I worked at Gardiner Farms in Caledon Ontario Canada for 2 1/2 years.

[Horsefrenzy]

Hello,

I’m so happy to finally be here and find this horse forum as I used to own ponies when I was a teenager in Caledon, Ontario in Canada. My first job was a stable hand at Gardiner Farms in the broodmare barn and the stallions that were in the barn were : Bold Ruckus (Bold Executive’s sire), Briartic, Son of Briartic and Great Gladiator. I saw many mares being bred and foals being born. I did see Bold Executive being born as a foal as it was during my time working there from September 1981 to May 1983. It was a great experience for me and I will remember those memories for a long time.
As well as doing all the chores in the barn I also made the foaling chart on bristle board that had the names of the sire and dam and when the dam was due and when she foaled and her what kind of foal she had ex. chestnut filly. I also made all the cards for the mares names for their stalls.
I really enjoy some of the great race horses of all time such as Secretariat, Seabiscuit and Northern Dancer.

If anyone is familiar with Gardiiner farms and wants to chat about it feel free to send me a reply or private message. I also love professional horse jumping with Ian Millar and Eric Lamaze.

Giddy Up!

Anne:):D:D

[LaurieB]

Welcome to the forum! You’ll find a lot of interesting discussion here. I’m glad you found us.

[gnu]

Welcome! I managed a Bright Ruckus gelding for his trainer in the 90’s. A very honest, always trying horse. Presently I have two Bright Ruckus grandsons.

[Horsefrenzy]

Thank you Laurie for that kind welcome. Gnu, that is so cool. I want to research all the Bold Ruckus offspring foals. what is the dam of your Bold Ruckus horse? So I can look her up if she has any pedigree. Its great to be here and I’m loving it already.

Giddy UP
Anne

[Flypony]

Hi, I have had several horses bred by Gardiner Farms. I also delt with Dr. Mike Coulterjohn (sp) a fair bit. Welcome

[Horsefrenzy]

Thank you Flyboy. I don’t think I remember any of your mares names unless you bred them between sept 1981 and may 1984 as that’s when I worked then. John Carey was my boss.

[Fred]

Welcome, Horsefrenzy.
I remember Bold Ruckus better when he moved to Park Stud and went on to be a leading sire in Canada.
I remember Briartic and Great Gladiator well too.

[Stellaspeed1]

I owned a little mare named Sweet is a Rose, by Briartic out of Master Woman by Master Hand. Rescued her off the track in Michigan in the early 90’s. Gave her to a teenager as a barrel mare. Gorgeous, sweet, sweet little mare. nicknamed Bambi because of her arab face, and big expressive eyes.

[gnu]

Oops on horse ID above! Runner was Brite Ruckus, by Bold Ruckus. Grandsons are by Kiridashi, by Bold Ruckus.

[Horsefrenzy]

That’s so cool Fred. Its great that a lot of people knew Bold Ruckus, Briartic and Great Gladiator. So you worked at Park Stud, Fred or did you bring mares to get bred there. I know some people from Gardiner Farms worked at Park Stud. I think it was John Carey and I’m not sure but Lee Weatherall went there too. I’m not sure about that. Great knowing you all. I have been looking up all of the foals produced by Bold Ruckus and Brite Ruckus and Kiridashi are on my list.

[K_2]

I have a broodmare by Bold Executive. Although he was a plain bay, she is entirely opposite - a very flashy chestnut. Makes me wonder what his dam looked like?

Lee was still at Park Stud when I bred my mare in 2004. John Carey is T.C. Westmeath.

[Horsefrenzy]

K 2 I could find out what the mare of Bold Executive is from? That’s cool as I worked with Lee at Gardiner’s from 1981 to 1984 when I quit working there. So , John Carey is working at T.C. Westmeath? is that a farm?

I’ll let you know about your broodmare by Bold Executive. What is your Broodmare’s name? It may help.

Thanks
Anne

[Horsefrenzy]

Bold Executive Pedigree and his death.

Bold Executive, a perennial leading Canadian sire, was euthanized the night of Sept. 26 at Gardiner Farms near Caledon, Ontario, Canada. The son of Bold Ruckus was 27.

“He came in from the paddock and started exhibiting shortness of breath,” said Mike Colterjohn, who manages the farm for an estate. “We realized he had a vascular accident, a leaking artery. He went quickly and quietly. We euthanized him because I didn’t want to see him in any distress once I realized something was wrong.”

Bold Executive covered 40 mares and according to Colterjohn, got 38 in foal.

Bold Executive currently ranks as Canada’s leading sire by progeny earnings and as North America’s leading synthetic stallion by progeny earnings. From 2003-10, Bold Executive topped the Canadian sires’ list six times and finished second the other two times. From 2007 through last year, he led the Canadian synthetic list all four years and was North America’s leading synthetic sire twice.

At the first session of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society’s Canadian-bred yearling sale Sept. 5, Bold Executive was represented by both the highest-priced colt (Can$100,000, $101,168 in U.S. funds) and the top-priced filly (Can$70,000, $70,818 in U.S. funds).

Bold Executive has sired 43 stakes winners and the earners of more than $44 million. Three of his runners—Blonde Executive, Sand Cove, and Simply Lovely—were Canadian champions. As a broodmare sire, Bold Executive is represented by 13 stakes winners.

Bold Executive entered stud at Gardiner in 1989 following a career in which he finished first or second in 15 of 19 races and earned $365,305 while trained by Gerald W. Belanger Jr. His biggest win came in the 1986 Coronation Futurity Stakes for Marcello, Pedigree Stud Farm, and Romeo.

Bred in Ontario by Gustav Schickedanz, Bold Executive was produced from the winning Victoria Park mare Arctic Vixen, who was Canada’s 1987 Broodmare of Year. Bold Executive’s full brother, Highland Ruckus, also was multiple stakes winner.