Richard Keddell - Richard learnt his farming skills from his father on the family sheep station in Central Otago. After he left the farm, he trained as doctor and further specialised in Orthopaedic surgery. Since settling in Tauranga 15 years ago, he has renewed his farming interests, beginning with farming Cashmere and Boer goats. He moved in the horse industry in 2002.
Wendy Keddell - Wendy grew up in Tauranga. As a child she had a lot of contact with the racing industry, due to her father owning two of the top NZ Standardbred stallions. She started riding at age 9 and had a broad experience involving competition and hunting. She rode consistently until her early 20's. She is a trained Physiotherapist and mother of 6 children. Her roles in the business include Administration, general farm duties and helping with the young horses.
Ike Unsworth - Ike is the stud manager and rider. He breaks in and competes all the horses, including the two stallions and competes up to Grand Prix level. He is responsible for the semen collection, handling and training of the youngstock and foals and the day to day running of the yard. Ike has been riding since he can remember and aims to represent his country.
Kylie Drummond - Kylie is the main force behind the scenes in the office. She takes care of the Administration. She also handles the marketting and the maintenance and updating of the website. When required she assists with the horses and pasture management. She has grown up with horses and competed up until recently, she now concentrates her efforts as support crew!
Josh Collins - Josh is an up and coming young rider who has been with Mount View for 4 years. He works in the weekends and school holidays helping with farm duties and assists with the breaking in and handling of the young horses. He also travels with the team to shows with his own horse.
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Our commitment to excellence is assured. We aim to breed the best European bloodlines possible in New Zealand. We believe that our business should be grounded on honsety and we aim to produce a top quality product, raised in a clean, green environment.
Mount View Sport Horses Ltd (MVSH) is situated in the Bay of Plenty on the outskirts of Tauranga, sitting in the foothills overlooking the Harbour and Mount Maunganui. The stud is owned and operated by the Keddell family, and is located just off State Highway 2 in Whakamarama, 25 mins from the city.
The stud consists of two main properties - Mount View and Hill Top. Mount View is a 40 acre property with both flat and rolling pasture and is where the stud is based. This property houses the stallions, competition horses and weanlings, and is where the mares are foaled. Hill Top consists of 150 acres of hills and flats on which we run and grow our young stock, and broodmares before they foal. Raising our youngstock on the undulating country builds strength and stamina and creates co-ordination. Goats and cattle are also run on this farm.
Our facilities include
MVSH was established in 2002 with the aim of developing a high quality breeding programme. We recognised the need for an injection of performance based bloodlines from Europe to accelerate our breeding programme. We believe that this will improve New Zealand 's ability to compete internationally and that is why we have gone for the best!
The two foundation sires of MVSH are imported from Europe, Senator VDL (Corland) and PicoBello (Calvados). Both stallions are Dutch Warmbloods.
Senator VDL comes from the famous Van Der Lageweg (VDL) Stud in Holland , which is currently producing some of the best show jumping horses in the world today. These two stallions bring outstanding qualities into New Zealand breeding.
MVSH purchased 4 outstanding quality mares from proven European bloodlines to establish a breeding program. We also have a limited number of NZ bred mares which derive from the best NZ Bloodlines such as Distlefink, Voltaire and Silent Hunter to name a few. Our goal is to breed top quality warmbloods, which cater for both the National and International markets. We primarily want to breed jumpers but always strive to produce an athletic, intelligent horse that can excel in different disciplines. We consider temperament and jumping ability to be paramount, but correctness and rideability are also factors we wish to focus on.