Devereaux Holdings has been breeding and buying polo ponies since 1996. Devereaux has been involved with horses for the past 40 years. We stand four stallions at present and 40 mares.

Our stallions are:
Rainman, sire-Katmandu, dam- Rain Bow. Rainman was born in 1994 he is 15.2hh and is black/brown in colour. Katmandu, Rainman’s father, is a proven polo pony sire.

Katmandu stood as a sire at Ellerston, a large polo estate in Scone N.S.W., for several years and produced many a champion polo pony. He was then taken to Yaloak in Victoria to stand at stud to breed more polo ponies. Rain Bow, Rainman’s mother, has outstanding polo bloodlines, her mother being Czar who won many a champion pony and was by the great sire Chelchardoo.

Rain Bow has won numerous polo pony awards throughout Australia. Some of which are, Champion Novice Pony – Perth 1986, part of a Team of Ponies – Sydney 1991 Easter International, Champion Pony – Melbourne Cup Tournament 1995, Team of Ponies – Windsor 1996. Rainman is still playing competitively; he took naturally to polo and plays very well.

Rainman

Tip The Pro, sire-Protos, dam-Tipples. Tip The Pro was born on the 23/10/1991 he is between 15.2 & 15.3hh and he is chestnut in colour. Protos, Tip’s father, has produced several Stakes winning progeny in the racing club industry and become quite a popular line of breed in the polo industry as Protos is a son of Mr. Prospector.

Tipples has also produced several winning race horses, one of them being Plastered who just won the 2004 Victorian Derby. Tipples, Tip’s mother, has Cheraw as a father and on the dams side of her family she has Zvornik as her Grandfather, both these sires have been extremely successful in the Australian Thoroughbred industry. Tip The Pro has won the following stakes and principal races, West Australian Guineas, NJ Way Quality Stakes, Fairetha Quality Stakes and Lindsay Rosenthal Stakes. Tip The Pro him self has not played polo but he is producing good progeny.

  Tip The Pro

Lord Aragorn, sire-Lord Ballina, dam-Gossip. Lord Aragorn was born in N.Z. in 2000 he is between 15.1 & 15.2hh and is brown/black in colour. Lord Ballina, Aragorn’s father, has produced over 30 Stakes Winning progeny; just to name a few, Balmuse who has won this years 2004 Kelt Capital Stakes, CJC Easter Cup Stakes, MartJC Metric Mile and the FeiJC Feilding Hotel Anzac Handicap.

El Duce who has won the 1998 WRC Wellington Guineas, 2003 WaikRC Waikato Gold Cup, 2002 WaikRC Waikato Gold Cup, 2002 ARC Queen Elizabeth Handicap, 2003 ARC Lindauer Grandeur Stakes and 2004 WaikRC Foxbridge Plate. Mirror Magic who has won 1992 WATC Perth Cup, 1991 WATC West. Australian Derby and the 1991 WATC C.B. Cox Stakes. Lord Ballina has Bletchingly as a father who is also very successful in the Thoroughbred industry.

  Lord Aragorn

K.P., sire-Shady Spot, dam-Cinderella. K.P. was born on the 1/8/1986 he is 15.2hh and is brown in colour. Both of K.P.’s parents were polo playing ponies and K.P. himself, played a very good game of polo. He played here at Devereaux for several years before retiring to stud. K.P. has one of the kindest natures I have seen in a horse, let alone a stallion. He was quiet to ride and extremely considerate of his rider. Polo tournaments were never a bother, he took them in his stride, and he would line up with the rest of the polo ponies, whether that was on the truck, tied up in the pony lines or out there on the field and he would never make a sound or put a foot out of place. K.P. is still standing here at Devereaux, we have several of his progeny and they are playing very well. Quite a few of his progeny have been in the, Champion String of Ponies, which is played for each year at the Charles Cup here in W.A. 

K.P. has also produced some champion event and dressage horses, for example Devereaux Master Buzz who was placed 3rd & 4th in both his prelim tests and 1st & 2nd in both the Young Rider tests at the 2003 Dressage State Championships, at the Dressage Horse of The Year event he came 1st in the Prelim 1F & 1D as well as becoming  Champion Prelim Horse Of The Year,  and in 2004 Buzz came 2nd at Moora PC ODE , 1st at Narrogin ODE , 1st at Fairbridge ODE, 1st in the Young Event Horse of the Year, age group 6 to 7 and Overall Grand Champion.

There is also Devereaux Blinky Bill who in 2003 came 3rd at Moora PC ODE, 5th at Moora ODE, 5th at Narrogin ODE, 2nd at Wooroloo ODE and 1st  in his Prelim at Gidgegannup ODE. Devereaux Copy Write went out to give it a go for his first year and came 2nd at the Moora PC ODE and 1st at the Katanning ODE.  K.P. was the first stallion to stand at Devereaux so there are several of his progeny coming through the ranks.

   K.P.

Diaquest, sire-Indian Conquest, dam-Dossier. Diaquest was born the 5/10/1982. He is sadly no longer with us. He stood here at Devereaux for a couple of years, so we still have some of his progeny coming through the ranks.

Besides breeding our own horses, Devereaux also buy in young horses with the correct conformation and temperament that is needed to become either a Polocrosse horse, polo pony or eventer. We break in, train and school all our own horses. We have sold horses overseas, interstate and here in W.A. Our mares come from good thoroughbred lines; some of these thoroughbred mares have been imported from N.Z. or have played and are proven polo ponies. We play and compete on the horses that we have trained and bred. People can see our horses performing during the polo or eventing season here in W.A. If any one is interested in acquiring a Devereaux Horse please contact us on the following phone number +61 (0)8 95709000 or fax +61 (0)8 95709012. To follow are some photos of a few Devereaux Horses.

Devereaux Blinky Bill
Sire:  K.P.
Dam:  Sade
D.O.B:  23/7/98
Sex:  Gelding
Height:  16hh

Devereaux Master Buzz
Sire:  K.P.
Dam: Miss Way
DOB: 23/9/98
Sex:  Gelding
Height: 16.3hh

Devereaux Master Buzz
Buzz is the closest and clearest horse seen in the picture on the left.

Devereaux Zep
Sire: Zabaleta (USA)
Dam: English Nib (N.Z)
DOB: 1/8/92
Sex: Mare
Height: 16hh

Zep was our first yearling brought for polo. She was the beginning of our young horse string.Zep has been a good polo pony and has won several Champion String of polo ponies. Those privileged enough to ride her have rated her as one of the best in their string. Zep is now a Mum, she has her first foal on the ground. 

Devereaux Zep

This string of polo ponies won Champion String of Ponies in the A grade in 2002 at the Charles Cup. They were played by Ollie Hipwood who is a Moondyne member and works training polo ponies at Devereaux. Three of the four horses are Devereaux owned and trained. From the left we have Devereaux Taboo then Devereaux Challenge, and the grey on the far right is Devereaux Voo Doo. Devereaux Polo Ponies have also been in the winning String of Ponies at the Charles Cup in 1998, 1999 and 2001.