Blackall Park stud commenced in the late 1980’s, when Denis Crane began breeding Showjumping and Dressage horses. Most of the earlier horses were by the wonderful thoroughbred stallion Balmoral Boy (pedigree available at www.allbreedpedigree.com/) Balmoral Boy was owned by the late Mr Alec McIntosh.  Many outstanding horses were bred including Balmoral Bill, Balmoral Gent, Balmoral Ice, Balmoral Princess, Balmoral Duchess, Balmoral Rose etc. 

All of the Balmoral Boy horses had great size, jumping ability and movement, together with outstanding trainability, temperament and soundness.  As the years have gone by, Balmoral Boy has become regarded as one of the most influential stallions used in the breeding of Australian sport horses ever.

Denis Crane and Alec McIntosh decided to look for a Warmblood stallion to use over the magnificent group of Balmoral Boy mares that they then had.  In 1988 Denis Crane  saw the beautiful grey stallion Daley K, and was immediately impressed. (pedigree available www.allbreedpedigree.com). Daley K was purchased in 1989 and began his stud career that year.

Daley K was bred by Holger and Melanie Schmorl at Kinnordy stud in Queensland. He is by Daktylus (imp) from the Goldstern mare Gold Song (imp) He is in fact the first horse bred in Australia at Kinnordy, and has been followed by many other top level performance horses bred along similar lines.

Daley K has a superb temperament which he imparts to his progeny. He has exceptional jumping ability and movement, and has proved his ability to sire both top level showjumpers and dressage horses.  Over the next twenty years, many such horses have been bred, and the stud has become nationally and internationally known.   Probably the best known of the Blackall Park horses is Warlord II. By Daley K from Balmoral Princess, Warlord II represented Australia in the final of the World Cup for Showjumping held in Las Vegas in April 2007. (pedigree available www.allbreedpedigree.com). On his way to selection as Australia’s representative, Warlord II won five consecutive World Cup Qualifiers which we believe to be a world record. 

Of course there have been innumerable other great horses, many of which having reached the higher grades in Australia have been exported. There are now horses by Daley K jumping with distinction in America, Canada, Japan, and Korea.