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Destined to be a Grifter
PERFORMANCE | TEMPERAMENT | PEDIGREE

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Tamworth Equine Vet Centre
Tamworth  NSW  2340
Tel: 02 6766 4333
Email: info@tamworthequine.com.au

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Grifter's story
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Mark Hinman is a man with a big, big vision for the campdrafting and challenge industries.

Photo by Ken Anderson Photography. Destined To Be A Grifter.

He also owns a very good stallion and by combining his vision and his stallion he is intending to change the goalposts. Mark is offering a $500,000 Bonus Incentive program which will be available for all owners of Destined to be a Grifter progeny and will be paid out at a range of events throughout the year for winning and placing in those selected events.

This prize pool is guaranteed and ready and waiting for the owners/breeders/riders of Grifter progeny to collect. But wait there’s more. Mark expects that this prize pool will grow annually and this will allow him to extend the eligible venues every year. The Grifter Breeding Incentive Scheme will get bigger and better.

Destined to be a Grifter is a business as well as a stallion. He has his own company, Grifter Holdings Pty Ltd, and his own ACN, 654 806 738.

Destined to be a Grifter is a Conman son out of well performed mare Otfordvalley Annie, who is an Acres Destiny mare out of a Warrenbri Omega mare.  Otfordvalley Annie is the dam of Grifter’s highly performed full embryo sisters, Annies Gift, owned by Brett Welsh & Joel Blake’s Annies Hustle. Breeding does not come any more impressive and he has the ability, temperament, and good looks to justify his genetic supremacy. He is a natural at work with cattle and in the arena and will attract the attention of serious horse breeders and competitors alike.

The owners/breeders/riders of the progeny will then be eligible to enjoy the benefits and privileges of the Grifter Breeding Incentive $500,000 scheme. The scheme will include the 2021 drop foals and these are already being sought out by ambitious owners and trainers hoping to be the first to benefit from the Incentive.

Photo by Ken Anderson Photography. Destined To Be A Grifter & Rob Leach.

Mark bred Grifter and loved everything about him through the breaking and early training stages of his career. He made the decision to sell him at Nutrien, where he was purchased by Roger Grant. Mark regretted this decision as you can only breed so many horses of his potential and he had let him go. Fate intervened and Roger sold him back through Nutrien the following year. Mark wasn’t going to let him go again.

He was brought slowly through his performance ranks with Mat Holz in Victoria where he consistently won and placed. It was the impressive way he took everything in his stride that impressed Mark and the general crowd. The flashy grey stallion with looks and ability settling into his work with enthusiasm and ability is what all horse breeders and competitors search for.

Grifter has now returned to Mark in Tamworth for the breeding season and his competition life will resume in the near future. No hurry and no hassle, he is just an extremely good athlete with an owner who has the vision to make Grifter a new phenomenon within the breeding barn.

An interesting aside is his name. A “Grifter” is another name for a conman so not only does he have everything else happening, he has a very clever name.

Results
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2022

Campaigned by Rob Leach

  • AQHA Q22 Novice – =4th (=Top scored in final with 89)

Highlight include:

Grifter was brought slowly through his performance ranks with Mat Holz in Victoria where he consistently won, finaled and placed.

Progeny
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Hush Money

  • Foaling date: 22/9/2021
  • Dam: CLEOS BON BON

2024 Nutrien Classic

Sold $32,000. Top spriced 2yo gelding
Vendor: Ben Hinman
Purchaser: Misty Valley Pastoral

Fast Shuffle

  • Foaling date: 24/9/2021
  • Dam: MISS MOORE OAK

2024 Nutrien Classic

Sold $20,000
Breeder/Vendor: Hinman Pastoral Company
Purchaser: Jeremy & Vicki Storrier

Grifter foals

Pedigree
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Sire: Hazelwood Conman

Hazelwood Conman has reached legendary status and is a truly great sire.  He has: a great pedigree, a successful performance record of his own and proven progeny.

View Hazelwood Conman’s full profile >>

Dam: Otfordvalley Annie

  • Sire: ACRES DESTINY
  • Dam: SODA KIMBERLY (by Warrenbri Omega)

Otfordvalley Annie ran 2nd in the Nutrien Classic as a 3yo.  She is the dam of Grifter’s highly performed full embryo sisters, Annies Gift, owned by Brett Welsh & Joel Blake’s Annies Hustle.

Full sister: Annies Gift

  • Owned by Brett Welsh

“Pedigree & Performance”

Annies Gift has had an outstanding career in the Show, Challenge & Campdraft Arenas.  By the age of 4 she had already won 3 Trophy Saddles.  She boasts National, Royal & State Championship titles.

However, what excites the Welsh family the most is the fact that she is breeding on.  The 2022 Nutrien Classic saw her daughter Hazels Gift & Mac Shann enter the final in the top AGR position, finishing 5th overall.

Studbook
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ASHS # 234643
AQHA # FS-25615
Foaling date:
18/11/2013
Colour: 
Grey
Height: 
15.hh
Breeder/
Owner: Mr M Hinman
Genetic Disorder Results:  OLWS, HERDA, PSSM1, HYPP, GBED, MH – Clear n/n.

VIEW FULL INTERACTIVE PEDIGREE CHART >>

Sire: HAZELWOOD CONMAN – IS HSH DOGWOOD COMET ELLIOTTS CREEK CADET 
DOGWOOD MADAM
HAZELWOOD ROMANCE WARRENBRI ROMEO
CARDONIS BREEZE
Dam: OTFORDVALLEY ANNIE – IS HSH ACRES DESTINY BOB ACRE DOC
SAN JOSE HICKORY
SODA KIMBERLY WARRENBRI OMEGA
OPHIR GIDGET
Grifter Incentive Program
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DON’T MISS THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BREED TO AN IMPRESSIVE STALLION AND BE A PART OF THE $500,000+ INCENTIVE!

Grifter Holdings Pty Ltd A.C.N. 654 806 738 (GH) will award a ‘Prize’ in respect of an ‘Eligible Horse’ competing at an ‘Eligible Event’. 

INCENTIVE SCHEME IS FROM 2020 – 2035.

TERMS & CONDITION APPLY IN REGARDS TO INCENTIVE.


ELIGIBLE EVENTS:

An eligible event means each of the following events (if held) in the calendar years 2023 to 2035 inclusive:

  • Warwick Gold Cup Open Campdraft
  • Condamine Bell Open Campdraft
  • Chinchilla Grandfather Clock Open Campdraft
  • Willinga Park Gold Buckle Open Campdraft
  • Nutrien (Landmark Classic)
  • Paradise Lagoons Graeme Acton Memorial Open Campdraft
  • Sydney Royal World Championship Open Campdraft
  • Cloncurry Classic Stockmans Challenge U5
  • Koobah Golden Guitar Open Campdraft
  • Coolah Open Campdraft
  • NCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity

CASH PRIZES:

Prize means the cash benefit appearing below alongside the specified placegetters or finalists at the Eligible Event (all figures are GST inclusive):

  • Warwick Gold Cup Open Campdraft:
    • 1st place – $50,000
    • 2nd place – $20,000
    • 3rd place – $10,000.
    • Finalists, except for the first 3 placegetters – $2,500 each
  • Condamine Bell Open Campdraft: 1st place – $50,000
  • Chinchilla Grandfather Clock Open Campdraft: 1st place – $20,000
  • Willinga Park Gold Buckle Open Campdraft: 1st place – $100,000
  • Nutrien (Landmark Classic):
    • 1st place – $50,000
    • 2nd place – $30,000
    • 3rd place – $15,000
    • Finalists, except for the first 3 placegetters – $2,500 each
  • Paradise Lagoons Graeme Acton Memorial Open Campdraft: 1st place – $45,000
  • Sydney Royal World Championship Campdraft: 1st place – $10,000
  • Cloncurry Classic Stockmans Challenge U5: 1st place – $20,000
  • Koobah Golden Guitar Open Campdraft: 1st place – $35,000
  • Coolah Open Campdraft: 1st place – $30,000
  • NCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity:
    • 1st place – $15,000.
    • Finalists, except for the first placegetter – $2,500 each

THE ELIGIBLE HORSE MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:

Bred with the Semen in the breeding seasons 2020 to 2031 inclusive in respect of which GH has issued a service certificate; duly registered with the appropriate registries; and accepted by GH as an Eligible Horse for an Eligible Event by its inclusion on the official Eligible Horse entry list published by GH at least 30 days prior to the event. A foal bred with the Semen using the Mare, a substitute mare or an embryo flushed from either of them and transferred into a recip mare, is eligible to enjoy the benefits and privileges of the Grifter Breeding Incentive Scheme.

BREEDING INCENTIVE PAYOUT:

A Prize to placegetters and finalists is allocated in the following way and payable within 30 days of publication by the Eligible Event organiser of the official, final and non-appealable, results of the Eligible Event:

  • 50% to the Owner of the Eligible Horse on the date of the Eligible Event;
  • 25% to the Breeder of the Eligible Horse; and
  • 25% to the actual rider of the Eligible Horse in the Eligible Event.

The gross value of Prizes won at a single Eligible Event will not exceed $100,000 (GST incl.) and, if necessary to stay under the cap, each Prize will be reduced on a pro-rata basis

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2022

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Testimonials
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“Grifter does it easy outside.”
~ Mark Buttsworth

“Grifter is an extremely talented horse with the ability to excel at any horse discipline and shows great cow sense.”
~ Rob Leach

“Grifter always gave me the confidence to compete on soft or difficult cattle. I never felt like I had to protect him.”
~ Mat Holz

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Destined To Be A Grifter

2024

AQHA National Finals:
Q22 Novice Final.  =Top scored with 89 (22 63 4).


2017 Landmark Classic Horse Sale

  • Sold $40,000


Progeny

HUSH MONEY

FAST SHUFFLE


Pedigree

Dam: Otfordvalley Annie

2013 Landmark Classic campdraft with Troy Palmer. (88)

2015 Landmark Classic Challenge with Frank Green.

Contact

Grifter Holding Pty Ltd
Mark Hinman
“Sweetwater”
91 Gidley Siding Road
Tamworth NSW 2340

Mob: 0428 774 670
Email: admin@grifter.horse




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