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 *TELYNAU ROYAL CHARTER

2001 Individual Legion of Merit

    *TELYNAU ROYAL CHARTER is by the illustrious sire Eyarth Rio, Leading sire of Sec B's 1997-1999 in the UK. Charter is out of Geufronuchaf Miss Royal, herself a Royal Welsh winner as a foal.

    Royal Charter began his life in Wales with breeders David Jones and Geraint Thomas of the Telynau Stud. He was shown at the West Midlands Stallion Show where he won his class over 23 other colts. Charter continued his winning streak as a yearling being Reserve Champion to his father at the famous Glanusk Show. The first time during the history of the show that Father and son had been Senior and Junior Champion and then gone on to be Champion and Reserve Sec B! Later that year he won at the Royal Welsh show, a feat he accomplished again as a three year old. Throughout Charter's show career in the UK he won twenty-seven Championships. He was champion at the Royal of England twice and is the only father and son combination of Section B's ever to BOTH qualify for the Horse of the Year Show at Wembley.

    After seeing the beautiful foals he produced in the UK, Charter was purchased in 1999 for export to the United States by Tammy Burgin of Farmore Farms. He had some large shoes to fill coming onto a Farm which had stood Talybont Quicksilver and then his son Farmore Publicity for many years. However, Charter fulfilled a vision of Tammy's to continue the Farmore Farms tradition of Section B Welsh. Charter has easily filled those shoes and continues to amaze us with what he can do and with what he has produced.

    Charter, behaving like the gentleman he is, arrived home from quarantine late in 1999. We bred a few mares in 2000 and started him under saddle. In less than forty-five days he was at his first show under saddle. He did very well that year, including the WPCSA 2000 National High Score Sec B Stallion and he also received the Princess Diana Memorial Cup for the highest scoring imported Welsh Pony or Cob. In 2001, after breeding 27 mares (six of them our own), Charter was again the highest scoring Section B Stallion and again winner of the Princess Diana Cup. He has been the Pacific Coast Champion in halter, English, Western, hunter and trail. While in the United States, Charter has garnered Supreme Championships in Washington, California, Oklahoma and most recently, Texas. By the end of 2001, just two years since his importation, he has acquired enough points to receive his WPCSA Individual Legion of Merit. Charter is also the very first imported Section B to receive the WPCSA Individual Legion of Merit.

    Tammy writes "We are very proud of Charter and we are thankful to David and Geraint for allowing us to bring him here to share with American Welsh breeders and exhibitors alike. We welcome you to come to visit Charter and share our vision of the future for Section B Welsh".