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Updated June 10, 2009 We Congratulate Those Ponies & Cobs Who Represent Us Outside of the WPCSA This website is best viewed using Explorer 6.0. Other versions or browsers may distort the text layout.Send your news & updates to: publications@welshpony.org
Partbred CS Timbrel Written by 15 year old, Sierra Westlake CS Timbrel is a 12 year-old Half-Welsh cob mare who has excelled in a number of equestrian areas. Standing just 14.2hh, she is an awesome pony who has taught me a lot and will continue to teach me about riding.
Timbrel is a very fun pony to ride and has spring in her legs for jumping. Her favorite activity is
galloping cross country and going through the water. In mid-May, we won the division for Beginner Novice at the Northwest Equestrian Center Event in Ranier, WA, with a final score of 31.1. She also won her division of Developing Horse and Rider at 2'9'' at the Oregon Region Show Jump Rally earlier this year. I am currently riding her at First Level dressage and Training Level Quadrille in the United Sates Pony Club, and showing Beginner Novice in Eventing and moving up to Novice at my next event. That includes riding Timbrel at three feet for stadium jumping. She also likes to chase cows in team penning for my high school Equestrian Team and has completed a handful of endurance races. She is an all around pony. Her favorite treats are peppermints. She has a lovely nature and has given lessons to five to seven year olds and is a great beginner trail horse. Timbrel’s sire is North Forks Royal Victor and her dam is an Arabian mare. Submitted June 9, 2009 by Cindy Miller, Winterlake Welsh Cob Farm. IN THE NEWS!! From the Sheridan Sun Sheridan, Oregon November 26, 2008
Photo by Marguerite Alexander. (Photo & article reprinted with permission.)
Since I had to work on Monday, Sebastian and Hubby Sean (yes I said hubby) went and picked up the little princess and cleaned her up to take her to Faulconer-Chapman grade school.
The
senior project was
a Petting Zoo
for the children that included llamas, bunnies, pigs, goats, cats, and a
lizard. They had to build each one of them a little pen with shavings in
them and Chloe was the hit of the day!
The kids all were able to feed her handfuls of
grain which she carefully took from every
little
hand
and of course they were petting her and
she soaked it all
in.
Kylee came out when it was her turn and announced that that was HER wonderful pony!
Chloe's Flashy Enuff is Kylee's first pony. We bought her when she was a four year old and they were both the same age. Both, now seven, have grown up and learned everything as a team winning lots of Division Leadline and Walk Trot Championships, In Hand Championships and countless days strolling around hanging out with each other. She is truly Kylee's best friend and the Best Welsh Pony we have every owned! Submitted November 30, 2008 by Heather McKereghan, Wyndsor Welsh Ponies and Cobs
WE'VE GOTTA A WINNER!! Wynnbrook Arctic Fox and Jacqueline Morris after winning two Champions, ONE Reserve Champion, tWO Supremes and Supreme in the Gelding division of the Champion of Champions class at the Double Gold show in Earlville, Maryland. This is Jacqueline's first welsh pony! Submitted November 2, 2008 by Kristina Morris
COUNTY FAIR FUN!!
We are happy to announce that we survived our local county fair, yet again...
Eight days of camping out (rough) in downtown Eugene OR. Over 165 equines
attended with their
We had a lovely show, both the conformation and
the "fun show" at the end of the week.. We also had
BTW, we did well in the pony division, even if we were showing against ourselves a few times! Submitted by Cindy Thomas, Silvandra's Welsh, Elmira, OR
On May 22, 2008, at the
Kentucky Dressage Association Show, in the 4-yr-old stallion class, Nistar
Blazing Kansas won 3rd overall and the Breeders Award for the highest
scoring animal "Born in the USA" in the stallion competition. Kansas was
the only
On July 18th, 19th and 20th, Kansas represented the Welsh Pony for the second year at Breyerfest, held in Lexington, Kentucky at the Kentucky Horse Park. He completed an exhibition daily and enjoyed the attention of many Breyer enthusiasts. Submitted by Cindy Bellis-Jones 2008 Maryland Pony Breeders Yearling FUTURITY (photo credit: Janice Thompson)
The 18th Annual Maryland Pony Breeders Yearling
Futurity was held on Sunday July 20, 2008 at the Equestrian Center of Harford
This year's Futurity featured 57 entries in eight divisions and awarded $10,678.20 in prize monies. MPB Futurity Chairman, Kathryn Southard presented the Futurity Grand Champion with a monogrammed cooler generously donated by The Grey Pony Saddlery. All Futurity participants received a Maryland Pony Breeders logo messenger bag. CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE RESULTS
DOMINATE YEAR 2007
Macon, GA Party and Brandon competed in the Pegasus Riding School show series this year in Milner, GA and took home 2 Reserve Champion and 2 Grand Champion ribbons. They have earned the 2007 Year End Grand Champion Award for their participation at Pegasus. They also competed in a Horse Show Ventures’ show at Wills Park in Alpharetta, GA where they picked up a Grand Champion ribbon and were formally invited to participate in the 2007 Class of Champions for Horse Show Ventures on November 10, 2007 where they became Champion of Champions by taking first place out of 14 competitors. Now that the show season is over for 2007, Party and Brandon will be training even harder for the 2008 season. See you next year! USDF Region 6 Welsh Cob Stallion Makes His Mark!
North Forks Cardi is
a 7 year-old Welsh Cob stallion standing 14.3 hh—a large pony by anyone’s
standards. However, his presence in the dressage ring and dressage sporthorse in-hand classes is anything but little. As a 3-year old, Cardi
was started
under saddle to
give him a job, something to do.
Ffffast forward three years. Cardi and Jessica competed in 2007 at Third Level and racked up championships going against the BIG BOYZ AND GIRLZ—our competition includes Dutch, Hannoverian, Friesian, Swedish, TB, and every combination of animal that produces much bigger than 14.3hh.
But the pony continues to
prevail, and land right up there at the top.
Between Training and
Third Level, Cardi has won
championships at every level and scored in the 70s
at every level. He
and Jessica enter at least four shows during the season, to qualify
Prior to beginning of our 2007 show season, we accepted the invitation of photographers April Visel and Sharron Sheppard to attend a photo shoot for stallions only in the Santa Ynez and Santa Barbara areas. Twenty-two hours after leaving the Pacific Northwest, we arrived with Cardi in tow, to Santa Ynez. Over a dozen photographers converged and captured images of the stallions at Summerland Beach, at Jade Creek Arabian Farm, and in the hills of Santa Ynez. The lovely photos captured by Amy Cody capture the essence of this powerful stallion full of Welsh character and athleticism. Ending Third Level being ranked FIRST in Region 6 [over 20 other horses] and 19th nationally, has been a big boost to preparing Cardi and Jessica’s for their FEI debut at Prix St. George in 2008. Watch for them! CONGRATULATIONS 2007 WINNERS Glencoe Caught Ya Looking(Glencoe Nimbus x Ardmore Sweet Alyssum) 2007 2nd USEF Small Green 2007 Reserve Champion Welsh at Pony Finals. Owned and shown by Ashton Alexander.
Glencoe Archie(Glencoe Nimbus x Ardmore Sweet Alyssum) USEF 2nd Small GreenZone 4 Small Green Champion 3rd Overall Small Green at Pony Finals 2007 Reserve Champion Registered Welsh Green Pony
Fox
Cry Nicodemus
(Halcyon Sir Lancelot x Fox Cry Raindrops on Roses)
has had a wonderful year in the Dressage World. At 12.1 hands, he
competed against much taller competitors. In GA at the Southern Hospitality
Show he won his in hand class (open) with a score of
We showed his girls in the Breeders group. We placed 9th as the
girls showed they played (It's a small world). In October, Nick's first foal
crop went
Submitted by Shawn Bigley How Versatile is the Welsh Pony???
Wow, what a trip! Not only
did Section B Welsh pony stallion, Flying Diamond the Bailef,
owned by Janice Early of the Lazy J Welsh Pony Ranch and Wendy Stephens, get
to compete in the Craig The KC race was held by the prestigious Saddle and Sirloin Club. The facility hosts many major events throughout the year. The race had 30 riders in a non-pro division and 30 in the pro division. Because Wendy and Bailef had competed in Texas, they were required to compete in the pro division. All the riders were professional trainers and most were mounted on APHA and AQHA horses some of whom had won world titles. Few of these riders spoke to or acknowledged the lady on the pony until after the first round. They were thinking….who would show up for an Extreme Cowboy Race on a pony!?? Team Bailef thought they would slide in unnoticed but the producer, Bill Hull, had seen Bailef and Wendy compete at Craig Cameron's Texas ranch and it seemed Bill had told everyone in the area about the grey Pony! All of the local people were talking about him and all they had heard. Wendy and Bailef did not let them down in the first round finishing at the top even in front of World Champion Charro, Jerry Diaz.
The crowd of over 500 could be
heard for a mile as the 'little horse with the big heart' and
As in their Texas race, the
team was hoping to make that first cut. With 30 top notch competitors,
one never knows what the judges will like. Plus,
one never knows if they will respect the pony and think he deserves to go on. At the end of the day Craig Cameron called out the top 10, starting at 10th and moving up, Team Bailef was getting more and more nervous when Wendy's name was not mentioned. Then, when he called her name in first place with a score several points higher than the 2nd place, World Champion Charro, there were some teary eyes. A Welsh pony finishing at the top under renowned AQHA judges, one of whom had won the World Super Horse title and the other had won the very first reining futurity, was truly amazing.
The
finals were tough. All of the competitors lifted their performances up
several notches. Wendy was the only female rider to make it to the final
round. It would have been difficult to have been one of the judges.
One of the components required entering a round pen with 2 horses and then
roping a designated horse. Since the other 9 finalists
Wendy and Bailef are doing their best to represent the Welsh breed well. As with any competition, the contestant comes home knowing that more work is needed, as they say, back to the drawing board. It was pleasing that the judges let the pony play against the big guys and Janice Early and Wendy Stephens are honored to have special invitations to compete again. The photos taken by event photographer, Marilyn Merrick are posted on www.merrickstudios.com. Keep in mind that in the second picture the jump is about 3 feet and Wendy is using a pretty heavy roping saddle since they usually have to drag logs in the races. In the final round they took the highest jump….they were the only ones to jump the highest jump! On the second page of photos, in one picture Bailef appears to be bucking. He is actually leaping a deep open ditch.
BE
SURE TO WATCH RFD TELEVISION in September when the Bailef and Wendy are
shown competing in Craig
Cameron’s
and
www.horsecity.com
Extreme Cowboy Race #5. In the television schedule the rider’s
The pictures were taken by Michael Wierdsma at Howdy Smith's April Equine Challenge in Texarkana, AR.
Wellington, Florida at Littlewood Fences "A" Show,
Dragon's Lair Tinkerbelle
and James Pledger continue winning in full classes filled with full-sized
horses in the Hopeful Jumper Division (Level 0, 2'6"-2'9") on June 13-15,
2007. The Pledger Family, who owns Hunter's Sound Stable and "Ever After"
Welsh Ponies, had two entries in this division,
James Pledger and Dragon's Lair Tinkerbelle - Welsh versatility
Dragon's Lair Tinkerbelle (Pecan Creek's Rock N Roll x Las Brisas Silver Belle) Owned & ridden by: James I. Pledger, V. Hunter's Sound Stable, "Ever After" Welsh Ponies, Fort Myers, Florida
  Eleven
year old, James Pledger has qualified for 2007 Pony Club Nationals
in Tetrathlon with heights up
to 2'9
on his 12.1hh Section B
Welsh Pony mare, Dragon's Lair Tinkerbelle. In addition to showjumping,
the phases consist of running,
swimming, and
shooting. He will be attending Champ Camp, Festival, and Nationals in
Lexington Kentucky this summer (2007) and will have the privilege to train
with some of the world's best.
James recently won a 2'9 - 3'
Gambler's choice at an open
jumper show
against the big boys. He prevailed in a large class which consisted almost entirely of Warmbloods and other full sized
breeds. James also showed Tinkerbelle in Eventing at Rockinghorse
Many people recognize James from the shows. The farm purchased the little grey mare just a few short months ago and she had little experience jumping. The pair are becoming famous in Southwest Florida. Everyone loves to see the little boy on his Princess pony in her trademark pink saddle pad! The family rides and shows their Welsh ponies all over the U.S. and exclaims enthusiastically, "We love our Welsh ponies!!!"
(Smoke Tree Hot Tea x Caitlin’s Lyric) Foaled in 1998 Dark Liver Chestnut Section A, Welsh Cross Breeder: Deborah Kirkland & Melody Kirkland Finale Farms, Forsyth, Georgia Finale Tea Party is owned and ridden by Brandon Hammonds
Finale Tea Party
(“Party”) is a Section A
Welsh Cross and resides at Hearts and Hooves Stables in Macon, Georgia.
In their first showing together in the spring of 2006, Party and Brandon competed in an English Beginner Division and took home three Third Place ribbons and one Second Place ribbon. Since their first showing, Brandon has acquired ownership of Party and they have competed in several English competitions and have accumulated three Reserve Champion placements, and numerous First, Second and Third Place ribbons in local open shows. As they gear up for their second year of competitions, Party and Brandon are hard at work training. Party has everything we could ask for in a show pony, the conformation, height and her sense of presence. Once Party is a finished pony, a lot of accomplishments are waiting for her and Brandon is going to be along for an incredible ride!
CARDIFF PRIVATE AFFAIR
Cardiff Private Affair,
aka Audi (Cardiff Lotus x Madoc Fairy Lilly by Lithgow Gay Grenadier) is a
Section B Welsh Pony stallion who stands at Summit View Welsh in Penrose,
CO. He has
competed successfully in Dressage for the past several years.
In 2003, as a 5 year old, Audi went to an American Sport Pony Society
Inspection and scored an 8.4 on his performance test and was the Site
Champion for the inspection.
In 2006, Audi
competed
at third and fourth level
dressage at
USEF
recognized
competitions in the
open division in Colorado, We have been delighted with Audi's versatility both in the Welsh Breed arena as well as in the open shows. Audi has been trained and ridden by Julie Burt of Greenie Mountain Stables in Monte Vista for the past 6 years and they will start their 7th year in the show ring competing at 4th Level in 2007. Julie has also earned her Bronze Medal on Audi and Julie has used him as a mount in her USDF Instruction Certification program were she earned her Instructor Certification for Training through Second Level.
(Land's End Royal Fox x Evans Bram Stoker) Owned by Kathleen A. Rawls of Mt. Dragon Welsh Ridden by Annie Beamer 5 Year old Section B Stallion
2006 USDF Region 6 Breeder's Championship Series Reserve Grand Champion Mature Stallion. Also had scores in the 70's in the Materiale Horse Classes at the Northwest Sport Horse Breeder's Classic. (Held the same time as the Breeders' Championship Series).
The Welsh Pony & Cob Society of America Congratulates the Winners of the 2006 Pony Finals
IT’S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL Submitted by Thalia Gentzel The Welsh tent at the U. S. Pony Hunter Finals at Kentucky Horse Park was a beehive of activity this year. There were a tremendous number of ponies from which to identify and calculate the scores. On our lists we had 37 Purebreds and Half Welsh out of 160 ponies showing in the Greens with 47 Purebreds and Half Welsh from the 288 Larges, Mediums, and Smalls competing. On the first day, Wednesday, August 9th green pony model/under saddle day, Dr. Ruth Wilburn and her helpers became acquainted with a Californian, Linda Bentley, who was hoping to prove Welsh ancestry for a pony in her care. That turned out to be a “no go” at that time but before the day was over, Linda had the most exciting news about another star, a bona fide Welsh one, from Griffith Park Farms near Los Angeles. Trainer Rosey Reed had wanted a top catch rider for Betsy Borns’ talented small green mare, Claim to Fame. The pony had been purchased last fall for seven year old twins and a four year old. Trainer Reed felt that “We need to show this pony” so put in a call to Christina Schlusemeyer to fill a big order. “I don’t want merely a good rider, I want a great rider. I want a rider who is going to come through.” Schlusemeyer assured her that she had found just the right person in diminutive 12 year show ring veteran, Reed Kessler, whose two noted champions, Cardiff Mardi Gras and Helicon Take Notice, had both moved to California over the summer leaving her pony less for the Finals. Still Rosey Reed admitted, “I was worried.” Mom Teri Kessler reassured Trainer Reed saying that her daughter wouldn’t “melt under pressure.” The day before the Finals began, Reed Kessler schooled Claim to Fame and immediately clicked with the mare. As “Denim“ was being braided to show in the Greens, Reed and the others were wondering what breeding lay behind this lovely individual – a call was made to California to check the papers and WOW! The sire turned out to be none other than Reed’s great small pony hunter, Cardiff Mardi Gras! On Thursday when they had won the Over Fences phase with scores of 84-85-84, Mom Teri Kessler exclaimed, “Talk about a weird coincidence! Reed essentially won riding her “grandpony’!” Before long ‘most everyone on the grounds knew this amazing story and USEF featured it with the Green Pony results on their www.usef.org website as Claim to Fame won the Small Green Over Fences, Champion Small Green, and OVERALL GRAND GREEN titles out of 42 ponies in her division and 160 overall! This also made her the winner of the GREEN WELSH PONY awards although the presentation was not made until the next day, Friday, during the Medals competition in the indoor arena. – a massive rain, lightning, and wind storm had swept in as the Greens were concluding on Thursday afternoon causing everyone to dash for cover. Each of the Grand Champions – Welsh or Half Welsh Green Hunter Pony, Purebred Welsh in the regular divisions (small to 12.2, medium to 13.2, and large to 14.2), and Half Welsh in the regular divisions got a neck sash for the pony, a $250. check for the rider donated by Rollingwoods, a halter with engraved brass plate from Just for Ponies, a fleece bag from WPCSA for the halter, and a tall silver vase as a take home trophy from USEF – as well as their photo taken with a perpetual trophy which remains at the USEF headquarters. The trophy for Greens is a large tankard from Nancy Reed at Land’s End, the Welsh trophy is a magnificent footed tray from the Gentzels and Molly Rinedollar at Helicon, and the Half Welsh is a Revere bowl from Helicon in honor of GlanNant Epic. The Reserve Champions in each division received a neck sash and a fleece throw embroidered with a Welsh Centennial logo. Our RESERVE GREEN PONY was True Blue with Taylor Adams riding for Bill Schaub. Blue had been 4th in the Medium Green Model , 3rd Over Fences, and Reserve Champion Medium Green. He was originally registered as a Half Welsh, Hillcrest Blue Smoke by Gayfields Vida Blue. The yellow neck sash went to a purebred, Land’s End Eros by Carolinas Red Fox. Cailah Carroll rode for Colby Nyland Elliott. The fourth place sash went to Colby’s own ride, a Half Welsh, Salvandi Coronet by Ledinjadon Major Motion. By the time the regular divisions were held on Saturday and Sunday, suspense filled the air. The PUREBRED WELSH CHAMPION, Over Fences winner and Reserve Small Pony Champion out of 79 was the famous 23 year old 12.2 hand gelding, Strike A Pose, still owned by Whitney Roper who placed 3rd Overall with him at the 1998 Finals! He had also won in 1997 and was 7th in 2004. Registered as Rosmel’s Blue Reign, “Dizzy” is by *Findeln Blue Danube. Ande Farish “borrowed” him as her younger sister Lulu had the ride on Shine in the Smalls. “He is always a really good boy,” says Ande. “You get a certain rhythm and all the jumps come up. Dizzy lives at the front of the barn so he gets the most attention.” The 13 year old eighth grader at The Lexington School rides almost every day and also enjoys playing tennis with her six younger siblings. Ande says she will buy something for her ponies with the $250 rider stipend. RESERVE WELSH CHAMPION honors went to Lakeview Nicknack by *Rhoson Agano. He is owned by Georgia Waldrip and was ridden by Victoria Colvin. This stylish pony had been 5th in the Model, 9th Over Fences, and 6th Overall out of 123 Mediums and also top Virginia Bred Pony. Third went to Saltwood Tuscany with owner-rider Erica Robinson in the irons. This pony is by *Mynd Nestorious. Fourth was Taylor Kain’s Empress ridden by Meehan Shirey. This mare is registered as Farmore Flattery by Talybont Quicksilver. The HALF WELSH CHAMPION was Hillcrest Kilkenny for his 12 year old owner, Elizabeth “Ali” Boone, who is also attends The Lexington School and will be in sixth grade with Ande’s younger sister. The 13.2 hand 10 year old gelding is one of a prominent group of siblings by Gayfields Vida Blue out of April’s Shali Mariah, a Welsh-Arabian cross. Ali said, “I like his canter best ‘cause it’s so smooth.” At the Finals he was 4th in the Medium Model, 10th Under Saddle, and 4th Overall Medium. RESERVE CHAMPION HALF WELSH was Hillcrest Pennie Wise who began life at Ed and Marilyn Checki’s farm in Franksville, Wisconsin as Hillcrest Blue Shadow, also by Gayfields Vida Blue. Pennie Wise had scored 1st Over Fences in the Larges and 4th Overall of 86 Larges for owner-rider Tilden Brighton. This is another superb show pony who illustrates the longevity of the Welsh having been in the Overall Large standings at the 1997, 2000, and 2002 Finals! The yellow neck sash went to Hands Up by Gayfields Call the Cops. Kyra Lynn Rumble showed her own entry. Fourth was Brownwoods Rock N’ Roll by Ledinjadon Major Motion. Bretton Chad rode the entry of Stone Ridge. This year with the record number of 47 purebred Welsh in the Regular Divisions and 37 purebreds and Halfs identified and showing in the Greens. In addition, there were 20 Half Welsh, but those registered does not keep up with the large numbers of Half Welsh in the hunter rings. A recent survey of the top five ponies in each of the USEF rated divisions shows that approximately 50 per cent are Half Welsh and 30 per cent are purebred Welsh. We then should expect many more Half Welsh to be signed up for the Pony Finals awards. Where is the discrepancy? Unfortunately breeders who usually register their purebreds do not follow through with their Half Welsh. Some notable examples of unregistered stars this year are: Rockette, Overall Grand and Medium Champion of the 2006 Finals, by the Section A Welsh, JLA Sir William. Large Champion is Cherrybrook Blue Suede Shoes, a son of Section B, Gayfields Vida Blue, who had 7 offspring in contention for the Welsh awards. How can this situation be remedied? Number one is awareness, so spread the word. Then contact should be made with WPCSA at www.welshpony.org to confirm actual breeding information. Perhaps the foal was registered. Then lost papers can be applied for. If not, and the dam was not on the Stallion Service Report, then the stallion owner will need to update those records for a fee of $50. Registration of mature animals would cost $250 but this would make your child eligible for the generous awards and acclaim at the Finals. It is hard to tell children that they cannot take part when it can be determined that they do have a Welsh or Half Welsh but not one which is papered with WPCSA. Let’s fix this! And the time to do this and get into Robin Nowak’s data base is NOW! Contact her at robinn@intertex.net The main workers again this year at the Welsh tent were Visionary and Coordinator, Dr. Ruth Wilburn of MS, Computer Guru Robin Nowak of TX, Ultimate Helper Betty Fox of FL, and Pedigree Person, Thalia Gentzel of IL. As always, the verification calls to Lisa Landis at the Winchester office were numerous. And your contributions are still welcomed to Dr. Ruth at home or at the national office, P.O. Box 2977, Winchester, VA 22604. As always, she is carrying the lion’s share of this program which brings so much acclaim and recognition to our brilliant Welsh and Welsh crossbreds! Recap of Winners:
GREEN WELSH AND HALF-WELSH PUREBRED WELSH HALF WELSH
This is the Supreme Champion and Reserve Supreme Champion of the Mountain and Mooreland class at Dressage at Devon. Glenhaven Barosa Valley (Powysvalley Trooper York x Derwen Tequila) - Champion (Chestnut Cob on right) shown with owner Angela Malony, and Fox Cry Nicodemus on the left was Reserve Supreme, Champion A-B and Champion Youngstock of the Mountain & Moreland class at Devon.
2004 chestnut roan Section B stallion owned by Shawn Bigley of Colora, MD. He was champion youngstock of the Mountain & Mooreland class at Devon. Submitted by Shawn Bigley - 11/17/05
(Halcyon Sir Lancelot x Fox Cry Raindrops On Roses)
Fox Cry Nicodemus
is owned by Shawn Bigley of Colora, MD.
Nick
was Named Reserve Champion Colt (weanling to 3 yr. old) He has now Qualified to
show at the USDF Breeders Championship class at Devon in Sept. He also
won the BORN IN THE USA AWARD. That means he was the highest
scoring colt of the show. I am not sure but he may be the only Welsh
pony in this USDF Breeders Championship class. Nick showed against
Warmbloods, Fressians and Andelusians just to name a few of the Beautiful horses he
competed against. He was the only pony and the only Welsh. Nick will be
going to Devon in the USDF Breeders Championship
class. Promoting Welsh Ponies. Twin Shows Dressage, Spotsylvania VA
Sept. 8, 2006 Rosemont Farm, Reserve Champion Colt, reserve Champion
Young Horse, Reserve Grand Champion, Qualified for the 2nd time for the
USDF Breeders Championship Class at Devon (against all Horses).
Submitted by Shawn Bigley
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A little over a week ago Sebastian,
my 17 year old son, called and asked if "Chloe" could be part of one of his
friend's senior projects.
I
said yes, of course, because she loves every chance to be mauled by kids. 
EUGENE,
OR 
"happy" providers... Needless to say, when it was all said and
done..
Most of us had a wonderful time, stuffing/watering our animals to
keep them happy, in several days worth of 100+ degree weather... lol... No
major accidents, a few small boo-boo's and a lot of time on our hands. I wish
I had gotten some pictures of some of the "interesting" ways we kept from
overheating our equine partners and ourselves.
stall decoration
"contest"...
and I was a very happy r
ecipient of a ribbon (1ST PLACE!). The judges elected mine as "simple but elegant".... So thought I would share and let you see what kind of "fun" we had... check
out our paint job on the floor... (but don’t ask how long it took to do, I don’t want to
think about that yet...) although it took two+ full days to do set-up
and seven hours to tear down... lol. We had a blast getting our "castle"
in shape, and talk about the "paving"
project... If you look closely at our guest/information table we even had our
resident "dragon" Silvandra....
The Welsh Continue to
be Represented in Kentucky
pony representative showing in hand on that day and won against
sporthorse
breed stallions. The
breeders of Kansas, Wayne and Nina Sue Stark received a check for $50. as his breeders and his owner, Cynthia Bellis-Jones
received a check for $150.
County in Bel Air, Maryland. The Futurity was a huge success with a great turn
out of breeders, owners and ponies. Ably
judged by Oliver Brown of Reva, Virginia - Grand Champion honors went to
Charmsley Jete, a beautiful grey Section B Welsh filly bred and owned by
Shirley & Thomas Hoffecker of Monkton, Maryland - shown by their granddaughter
Victoria Gordon. Charmsley Jete is by John & Margaret Almond's stallion
Fox Cry Whinny The Pooh out of Loafer's Lodge Ardara who is also the dam of LOM
Charmsley Little Sister. Reserve Champion honors went to Kathy Bridgwater's
All Doll'd Up, a lovely grey Welsh/Tb filly by Section A Welsh Stallion, LOM
Severn Gambol owned by Peggy Marshall of La Plata, Maryland out of
Justlovemeforever. 
FINALE
TEA PARTY AND BRANDON HAMMONDS 
for the Region 6 Championship Show. They also compete in
the USDF DSH classes and Cardi’s 79.7% at the
NW Sporthorse Breeder’s Championship Show this month put him in the
winner’s
CONGRATULATIONS 2007 WINNERS
77 and all of his undersaddle
classes including the championship class. Dressage at Devon 17 in his in
hand class, Nick was the only pony in the class. Nick placed 10th out of
17 with a score of 74. He showed undersaddle and in materiale and was in
the top 10 in each division.
to Watermark Farm for the ASPR inspection and Westwood You Wish (Fox
Cry Nicodemus x Westwood Wish) scored a 7.6 and First Premium. Fox Cry
Raindrops on Roses (*Sleight of Hand x Burgundy Rosette) scored a 7.9 and a
First Premium. Westwood Unforgetable (Fox Cry Nicodemus x Fox Cry
Raindrops on Roses) scored an 8.5 and was the overall Site Champion. The
rider is Elly Schobel, trainer of Fox Cry Nicodemus, from the Homestead in
Williston, SC.
Wendy flawlessly executed their circles with flying lead changes and then headed cross country
taking the next to the highest rail on the fixed cross country jump.
Almost all of the other 59 contestants took the rail jump
two steps lower or
completely went around the jump. Bailef and Wendy easily ponied a big
quarter horse through some heavy woods, successfully negotiated the "extreme
ravine," loped right on through the rope 'cowboy curtain,' sailed up and down
the Kansas 6 steps, went right through the deepest part of the pond (Craig
narrated saying 'look at the water just cover up that little horse’), executed
great stops and roll-backs, did the best they could on their reining horse
spins, just to name a few of the elements. One part of the race was
called the free ride where the riders were expected to run their horses across
the field, pick up the mail and pony express it back. They cranked up
the music each time and played different songs for each rider. As Wendy
gave Bailef his head and they flew across the field at a pace that amazed the
crowd, the music person put on Top Gun. The crowd clapped and cheered as
the pony showed little guys can stretch out and run, too.
It was evident from all of the comments, that the pony duo had the crowd's
vote but unfortunately, the crowd didn't have a vote. 
If only the race
were like Dancing with the Stars and the viewers called in their votes.
It should be mentioned that before Bailef and Wendy began their performance,
Craig asked everyone to move back including the riders that were waiting their
turns so that the 500+ spectators would have a better view of the pony and
Wendy. Many of the audience had wondered what to expect when Craig
Cameron began to talk about The Bailef and said he was a show pony who had won
championships in halter, western pleasure, and English pleasure as well as
reserve championships as a hunter pony. He stated that Bailef had won 2
National Reserve Championships. When they finished their run, Cameron
said, "Now, aren't you glad I asked everyone to move back so you could see
this little horse I like Bailef. He is as solid as a rock!!"
Again, the crowd expressed their appreciation. 
were skilled
ropers, it would be tough to compete. BUT, Wendy did rope her specified
sorrel horse on her second attempt. The crowd went wild! Bailef
responded
well and did an excellent job of cutting out the horse for both
loops. The crowd seemed to hold their breath as the pony side passed the
L-shaped logs with a corner that was as wide as his leg span. Many of
the obstacles were the same as the first day. One of the
additional requirements involved unsaddling, mounting bareback, galloping back
across the field, jumping up the Kansas 6 step, and loading the horse in the
trailer. At the trailer, Wendy slid off of his rump and he hopped on in.
It was exciting for the pony to finish in the top 5 and bring home prize money
against the highly trained AQHA and APHA animals. Only the top 2 won
saddles. Not winning a saddle this time is okay with Bailef as the
saddles are way too big and heavy for him!
where their
team finished in third place in their division.
James
recently had the opportunity to attend a clinic with Peter Grey. He also
has plans to Foxhunt this summer with our resident trainer and aspiring Grand
Prix rider, Dustin Durham.
FINALE TEA PARTY
Party and her half sister, Finale Iced Tea (“Icee”), came to meet Brandon in
the spring
of 2006. These two “green” ponies worked, trained and competed with Brandon
throughout the spring, summer and fall of 2006 under the direction of their
trainer, Cher Moore,
along with Erika Meganck.
with scores of
64 to 66% at 3rd level and
60 to 63% at
4th level.
We have competed Audi in Combined Driving
as a youngster
were he earned best dressage of the show with a score of 36.5 average
between the 3 judges his first time out.
EVANS
PROVIDENCE OF THE NIGHT 
Charmsley
Little Sister
Bane Dressage. He is ready for his training level testing. In
2006 I hope to get him past his training and level 1 testing. Rocko is an
amazing athlete. He actually has a 12 foot horse stride that is impressive to
see in slow motion. He has warmblood movement and a lovely animated trot. He is
also a sweetheart. He captures everyone’s heart that deals with him. Rocko’s
oldest foal, Golden Sprocket, is proving to be good evidence that Rocko will be
a fine breeding stallion. The 2.5 year old Welsh/National Show Horse gelding is
a First Premium American Sport Pony. He was 3rd at his ASPR site
inspection. Sprocket has already shown that he takes after his father in many
ways. Sprocket has shown amazing jumping ability. He has jumped out of a 4’ pen
from a stand still. He has been jumping on his own since he was 3 days old when
he jumped a 1’9” jump in our arena. Sprocket has just been started under saddle
and is proving to be willing and eager to learn. He learns very quickly and is
eager to move on to the next challenge. Rocko is approved and licensed by the
American Sport Pony Registry. He was noted to be “an excellent example of a
sport pony.” He received his highest marks in Conformation, Breed Type and
Movement. Rocko won the site reserve Championship at his ASPR inspection. He is
also registered and approved for breeding by the Welsh Pony and Cob Society of
America. We can’t wait for 2006. Several high quality and accomplished mares
were bred to Rocko this year. The babies should be spectacular. What will the
2006 show season bring? Visit Rocko’s web-site to keep current on his
accomplishments.
Chime was for sale.
I told her I
absolutely would not. We
bought Chime a few days later. Chime and I began eventing soon after we
bought her. We ran a novice, placed second, and moved up to training. She
won the first two training level events we ran. In a three-year
partnership, we hardly ever placed out of the ribbons, even at large
events like Champagne Run
where we finished second in a training division of 23. Chime
has been to three USPC National Championships, once at the novice level
with Caroline, and twice on the Midsouth Region training
level team with me. In 2000 at the Virginia Horse Center, we placed second
individually (though there were no individual ribbons), leading our team
to a second place finish in the team event.
celebrated
a great win in the Battle of the Breeds at the Spruce Meadows
Masters in early September. Competition over three days involved
compulsory skills (ridden or driven), a precision driving cones course,
trail, barrel racing and jeopardy jumping. The four team members: Celia Allpress from Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island, Lei Broadstone from Medical
Lake, Washington State, Tammie Blewett from Surrey, B.C. and Lee McLean from
Highriver, Alberta, each competed in two disciplines against twelve other
breeds including Appaloosa, Arab, Quarter Horse, Paints, Morgan, Warmblood,
Shetland, Mule and Thoroughbred. This is the third time Team Welsh have
competed for this title, having place 10th and 9th
in the previous years, so
this team deserves full credit for
demonstrating the diversity of the Welsh breed.
My name is Änna
Hostetter. I am 14 years old and currently a C-1 in the Wallowa Mountain Pony
Club (WMPC) located in beautiful Joseph, Oregon. Last summer I set high goals
for myself and Panache, despite her young age and size. Early last spring I
listed six major goals for the summer in order of importance: 1) To qualify to
go to the USPC Western Nationals. 2) To compete in USDF recognized shows and in
doing so earn my Qualified Rider’s Patch (four scores of 60% or higher at
Training Level, from at least two different competitions, from four different
judges, from four different rides) along with my Junior/Young Rider Award and a
ranking through a year end average; 3) To qualify to go to Oregon Dressage
Society Championships for which I needed a score of 60% or higher in a
qualifying ride. (A qualified ride is always the last test of the level.); 4) To
qualify for the USDF
Regional Championships for which I needed two scores of 60%
or higher in qualified rides; 5) To achieve a placing in the USDF All-Breeds
Award with my Welsh Cob; and 6) To obtain my C-2 rating in Pony Club. 
score
of 68% at training level
Adult Amateur. He also received
his Performance Certificate in
Dressage at training level in just 4 shows. This requires 10 scores above 60% at United States Dressage Federation approved shows
at that level. Persie & Rachel have been studying Dressage for only a year under
Debbie Evans teaching. You can see the amazing willingness, his ability to learn
quickly, his strength and his spirit comes through in every venture. Persie
replaced a beloved horse that could do everything. Rachel Quotes: "I have Persie,
who chose me when he stood staring at me with an alert expression when all the
other horses ran off. I knew it was HIM! Out of all USDF Adult
Amateur riders at training level, I
finished 64th out of 239 riders. Out of all USDF horses at training level Persie
finished 224th out of 624 horses. Amazing results after only one year of riding
dressage. By Rachel Herrick-Wild Mountain Pony Farm.