FOR SALE - LEETON PARK MR VALENTINE - SOLD TO PERTH

Stunning black (black buckskin) 4 long socks and neat blaze, Welsh sect A gelding approx 11.3hh, 2years, registered WP&CS, Arabian Pony elig, ASSP, APSB & Buckskin Assoc.

"Smooch" is a gorgeous pony, professionally halter trained and has been shown in NSW and QLD with numerous champions being won at state level. He is very well handled and socialised, easy to clip, wash, float etc..he is started to be broken in. Has some fantastic supreme champion bloodline such as Revel, Imperial, Arielen and Stanton Park. This pony will be a top show pony, big movement, would also be a fantastic harness pony as he has bling colour and action plus!
This is a genuine sale as he is too forward moving for my 2year old who is going to go to an old small shetland for a while!
Will consider all genuine offers - approved home only.
Please call Chantal (07) 54711275 or 0408942860 daytime preferred please.
Email: cleo84@hotmail.com for further information and photos
$2000 ono. - UPDATE - Mr Valentine has been sold to Perth!

STUD NEWS - ARAWEL LODGE

Arawel Lodge has relocated to the lovely township of Tinana, on the outskirts of Maryborough. It was a huge move with all ponies in toe... The green pastures of this beautiful 40 acre property is just a pleasure to wake up to each morning.
The ponies didn't know what to do, just hung around up the top until they realised that there were no fences for quite a while, just a running creek as the boundary.
Elargee Penzance is looking after them all keeping them together though.

We have a new partbred gelding to campaign this year "Valley View Falcon Crest" that we have purchased for Brienna to do Equine Studies on for the next few years.
Hope to see everyone at the Qld All Welsh.

Arawel Lodge - Heidi Gear
NEW Contact details
Ph: 07 4122 2507
Mob: 0417 671 950
Email: heidigear@optusnet.com.au

STUD NEWS - BRYNTAWEL SPORTING HORSES

Bryntawel has had a great year for beautiful foals! We have a liver chestnut Section C colt by Gweunydd Sionyn(imp) from our lovely Seawynd Gay Girl, a black Welsh B filly by Rahane Sebastian from Bryntawel Thumbelina and a gorgeous bay part welsh filly from Bryntawel Kisses also by Rahane Sebastian. These youngsters will be out and about at some point during the show season as I can’t wait to show them off.

The 2009 breeding season has been particularly busy as we are using Weston Park Vesper (Section A), Rahane Sebastian (B) and Radnor Sir Gilbert (B) and quite a few well-bred mares visiting. We are all looking forward to seeing their foals later in the year.

Julia Hardie
Bryntawel Sporting Horses

STUD NEWS - TANLEE STUD

Tanlee Stud had a fantastic 2009 breeding season, with resident stallion Bangor Michaelangelo producing all fillies with heaps of chrome, his first foal crop.

Our old stallion Kingwood Dwn, who has now been sold on, also produced all fillies finally giving us stunning palomino and cremello colours. All mares and foals are happy and healthy.

Tanya and Jade Ryan

STUD NEWS - TALSARN PONY STUD

2009 foaling for Talsarn pony stud has gone well, with three WMP foals by young sire Talsarn Thomas. Two very nice colts arrived out of Talsarn Blueberry and Lenson Park Desere which should make extremely good future geldings - although the temptation is there to leave at least one of them entire! After very bad luck the last couple of years in the filly department, the old mare Loch Sloy Divinity produced a little lady, which will be retained.

Old "Divvy" had a difficult year in 2009 - diagnosed with Cushings syndrome when her last foal was 4 months old she had quite a battle at times, including an operation, and many times did I wonder if it was worth it. But through it all she remained infoal, and a good filly foal is our reward - so she is now retired and well and living a happy life raising her baby. Also her son Talsarn Blueprint has been tried over a couple of mares this season so there may be grandchildren in Spring!

Greg Dallaway

2010 QLD ALL WELSH SHOW - GET YOUR ENTRIES IN!

Entries close for the 2010 Qld All Welsh Show on Monday 1st February. Please send direct to Kathy Pile (as per the show schedule). Late entries will be accepted up until the 15th February, however these will incur a LATE FEE of $20. So get those entries in and avoid late fees! See you at the show.

STUD NEWS - SHEFFIELD LODGE

Sarah and Bernadette Leviston from Sheffield Lodge are proud to announce their very first foal. Sheffield Lodge Ray Of Sunshine was born 4th December. Dam: Rayglyn Park Rhapsody (Hazlemere Inca x Nattai Daffodil) Sire: Crestwood Limited Edition (Mirinda Spycatcher x Tooravale Paige). Sunshine is the most dear little palomino filly, four white socks and perfect blaze. She was named after dear friend Raymond Grott. She is a half sister to the multi supreme buckskin gelding Rayglyn Park Perriwinkle (Owendale Pageboy) and is sure to follow in his footsteps. They have recently purchased the Antrim Choirboy (Antrim Limerick x Oaklands Park Minuette) from Antrim Stud, a stunning smutty palomino gelding who is going to be their next led and performance prospect.

Sarah leaves for the Navy soon, she has had a wonderful childhood showing and riding and is now grown up and ready to see the world, so Bernadette will be solo now with just one or two ponies at the shows. All who know Sarah will miss her smiling face, but she has a wonderful future ahead of her and she did remind me she cannot fit a pony in a submarine, so they have to stay home!

STUD NEWS - PETHERTON PARK

June Jones from Petherton Park Stud advises that four mares, P.P.Penyroyal, Twylight, Milly Vanilly, and Llewillah Karita, have all had top quality colt foals to Nattai Tomos Jones in 2009. Two chestnuts, two greys. Little P.P.Bari has Coed Coch Bari as his grandsire both sides. P.P. Dove JP will go to Tomos to try for that elusive filly. P.P. Dotterel has been served by Nattai Commodore.

MEMBER NEWS

Alison Sketch sent this picture (above) of her little girl Mia and her pony "Stonyvale Casper" having a smooch. Mia is two and Casper is three and they are the very best of friends, as you can see!


Above: Sarah Bartolo on Langtree Simon Says after their win in the Ridden Welsh at Brisbane Royal 2009.
Photo credit: Narelle Wockner Photography

A proud Deanne Bartolo from Mackay advises that Sarah Bartolo (10) and Langtree Simon Says (Sianwood Silversmith (imp) x Cardross Swynn) won Best Ridden Welsh Exhibit at the 2009 Brisbane Royal Show. Simon was also awarded Best Led Welsh Gelding exhibit for the second year running. Simon has numerous title wins during 2009, including qualifing for The Grand Nationals this March by being awarded Runner-Up Small Show Hunter Pony at the Qld Country Hack Championships.

The Wilson Family are new to the Welsh world having recently bought the beautiful section A gelding Langenhoe Park Razzle Dazzle bred by Kayla Gunner at Langenhoe Park on the Central Coast of NSW. Dazzle recently picked up a first placing at his first outing at Toogoolawah Show. Well done!

IMPORTANT DIARY DATES & DEADLINES

15 Jan - Final 2010 Futurity Payment due
15 Jan - Toowoomba Royal Entries close
16 Jan - Action News to Publicity Officer
1 Feb - Qld All Welsh Show Entries close
1 Feb - WPCS Young Ambassador Nominations close
1 Feb - WPCS Achiever Awards Nominations close
7 Feb - RPG Meeting, Marburg
20 Feb - Information Day, Palmerston Equestrian Centre, Walloon
28 Feb - WPCS Journal Advertising Deadline
19-21 Mar - 2010 Qld All Welsh Show, Gatton Showgrounds
27 Mar - Information Day, Gympie Showground
13 Apr - Welsh & Native classes Judging at Toowoomba Royal