). To jog our memories, Yavroum is of course Romac's dam. Daphne bred a lovely foal from Tessra, Tashmar (Fancy Shadow x Tessra). A big bodied mare with the characteristic large eye.
Eventually, through some lovely breeding, Shades of Tessra 1998, grandaughter to Tashmar (Celtic Shadow x Tashara) was born.
Bottom photo from left to right...Tessra, Tashma and Romaxina.
Photo credit unknown. |
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 Celestina 1971 - (Indian King 1953 x Cilicia 1965).
In this photo Daphne is showing her. She said that Celestina was not a particularly pretty mare, but did throw some lovely foals....Princess Romana (Romac). |
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 Crystal Grey Special 2016 100% Crabbet 100% OE GSB turning grey filly. (Crystal Romance x Crystal Shadowlight). A very correct foal who will be very versatile in her chosen discipline. SOLD to Pauline Atkinson.
Photo credit Debbie Crothers. |
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 Crystal Grey Charm 2016 100% Crabbet 100% OE GSB chestnut filly.
(Crystal Romance x Crystal Stardrift AHS premium mare status). Charm has joined Crystal Heartbeat who is her 3/4 brother. Both owned by Ruth Whitby.
I have placed Charm back at Romac to have a foal. This is planned for 2022.
Photo taken by Ruth Whitby at home. |
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 Crystal Rishara 2016 High % chestnut Crabbet filly. (Crystal Romance x Bint Arishma). Indeed a very pretty filly with extravagent movement. Rishara has been sold and lives near Wrexham. Her new stable name is now Nala. I wish Sophie Errington huge success with her Romac mare.
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 Clara Belle 2016 High % Crabbet filly. (Klinta Sultan x Christabella CMK). A very nice Crabbet with a dash of Polish. Clara Belle is pictured on the left with Crystal Grey Special. Purchased by Jocelyn Bingham.
Photo credit Eve Barber.
Sadly, Clara Belle passed away early in October 2017 from an infection. |
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 Crabbet mares Summer 2017 From left to right;
Crystal Stardrift, Christabella and Crystal May. |
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 Crystal Chime 2017 This lovely 100% Crabbet 100% OE filly (Klinta Sultan x Crystal May) has been sold to Angela Brown.
Sadly her dam rejected her and has been hand reared by Daphne. Credit to her as the filly is thriving.
Photo credit to Sarah Harper. |
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 Crystal Cassiopeia 2017 This lovely filly is named after a star constellation. Very apt as she was born under the stars.
Another Crystal Romance x Christabella (CMK) foal.
Photo credit to Angela Brown. |
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 Tessra's Legacy 2017 (Crystal Romance x Shades of Tessra).
High % Crabbet 100% OE chestnut filly. Sought after pedigree. A very pretty girl indeed.
Photo credit to Angela Brown.
Tessra's Legacy has been sold to Maggie Wagstaff. |
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 Tasheena 2004 (Secret Heart x Tashara). This lovely mare is owned by Hannah Taylor. The family say she is the sweetest mare and much loved by everyone.
Photo supplied by Hannah with permission. |
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Crystal Heartbeat 2011.
Crystal Romance x Bint Irexandya.
