Julia Hardie from Bryntawel Sporting Horses had great success at Kalbar Show with the pretty little Welsh A, Woranora Priscilla, winning Supreme Welsh exhibit. She was also Champion Welsh A at the recent Laidley Show. Section C mare, Seawynd Gay Girl, strutted her stuff at Boonah Show to win Champion C & D. Her foal by Gweunydd Sionyn is eagerly awaited in October. Riverlea Henna won Supreme Welsh exhibit at Ipswich Show earlier in May, so we have had a great show season so far. We have been busily preparing the show team for Brisbane Royal, as we have six ponies nominated for the Welsh classes.
MOONLIGHT PONY STUD
Janette Cairns & Bob Vines are expecting four foals this year: two partbreds, one Welsh B and one Welsh A. They have been campaigning Valley View Sir Walter around the traps this year and have been successful with Champions by the handful in both Welsh and Arabian Pony classes. He will be out in harness next year in a jogger and the year after will graduate to a Viceroy.
ROSENEATH WELSH PONIES
Ruth Porter of Roseneath Welsh Ponies has recently purchased the Section C weanling filly, Burrowa Dancing (pictured above), from Sue and Ace Coughlan`s stud Burrowa. Burrowa Dancing is out of Bannods Gem and by Trapalanda Downs Jaxon. Dancing will be shown at the NSW All Welsh in October before arriving in Qld.
The Section C mare Glynyarra Park Rose Red, has been sashed Champion Cob mare at Fraser Coast and Toogoolawah Shows and was Supreme Cob at Fraser Coast. She is an absolute delight to have in the stable and to show.
The Section B Glenian Park Contessa was Champion Welsh mare/filly at Fraser Coast and has Reserve Champ sashes from her buckskin classes at Fraser Coast and Gympie, along with Champion Arabian Derivative at Gympie. Tess is out for the winter much to her horror as she is such a princess, and will come back in for Noosa Show in September.
The Section C Penyghent Royal Albert is doing what he loves best, at the moment restoring a young girl`s confidence after a couple of frights on bigger horses. He looks after his child riders far better than he ever looks after me!
Section B geldings, Wattles Halifax (pictured above) and Wattles Bavaria, both by Owendale Coconut, are in work preparing for pony dressage comps in the spring and summer. Both are working towards their Elementary debuts. Both so trainable and lovely boys.
The lovely Part Welsh gelding, Euston Raffles, is on lease to Sarah Isaac, and has been doing some good winning at Pony Club dressage. His full brother Euston Royal Ascot (pictured above) was 3rd and 5th in huge classes in open company at a recent dressage competition in Toowoomba. Ascot is on loan to Karen Dennien from Gobongo Charolais Stud at Jackson.
TALSARN WELSH MOUNTAIN PONIES
Greg Dallaway moved his small stud from Victoria to Fernvale in South-East Queensland almost three years ago, bringing with him a small group of mares and a colt. A story on the origins of the stud was published in our 1996 Journal, with some follow-up notes by the Journal editor (on connections with the Criban Stud) in 2003.
Since arrival there has been fairly mixed luck - in the first season only 3 mares were to foal - and then EI arrived! One mare slipped a filly at the height of her infection, and another suddenly developed severe pneumonia ; she very luckily recovered, and went on to foal safely a rich bay colt by Victorian sire Glynyarra Kristian, who has some well-known progeny in Qld. Kristian was used a couple of times as a Twyford/Revel outcross on the predominantly Bowdler and Criban line mares.
The second season brought several colts and only one filly which was unfortunately lost at birth. So several extra boys - very engaging and fun little characters! - are temporarily swelling the ranks here. Hopes are held for at least a couple of fillies to arrive next Spring by young sire Talsarn Thomas, of old Criban and Revel lines.
