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Lisa Hales

FOunder of SHAW farm Stud

Renowned for her eye to spot quality young horses, Lisa Hales knows what it takes to produce top class show jumpers. The achievements of Arko III and Russel II are testament to the time and careful planning that goes into producing world class stallions.

Lisa’s passion for horses was inspired by her mother Pat, who would spend endless summer evenings hacking around country lanes close to their home in Middleton. Lisa started her career at the age of 4 years old with her first Pony Tiny Tim (a Shetland), before preparing for competition on Bladon Just William and Bladon Country Mouse who she competed on the English Pony Team when she was 14 years old.
Her disciplines have included:

Lisa's disciplines have included:

Dressage
Which she completed up to medium level
Working Hunter
Working Hunter Horse of the Year Show 1995
Show Jumping 1995
Race Horses which began with the famous 'One Man'
 Achievements included winning two king George VI Gold Cups and the Queen Mother Champion Chase before his tragic death in 1998.
Having had success in racing Lisa and her dad John bought the extremely talented and world renowned stallion Arko III which Nick Skelton rode at the Athens Olympics in 2004. Arko III has been voted Show Jumping Horse of the Year since 2005. More info.

Lisa’s excellent eye for a good horse lead her to her second International Show Jumping Stallion Russel II. Lisa rode and prepared Russel II for his International career before passing him to Nick Skelton to ride in 2003 when he was 8 Years. Russel II was selected as 5th man for the Beijing Olympics 2008. More info.
Lisa has over 20 young stock and 10 horses currently in training, not to mention a few race horses with Claire Dyson, Nicky Richards, David Pipe and John Kiely. Lisa now concentrates on her love of young horses spending her time training and bringing on her young stock to compete at both National and International Competitions. She has now built up a stock of quality young horses using and buying in top class mares and covering them with her internationally renowned Stallions Arko III, Russel II and some of her other young Stallions. 
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