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Jats Bar Adios Acres
“Begin with the end in mind”

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Royston
Manilla  NSW

Adios Acres story
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Jats Bar Adios Acres is a true example of dedicated horse people striving to breed better horses by breeding from only the best and using the best stallions to pursue their ambitions.

Jats Bar Radium’s Amber & Tracy Lee.
Jats Bar Radium’s Amber & Tracy Lee.

John Lee started campdrafting in the early 90’s and his early success was mostly due to a little home bred palomino mare, Jats Bar Radium’s Amber.  Out of a pony/thoroughbred cross mare and sired by Radium Bruce, she loved working cattle and with John and daughter Tracy competing on her, she went on to win and place in many drafts, including the ABCRA Championship Ladies, before winning  the Cassilis Open Campdraft in 1996.  This was to be her last draft as she was then retired to stud due to injury.

Amber  was to become a successful broodmare and the foundation dam of the good horses to come at John and Barbara’s Jats Bar Stud. Her foals included Jats Bar Rivoli Whisper and Open Campdraft stallion Jats Bar Radiums Coster.  Her last foal, born in 2003, was a black filly by popular Abbey bred sire Adios Reflect named Jats Bar Radiums Reflection. Unfortunately she was injured when only a few days old and after a very long battle she beat the medical odds and survived. She was never able to be ridden but being well grown as a 2 year old she was sent to Acres Destiny. The resulting foal, a black colt named Jats Bar Adios Acres always had that “X factor”. Carrying the beautiful bloodlines of Acres Destiny, Adios Reflect and Amber, John decided to keep him as a colt.

Adios Acres
Photo by Narelle Wockner Photography. Adios Acres. ASHS Northern Branch Show Champion.

Adios Acres was broken in and started by John and competed in local Australian Stock Horse shows, where he won many championships in Led and Working sections. As a 3 yo he was prepared for the 2010 Snaffle Bit Cutting Futurity, but injury prevented him from competing. The 2011 Cloncurry Challenge and Paradise Lagoons Campdraft was John and Adios’s next goal and the months of the training for both the Snaffle Bit Futurity and Cloncurry provided the excellent grounding for the successful campdrafting career we now see him having.

Consistency is the feature of his career which started in 2013 with several 2nd placings prior to winning their first draft at Upper Horton. This was followed by success at the ABCRA National Titles in Jan 2014 resulting in him winning the 2013 ABCRA Maiden Horse of theYear.

While competing in only a limited number of local drafts in the following three years, Adios Acres continues to impress with his stunning looks and the enthusiasm he shows when working cattle.

Breeding Facilities

John & Barbara Lee with Jats Bar Playtime and Jats Bar Showtime.
John & Barbara Lee with Jats Bar Playtime and Jats Bar Showtime.

After many years of breeding and competing on registered Australian Stock Horses John and Barbara Lee bought their property “Royston” which is situated between Manilla and Attunga, just north of Tamworth. Over the last 18 years they have transformed the property into a cattle fattening and horse breeding enterprise.

Breeding and training a small number of stock horses for campdrafting, they have set up round yards, campdraft arena, stables and a secure stallion serving area. The horse breeding section of the property has been set up with small electric fenced paddocks with tree lanes between each paddock.

It is here that John and Barbara stand Jats Bar Adios Acres and with their personal dedication to their horse breeding mare owners can be assured that every detail to ensure the safety of all animals is attended to.


A Winning Combination

Article courtesy of Australian Stock Horse Journal, written by Barbara Lee.

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Results
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2022 - 2023

2023

  • Barraba Spring Jackpot Restricted Open =3rd (89)
  • ASHS National Finals Stallion Draft WINNER with John Lee

2022

  • Barraba Community draft
    • Juvenile – 2nd after runoff with Will Ramsden. 91 (22 65 4)
    • Encouragement – =7th with Charlotte Ramsden.
  • Killara Juvenile – 4th with Will Ramsden (65 for horse work.)
  • Q22 Juvenile – 4th with Will Ramsden.  1st time he had ridden him.
  • Manilla Open – 2nd
  • Barraba Open 4 Open – 1st

2021

  • Koobah Open for Open – 2nd
  • WINNER ASHS National Show Stallion draft

2020

2020

2018 - 2019

2019

2018

ASHS National Show

  • Winner of the Novice (89 90)
  • Winner of the Novice Cutout after a run off (23 21)
  • Stallion draft – =2nd (90 90)
  • Ladies draft – =3rd with Katie de Jong

Campdrafting, Show & Challenge

Show success

Adios Acres has won Champion in Working and led ASHS at State and National level.

Campdrafting success

As of June, 2017, Adios Acres had 30 placings including two wins and seven seconds. Winning cut outs with scores of 23.

Previous results include: 

  • 2016 Landmark Classic Stallion Shoot Out 6th
  • 2014 Ebor Ladies Draft 1st
  • 2014 Winner of Non Pro and Open Cow Horse at AELEC Tamworth
  • 2014 ABCRA Northern Zone Novice Horse of the Year
  • 2013  ABCRA Maiden Horse of the Year
  • 2013  ABCRA ASHS Campdraft Horse of the Year.
  • 2013  ABCRA Northern Zone Maiden Horse of the Year.
  • 2013 AQHA Runner Up Performance horse.
  • 2013 Q13 Novice Campdraft.

2017 with Katie De Jong

Gunnedah’s Northern Branch Stock Horse Show.

  • Reserve Champion led Stallion
  • Reserve Champion Station Horse
  • Champion Hack, Champion Working
  • Supreme Ridden horse of the Show and
  • High Point Horse of the Show.
Progeny
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Adios Acres’ progeny are winning at campdrafting, ASH Shows, Polocrosse, Challenges and Dressage.

Central West ASHS branch show 2019, four Adios Acres progeny in the ribbons, John Rumble, Tina McTavish, Lindsay Doyle and John Lee.

Jats Bar Unique

2023

  • WINNER Walcha Ladies with Charlotte Ramsden. (88 89).  Won with a 12 point margin.

2022

  • Barraba Community draft Juvenile – 7th with Will Ramsden.
  • WINNER Tamworth Show Juvenile with Will Ramsden.
  • Killara Juvenile – 3rd with Will Ramsden
  • WINNER Q22 Maiden with Will Ramsden (3 way runoff after 2 scores of 89)

2019

  • NE ASHS Challenge, Guyra – Open Challenge Champion – 4th
  • Upper Horton Pop up Challenge
    • 1st – Hack Challenge (hack, working, utility)
    • Highest scoring reg ASHS over the weekend
  • NE ASH Branch Show
    • 1st working mare 5yo and over
    • Reserve Champ Open working
    • 2nd Hack mare 5yo and over & 2nd overall in the hack Challenge
    • 1st Station horse mare 5yo and over.
    • Open Challenge – 3rd hack section.
  • ASHS National Show
    • 5 yo and over, 15hh and under Pleasure hack – 1st
    • Novice working – 1st
    • Reserve Champion Working

2018

Manilla Equine Sports Association All Breeds Show.

  • 4 yo and under 15hh mare class – 1st
  • Reserve Champion Led mare
  • 4 yo & over mare Hack Champion
  • Novice and 4 yo working – 2nd

Manilla Show

  • Led mare over 3yrs – 2nd
  • Reserve Champion Led ASH mare
  • Winner of the hack and working mare over 3yrs old

2017

Gunnedah Northern Branch Stock Horse Show

  • Champion Novice Hack
  • 2nd in the Novice working
  • Winner both hack classes in the 4 y.o. & Encouragement Challenges and
  • 3rd overall in both Challenges.

ASHS NSW Breeders Championships at Narrabri

  • 2nd in the 4 y.o. working mare

Jats Bar Casanova

Purchased by Megan & Brendan Shearer as a weanling.

2023

  • Zone 13 Campdraft & Stockmans Challenge with Caitlin
    • WINNER Campdraft on 2nd start
    • WINNER Stockmans Challenge
    • Dressage Champion
  • New England ASH Branch Show.
    (First Show back with Caitlin Croft.)

    • 1st Youth rider
    • Reserve Champion Rider
    • 1st Youth rider 18 to 21yrs
    • 3rd Youth Working
    • 1st Novice Hack Gelding
    • Champion Novice Hack
    • High point senior ASHLA of the show.

2019

  • Tamworth Show
    • Champion led stallion/colt
    • Won 3yrs and under  Hack
    • WON 3yrs and under  Working
    • 2nd Novice Hack.
  • NE ASH Branch Challenge, Guyra – 3 yo Challenge Champion
  • Sydney Royal Show
    • 2 yo and under Colt class – 1st
    • Champion Stallion award 

2018

  • Manilla Show – Champion Led Colt
  • ASHS National Show – Yearling Colt – 3rd
  • Glen Innes Show
    • Champion Led Australian Stock Horse
    • Supreme Champion Stock Horse of the show.

Jats Bar Abigail

2023

  • Armidale Ranch Show Heritage Snaffle Bit Champion with Barbara Lee

2019

  • ASHS National Show
    • 4 yo Maturity campdraft =5th (1st draft)
    • Working 4 yo – 2nd
  • NE ASH Branch Show
    • 1st Led mare n/e 15hh
    • Reserve Champ Mare
    • 1st Novice working
    • Champ Novice working
    • 2nd 4yo hack, 4yo working
    • 3rd Novice hack.

2018

Manilla Equine Sports Association All Breeds Show.

  • Led class – 2nd
  • 3 yo and under hack – 2nd
  • Novice Hack & Novice working – 1st
  • 3 yo and under working – 1st
  • Reserve Champion working

Morgan

Owned by Annabelle Hasson

2019 

  • Eastern Branch Challenge
    • 1st Dressage
    • 1st Working
    • 2nd Hack
    • 3rd – Station Horse
  • ASHS National Show
    • 2nd – Novice Working Gelding 5 years over 15hh
    • 1st – Novice Hack Gelding 5 years over 15hh
    • 14th in a huge field in their first ever ASHLA.

2018

  • Hunter Valley Dressage Association Championships
    • =1st, 2nd & Champion.
  • Singleton Show
    • 1st Champion ASH hack
    • Working class – 4th

Jats Bar Impact

  • Sold as a 2 yo at Landmark to Jill Brown
  • Successfully competing in ASHS classes, Showring, Dressage, Campdrafts and Challenges with many wins and placings. Including:
    • Champions at hack, Working and Led
    • ASHS Border Branch High Point Led Horse.

Jats Bar Alibi

2017

  • Col Smith Memorial Novice campdraft, Gunnedah – 5th

2016

  • Col Smith Memorial Novice campdraft Winner as a 4 yo.

Jats Bar Sequin

2023 

  • Texas Star Performance Horse Clinic Participants Masters Campdraft – 2nd with Lindsay Doyle.

2019

  • Winner Merriwa Encouragement draft with owner Lindsay Doyle.
  • Winner ASHS Northern Branch 2 yo Futurity
  • Sold 2017 Landmark – $7,000.

Jats Bar Devine

  • Winning and placing ASH classes and finalling in campdrafts.

Geebung Image

  • Owned by Dan Daley, who has 2 Adios Acres’ polocross geldings, Geebung Image and Geebung John.

Jats Bar Noelene

2018

  • Sold Landmark Classic as a 2 yo mare – $13,000.

Jats Bar Epic

2021

  • ASHS Nationals. Placed in dressage and show jumping and Pleasure Hack with owner Tina McTavish.

2019

Jats Bar Blackjack

2022

  • Winner DJ Dunbar Memorial Novice Campdraft at Red Range with Cameron Jones

2021

  • ASHS National Show – Highest scoring FOY horses in National Maturity & placed 4th overall.

2019

  • Northern Branch Show – HIGH POINT HORSE of the show.
  • ASHS National Show – Highest scoring FOY horses in 2yo Futurity & placed overall.

Jats Bar Keno

2021

  • VEC T-shirt Hack day
    • Reserve champion led Galloway in open company.
    • Champion led three year old
    • Supreme Young Horse of the Show (Unanimous decision of all 4 judges)

Karoolapark Lolli

  • Owned by Emily Shannon

2021 ASHS Nationals

With Jay Charnock

  • 1st – Cattle work section of 4 year old national maturity
  • 2nd Highest scoring FOY horses in National Maturity & placed 6th overall.
  • 1st – Junior Open Working 4 year old mare

With Emily Shannon

  • 1st – Junior Pleasure Hack 4 yrs old Mare
  • 5th – Junior Novice Hack Mare 4 yrs old
  • 3rd – Junior Novice Working mare 4 years

Fenwicks Astral

  • Owned by Susan Fenwick

2021 ASH Nationals ridden by Rob Sharp

  • Placed in 2yo Snaffle Bit Futurity 13th out of 55 horses (2yo),
  • 1st – 2yo Working filly and 2nd Two yr old pleasure hack Filly.

Jats Bar Gambler

2022

  • Tenterfield Show – Champion 2 and Under ASH, narrowly missed Supreme Champion.

2021

  • Fountain of Youth Sale.
    Sold $7,500 as a Led Gelding to Jo Hollingsworth.

colt

  • 20 month old colt (a/o July 2021)
  • Sire: Hazelwood Congressman
  • Dam: Jats Bar Alabi

Atticus Outlaw

2022 Nutrien Classic

🟢 Lot 462 – Atticus Outlaw (3yo gelding)
💠 Sold: $15,000
💠 Vendor: BP Jackson Rural
💠 Purchaser: Bukanjon Partnership

The Braes Pitch

2023

  • WINNER Wilby Ladies with Simone Birch

Billcurra Cool Acres

2023

  • Dalby Australian Stock Horse Sale:
    • Open campdraft – 4th
    • 🟡 LOT 149 – BILLCURRA COOL ACRES
      Price: $44,000
      Vendor: Mr T Coulthard
      Buyer: Handley Cattle Company
  • Booroloola Maiden B Campdraft Winner with Toby Coulthard

More Successful Progeny

Jats Bar Promise

  • WINNER Central West Branch ASHS Encouragement Challenge.

Quaker

  • ABCRA Australia Campdraft Champions
    • WINNER Maiden A with Douglas Brown

 

Horse Sales
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2024 Nutrien Classic

Lot 250 – Mandalay Hornet Acres
Sold $12,000 (2yo gelding)
Vendor: CB Abra & Sons
Purchaser: Karen Parker

2023 Dalby ASH Sale

  • Lot 149 – Billcurra Cool Acres
    Sold: $44,000
    Dam: Allambie Stables Cool N Coy
    Vendor: L & T Challacombe

Private sale

Jats Bar Lucy
Sold: $16,500 (3yo filly)
Dam: Yarrawa Alias
Purchaser: WA

Landmark Classic 2021 to 2020

2020

  • Bingley Memphis: 3 yo gelding. Sold $10,000
  • Jats Bar Amigo: 2 yo gelding.  Sold $7,000
  • Belmur Jats: 2 yo gelding. Sold $8,000

2018 – Jats Bar Noelene: 2 yo filly.  Sold $13,000

2017 – Belmure Mandolin: 3 yo gelding.  Sold $16,500

2016

  • Dooleysilver Dixie: 3 yo filly.  Sold $16,500
  • Belmure JL:  2 yo gelding.  Sold $10,000

2015 – Belmure Acres: 2 yo gelding.  Sold $10,000

2014 – Jats Bar Showtime: 3 yo filly.  Sold $11,000

Pedigree
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Sire: Acres Destiny

ACRES DESTINY has become a household name in the performance horse world, producing champion after champion in a range of disciplines including cutting, campdrafting, challenges & reining.

Adios Acres’s Full pedigree details on the sire side are available on Acres Destiny’s Page.

Maternal Grand Dam: Jats Bar Radium’s Amber

Won and placed in many drafts, including the ABCRA Championship Ladies, before winning the Cassilis Open campdraft in 1996.  This was to be her last draft as she was then retired to stud due to injury.

Amber was also the dam of Open mare Jats Bar Rivoli Whisper and Open Campdraft stallion Jats Bar Radiums Coster.

 

Dam: Jats Bar Radiums Reflection

Reflection was Amber’s last foal.  By popular Abbey bred sire Adios Reflect she was injured when only a few days old.  She survived against the odds but was never able to be ridden.

Studbook
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Registration # 180699
Foaling Date: 16/11/2006
Height: 15.1hh
Breeder: J & B Lee
Current Owner: J & B Lee
OLWS, HERDA, PSSM1, HYPP, GBED, MH – Clear n/n.

VIEW FULL INTERACTIVE PEDIGREE CHART >>

 Sire: ACRES DESTINY (IMP)  BOB ACRE DOC   Son of a Doc
 Sapp Sandy 
 SAN JOSE HICKORY  Docs Hickory 
 San Jose Belle
 Dam: JATS BAR RADIUMS REFLECTION – HSH  ADIOS REFLECT – IS HSH  ABDUL – IS HSH
 BARONA AMY – FM HSH
 JATS BAR RADIUMS AMBER – HSH  RADIUM BRUCE – HSH
 GYPSY
Advertisement
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2022 Adios Acres Ad by Edwards Printing.

Ad by Show Pony Graphics for Australian Campdrafting Magazine. 2020.

2018 ACM ad. Artwork by Show Pony Graphics.
2018 ACM ad. Artwork by Show Pony Graphics.

Adios Acres Ad by Australian Campdrafting Magazine.
Adios Acres Ad by Australian Campdrafting Magazine.
Video Gallery
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Jats Bar Adios Acres

2023

2022

Killara Juvenile with Will Ramsden – (65 for horsework).  [View Video]

2020 Nutrien Classic  

2019 Landmark Classic

2018 ASHS National Show

Adios Acres compilation


Progeny

Billcurra Cool Acres

Jats Bar Amigo

Jats Bar Unique & Will Ramsden

Jats Bar Epic

Jats Bar Black Jack

Jats Bar Desire

Jats Bar Showtime

Jats Bar Whiplash

Contact

John & Barbara Lee
Royston
Manilla  NSW  2346
Tel: 0488 558 422
Email: jatsbar@hotmail.com

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