Kintamani Arabians was established by Alan at
Cambewarra back in 1979 on the purchase of his first Arabian stallion RAGAN who
went on to sire many excellent endurance horses and gained his Supreme in the
Arabian Roll of Merit for his stud and show excellence. Helen joined Alan in
1984 after she had been competing in endurance for over 5 years and they
married in 1985, then moved to the Cowra district in
1989.
Together they purchased the young Poldark stallion OP Silver Shadow who has produced
excellent endurance stock along the old AETHON lines so popular in the sport
today.
Both Alan and Helen have many years
of experience breeding, showing and riding their Arabians, but have fully
embraced the wonderful sport of endurance riding as a lifelong passion.
The family have 19 Tom Quilty buckles with Helen Top Ten in 1984 and Alan in both
1991 and 1998. They have also 14 Shahzada 400km
buckles between them, both having won it on the same horse Kintamani
Fosta, incidentally by Alan’s first stallion RAGAN. Kintamani Fosta went on to
complete 10 Shahzada 400kms and still remains on the
top of the Honours Roll at this ride. Erika completed on her homebred gelding Kintamani Silver Motif in 2006 riding with Alan on Kintamani Charisma.
Both Alan and Helen have won
National point score and distance competitions several times and more recently
Erika was National Junior in 2006.
Between them they have campaigned 6 distance horses being Bindo with 11,500kms; Fosta with
8,500kms; Voss with 6,000kms; Kintamani Charisma
around 4,600kms and Kintamani Silver Motif 4200kms
and Silver Shadow with 3,000kms.
Both the Lindsay children have
competed in endurance events, with Mark having competed as a Junior in 3 x
80kms events on Fosta when only 7 years old. More
recently Mark began riding again and was NSW Heavyweight of the Year in 2009
and 4th Nationally. He has won his first Quilty
buckle in 2009 at Tonimbuk as well as a 160 at St Albans and many 120kms. 2011 saw Mark riding homebred Kintamani Charisma to complete a very tough NSW State
Championships at St Albans.
Erika began her career on Fosta as well in 2002 in an 80kms event, and now has taken
out the National Point score for 2006 on her Kintamani
Motif and Kintamani Charisma, successfully completing
the Tom Quilty 160kms and Shahzada
400kms last year. In 2005 Erika and Motif won the Victorian State Championship
160kms. In 2007 Erika was very grateful to accept the January Sportsperson of
the month and enjoyed thoroughly the awards ceremony with her friends and
family.
Cowra is very central to many
endurance rides on the calendar and so the Lindsay’s passion to compete has not
waned. It is a fantastic family sport where everyone competes equally and
essentially is controlled by the veterinary team and not merely the whim of a
judge. The campfire social life is a great Australian pastime and the lifelong
bond one forms with ones horse over many miles on the track is to be treasured.