About Angrove Stud in Great Ayton, North Yorkshire

The Stud Land and Facilities

Your mare will receive the highest standard of care and attention at Angrove Stud.

We have a large block of stables, foaling boxes, and covering stocks, and also a set of stocks for examinations, etc. The stud has turnout paddocks for pairs of mares. We can accommodate grass livery part livery and full livery. Please ask us about our comprehensive veterinary service.

The Coloured Horses of Angrove Stud

In September 2005 after much research, Heather and Alistair founded Angrove Stud with their first coloured broodmare, a skewbald 14.3hh 15/16ths thoroughbred named Dancing Girl. Ruby's sire is prolific grade A show-jumping stallion, Sarah's Pride, who was famously ridden by Carl Curtis. Her grandsire is Captain Maverick; with his sire being the all time great French race horse Nureyev. Northern Dancer is Nureyev's grandsire. Sarah's Pride's dam is thoroughbred Bassetlaw by Gunner B.

Following further research Heather and Alistair found the perfect coloured thoroughbred stallion for their mares near Liverpool. Ricco is a six year-old three quarters thoroughbred piebald standing at 16.2 hands high. He is fully graded with the Coloured Horse and Pony Society (CHAPS) and is successful in both show-jumping and showing disciplines.

His breeding is by Good Fortune by the race horse Captain Maverick whose sire is Nureyev, grandsire Northern Dancer.

Angrove Stud's Investment in Thoroughbred Breeding

With our own bloodline and stock, our plan is to breed coloured racehorses from the best bloodlines in the world, and add the colour on top; so we breed racehorses with colour, speed, and stamina. Its thoroughbred bloodlines mean that the stud is able to line breed, hopefully adding significant value to progeny. Thoroughbred breeding is not the cheapest in the world, but is far more likely to add significantly greater value to progeny.

Angrove Stud Background

Heather has bred, shown and produced coloured horses and was a pioneer within CHAPS as PR officer and Cheshire and Derbyshire Rep for eight years, obtaining the first classes for coloured horses at the Cheshire County Show,  an achievement for which she was thanked personally by Sir John Miller, the Queens Equerry, at the very first National Coloured Show on June 18th 1989 at Stoneleigh.

Heather also founded the first Coloured Horse and Pony Agency

Angrove Stud's History

For more information about Heather and Alistair Kitching and their work please see Angrove Stud's History.

This page explains the history behind Angrove Stud; and in particular Heather's earlier involvements in the coloured horse world.

Heather owned and ran the Bassano Stud throughout the 80s and 90s with CHAPS National Champion Bassano Altair. She also worked as a judge and ambassador for CHAPS in the North West of England during this time.