Its not history its herstory
Settenna Stud
was started in 1977, at Meeanee, by Annette Waugh, when she first discovered Western Riding, and felt that the only way she could get to own a quarter horse was to breed it herself. She started off buying a foundation mare, in foal to King Ranch Endeavour, and from that, got her first colt foal, Settenna Cracker. She put that mare back in foal to Vandy Bar, and bought another Lochinver bred mare, in foal to Kings Mingo. This mare produced a lovely dark brown filly, Settenna Invereign, who became the corner stone of the future breeding program. During a break from her showing career Inver produced a filly foal by Forty Four, who, along with her daughter, is still producing foals for the stud.Along the way, Annette has had the opportunity to lease and purchase mares from Aurora Twomey, who at one time played a principal part in the Mount View Quarter Horse stud, and from those deals, has picked up bloodlines including Wholeheartedly, Miss Bar Bruce, Commanders Sue and Winderadeen Been a Beggar.
Having begun showing in 1978, and achieving ROM's on Settenna Shot Silk, she took up judging for approx 10 years, in an effort to give something back to the sport. She was the treasurer, when the Hawkes Bay Western Riding Club was founded in 1977, and subsequently became involved in the setting up of the Western Riding Federation. Annette served as a councilor for several years, and during that time, she instigated the points system for trekkers. With the HBWRC committee, Annette ran the first national Western Riding Federation trek at Lochinver Station, which catered for 83 riders. She also served as a foundation Trustee for the Hawkes Bay Equestrian Trust, and with the clubs help, ran fund raising treks and fun days for the park.
Always interested in anything equestrian, in her spare time, Annette learned to "drive' under the tutelage of Jim Milligan. Jim, over the years, had two four horse teams, the final team being a matched team of chestnut arabs. This gave Annette ample opportunity to compete in shows, with singles, pairs and, of course, the team. They journeyed around Hawkes Bay on road trips and ventured, by road, as far away as Taihape. This training led to an opportunity to go to Australia. Julia Brydon who runs a trekking business out from Brisbane,contacted Annette as they had bought a team (pair) of Clydesdales for a tourist venture, but did not have the skills to drive them. This led to a working holiday at Kooralbyn, driving tourists (mainly Asians) on a 'tiki' tour round the grounds, while teaching others the driving skills.
In 1998 Annette started the local free magazine 'Horses Hawkes Bay' based on a calendar of horse events in the area, and presenting articles about the local horse scene. This operated in the area for around three years and is currently in recess, but it is planned to bring it back to life in a digital form, if the local horse community provide the necessary support to keep it going.
After ten years of developing her life style block at Matapiro, Annette has again got involved with the local club, got a new stallion and is looking to an interesting horse filled future.