Monday, August 17, 2009

SUB-COMMITTEE FORMATION MEETING NOTICE

Sunday 23rd August 2009 - 10am
Gunalda Public Hall
27 Balkin Street
Gunalda QLD


Gunalda is just off the Bruce Highway north of Gympie and is well signposted. It is only a small hamlet.

Plans to form a Sub-Committee to the Qld RPG will be discussed. The aim of the Sub-Committee is to enable members in the Wide Bay, Burnett, Fraser Coast and Sunshine Coast regions to network and meet other members in these areas, and most importantly to work with the RPG to encourage the promotion of Welsh Ponies throughout Queensland and specifically throughout this region via a variety of events.

All interested members and non members are welcome to attend and help create an early plan of action for how we would like a group like this to develop and where we could see our efforts most efficently directed to promoting our wonderful ponies throughout the State.

Please bring a plate to share for morning tea, coffee and tea will be provided and the pub across the road has counter meals for those who wish to stay for lunch.

Enquiries should be directed to meeting organisers: Sue Groundwater harmonyhillponies@hotmail.com or Ruth Porter ruth56@bigpond.com

Thursday, August 13, 2009

More Welsh Pony Success at Royal Queensland Show

Congratulations to the owners of the following Welsh and Part Bred Welsh ponies that have had success at this year’s Brisbane Royal in the Open rings:
RESERVE CHAMPION NON-HACKNEY PONY IN HARNESS
K Pryor’s THE HEIGHTS QUICK-STEP
RESERVE CHAMPION AUSTRALIAN SADDLE PONY STALLION
Hanley Park Stud’s OWENDALE BREAK ‘O’ DAY
RESERVE CHAMPION AUSTRALIAN SADDLE PONY MARE
Willowcroft Stud’s WILLOWCROFT SOCIALITE
RESERVE CHAMPION PONY HACK n.e 12.2hh
TC & AJ Edwards LANGTREE EVENING STAR
CHAMPION SHOW HUNTER PONY
Cullen Family’s GREENLEE CHIPPENDALE

Monday, August 10, 2009

BRISBANE ROYAL SHOW 2009 - RESULTS

Friday 7th August 2009
Judge: Mr John Riley, Pittsworth, QLD

Proofs of photographs by Narelle Wockner from the Welsh classes are available on her website www.nwpstudio.com.au from mid September.

WELSH MOUNTAIN PONIES
Class 222 Stallion, 3 years old and over
1 S A Sinclair TORLYN CARDI
2 R G Dunn SHALIDA PARK SEBASTIAN
3 B L Short NILTON SKY CLOUD

Class 223 Colt, 2 years old
1 J Maher WYANN CARAMEL CLASSIC
2 Hanley Park Stud OWENDALE PROPHET

Class 224 Brood Mare, any age
1 H J Gear ARAWEL LODGE SHAKIRA
2 J Maher KARANGA MOONLIGHT
3 R G Dunn CAERDYDD HALO’S LOVE

Class 225 Mare, 3 years old and over
1 H J Gear NILTON MINUETTE
2 W R & M J Wilson RADNOR BARLEY SUGAR
3 D Whye WYANDRA LADY BAMBURY

Class 226 Filly, 2 years old
1 B & A Woods BORDERSHOW DANDELION
2 L S Pickard ERADAN DIDI
3 J Frankish IMPERIAL NELL GWYN

Class 227 Gelding, 2 years old and over
1 K L Pryor BROOMFIELD CAVALIER ANZAC
2 N Parnell FLOWERDALE TRUDINKS
3 L S Tynan GLYNYARRA PARK DOULTON

Class 228 Progeny Group
1 D Whye WYANDRA LADY BAMBURY

BEST WELSH MOUNTAIN PONY TWO YEAR OLD EXHIBIT
B & A Woods BORDERSHOW DANDELION

CHAMPION WELSH MOUNTAIN PONY STALLION
S A Sinclair TORLYN CARDI
RESERVE CHAMPION WELSH MOUNTAIN PONY STALLION
R G Dunn SHALIDA PARK SEBASTIAN

CHAMPION WELSH MOUNTAIN PONY MARE
H J Gear ARAWEL LODGE SHAKIRA
RESERVE CHAMPION WELSH MOUNTAIN PONY MARE
J Maher KARANGA MOONLIGHT

SUPREME CHAMPION WELSH MOUNTAIN PONY
H J Gear ARAWEL LODGE SHAKIRA

WELSH PONIES
Class 229 Stallion, 3 years old and over

1 K J & L D & E N Hansen SIANWOOD SH’BOOM (IMP)
2 N & J Lyons MAITLAND BAR MASTER BRONZE
3 R&R Kliese & O Leckey TOORAVALE MASCOT

Class 230 Colt, 2 years old
1 J Soper & E & T D’Hondt ELVONARA PARK KANDYMAN
2 D M Halpin VALLEY VIEW SIMPLY IRRESISTABLE
3 Hanley Park Stud OWENDALE MASTER BLACK

Class 232 Mare, 3 years old and over
1 Rahane Pastoral Co. RAHANE PHILADAELPHIA
2 L S Tynan AVONLYN CREAM CRACKER
3 L Baker & M Blamires IMPERIAL HONEYSUCKLE

Class 233 Filly, 2 years old
1 L S Tynan ANTRIM MAGIC MOMENT
2 J Soper & E & T D’Hondt VALLEY VIEW COCO CHANNEL

Class 234 Gelding, 2 years old and over
1 S Bartolo LANGTREE SIMON SAYS
2 T & B Saunders & T Brewster WESTON PARK VEGAS
3 L & M Sears & M Conners LANGTREE LOCKSMITH

Class 235 Progeny Group
1 L S Tynan RHYL JUPITER
2 D M Halpin VIEW VALLEY LORD OF THE MANOR

BEST WELSH PONY TWO YEAR OLD EXHIBIT
J Soper & E & T D’Hondt ELVONARA PARK KANDYMAN

CHAMPION WELSH PONY STALLION
K J & L D & E N Hansen SIANWOOD SH’BOOM (IMP)
RESERVE CHAMPION WELSH PONY STALLION
N & J Lyons MAITLAND BAR MASTER BRONZE

CHAMPION WELSH PONY MARE
Rahane Pastoral Co. RAHANE PHILADAELPHIA
RESERVE CHAMPION WELSH PONY MARE
L S Tynan AVONLYN CREAM CRACKER

SUPREME CHAMPION WELSH PONY
K J & L D & E N Hansen SIANWOOD SH’BOOM (IMP)

WELSH COB PONIES
Class 218 Stallion or Colt, 2 years old and over

1 T N Hayden HOPE SPRINGS GIGALO

Class 219 Mare, 3 years old and over
1 R Porter GLYNYARRA PARK ROSE RED
2 J Hardie SEAWYND GAY GIRL
3 T N Hayden HOPE SPRINGS SALLY MAY

Class 221 Gelding, any age
1 G, B & D Miller RIDGELDOO GEORGE
2 O Robertson DRACMOORE RED JACK
3 C Ashdown NAWARRAH PARK MIGHTY MOUSE
4 C Ashdown KENDA PARK EVENT

BEST WELSH COB EXHIBIT
R Porter GLYNYARRA PARK ROSE RED

WELSH RIDDEN
Class 277 Ridden Welsh Pony Open

1 S Bartolo LANGTREE SIMON SAYS
2 Carousel Competition Training KINGSWOOD ANASTASIA
3 T & B Saunders & T Brewster WESTON PARK VEGAS

Friday, July 31, 2009

STUD NEWS

BRYNTAWEL
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.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

A reminder to all 2010 & 2011 Qld Foal Futurity Entrants

Deadline for 2010 Futurity
Yearling nomination for foals born between 1st August 2008 and 31st July 2009 – Deadline Friday 31 July 2009

Deadline for 2011 Futurity
1st Nomination for unborn foals to be born between 1st August 2009 and 31st July 2010 - Deadline Friday 31 July 2009 – note that no new entries for the 2011 Foal Futurity will be accepted after this date, so ensure that you have your foals nominated NOW!

See Winter edition of Action (p48-49) for full details and nomination slips for the 2011 Futurity.

Contact Qld Futurity Organiser: Lorelle Laffey kenelle@auzy.net.au



Monday, July 27, 2009

New Blog for Qld Welsh Enthusiasts

Welcome to the new blog for Queensland Welsh Pony & Cob Enthusiasts! This site replaces the previous Welsh Enthusiasts website which was kindly run by Amy Barkus, as that site is no longer operational.

To those of you who have a link to the previous website listed on your own stud websites, please update to the new link http://qldwelsh.blogspot.com

This site will be used to announce RPG meetings, provide news on shows with Welsh classes (including results were possible), along with features on WPCS members, Stud Profiles, Pony Profiles, and the like. And feel free to send me details on ponies for sale too - this is your site, so make the most of it!

Keep up-to-date with what is happening in Welsh pony circles in Queensland by subscribing by email to this blog - scroll down to the bottom of the page and simply fill in your email address in the subscription box. Or bookmark the site and check back regularly!

I'm looking forward to keeping you informed about what's happening throughout the Sunshine State. Be sure to send me your news if you have something you would like to share with other Welsh pony enthusiasts. Submissions can be sent to qldwelsh@hotmail.com