About Us

My daughter Stephanie and I have been showing ponies since the mid-90s but it was the purchase of Kirreway Venus that made us interested in breeding riding ponies and so Belrose Park Stud was established back in 2003. We are situated in Gruyere in the beautiful Yarra Valley famous for its vineyards and orchards.

When the opportunity arose for us to purchase Silkwood Puss N Boots in partnership with Thorwood Stud we jumped at the chance. Silkwood Puss N Boots has produced some quality ponies for our stud and after a few years we decided to look for another stallion that we could use to cross back to the Silkwood Puss N Boots mares which we had bred. Our search ended when we found a stallion with exceptional bloodlines - Ainthorpe Graceful Sonnet - and we imported him from the UK.

Photo credit: T. Barlow

Silkwood Puss N Boots will remain central to our breeding program and we look forward to crossing his progeny back to Ainthorpe Graceful Sonnet in the future.

We are a small stud and our aim has always been to produce top quality ponies for us to exhibit in hand or under saddle with sensible trainable temperaments.

We have also increased our brood mare band over the last couple of years with mares that will complement our imported stallion from the UK.

Having admired Syon Royal Portrait (imp) and his progeny for some time, and we have bought two quality mares by him and we have also purchased mares by the beautiful LJS Limited Edition (iiu) and we think these mares should produce beautiful stock to Ainthorpe Graceful Sonnet.

We hope you enjoy our website,

Contact for information on sale stock or Ainthorpe Graceful Sonnet (imp) / Silkwood Puss N Boots please do not hesitate to call us.

Joan Bell – 0422 176 834