New Forest Ponies the Main Event at APSB Action Pony Day
Can you believe it ! Our small breed had the greatest numbers of ponies representing any breed at this years APSB Action Pony Day held for the first time at Elcho Equestrian Park Lara, a lovely venue not far past Werribee Park. 15 New Forest ponies were entered and 14 competed on the day. Australian ponies were the next best represented while Shetlands Welsh and APSB Partbreds and Riding ponies were also well supported.
New Forest ponies are in their element at the Action Day competing in dressage (PCAV tests this year) showjumping, handymount, PCAV / HRCAV mount and Working Hunter classes. Ponies came from far afield notably Habafield Pick a Beau and Jacklyn Watts from Bairnsdale and stallion Erinskay Peveril from Jan & Neil McBains “Forestway” near Benalla ridden by Jans daughter Marigold. Emily Hartney from Barwon Heads had young Habafield De Beers competing in all areas and advancing well in his first year of competition. Winner of the Best Performed New Forest pony for his 4th or 5th time in succession (I’m losing count) was Jarosite Pickason and Gabbi George. This is an outstanding level of consistency and Gabbi and “Claude”are great ambassadors for our breed. Forestway Black Magic and Rosie Blackwood took out one of the trophies donated by New Forest Pony Owners & Breeders for a win in showjumping and New Forest pony Kapeta Kip and Ellen Sherwood won the ASPR’s Best Performed ASPR Pony at the Action Day as well as the New Forest Pony Owners & Breeders sashes for Best New Forest Dressage Score and Best New Forest Working Hunter score . Thanks to all New Foresters who attended and contributed to us being the best represented breed and also some of the most exciting show jumpers!!!
2007 Action Pony Day Special Awards
Best Performed New Forest Pony - Jarosite Pickason Rider Gabbi George
Best Performed Australian Pony - Kingsfred Brigadier Rider Emily McMahon
Best Performed Shetland Pony - Millbrae Medallion Rider Ashley Gorton
Best Performed Connemara Pony - Strickland Park Duke Rider Felicity Connell
Best Performed Welsh Pony - Glen View Gypsy Rose Rider Lauren Kanicky
Best Performed APSB Partbred or APSB Riding Pony - Malibu Park Moondust Rider Kerrianne Bilson
Best Hi point Australian Pony - Barina Endeavour Rider Abby Heffer
Best Hi point Shetland Pony - Kobyboyn Shamus Rider Monique Centrone
Best Performed ASPR Pony - Kapeta Kip Rider Ellen Sherwood
Best Performed Topsy Pony - Paluka Kenworth Rider Travis Gorton
Best New Forest Dressage Score - Kapeta Kip Rider Ellen Sherwood
Best New Forest Working Hunter Score - Kapeta Kip Rider Ellen Sherwood
Mountain and Moorland Part Bred show classes
At the Vic. APSB stud show in 2008 there will be 3 classes for part- bred Mountain and Moorland ponies, to be judged by the M & M judge and the “best” will be eligible for Supreme Champion Part bred against all the other APSB breeds. I have decided to sponsor the classes for the next 5 years as I believe that the New Forest breed has really come of age and both pure breds and part breds are, at last, being recognised for their true qualities. The growing interest in pony dressage and working hunter classes are proof of how these classes are ideally suited to New Forests. Until very recently the part bred section of the APSB simply lumped all the breeds into one register. Through persistent lobbying from the NFPO&B, all part breds can now be identified by a breed suffix. This has made it possible to offer separate breed classes. When registering a part bred you must advise the registrar as to which breed you wish to have acknowledged. Theoretically, it would be possible to claim 4 different breeds as a pony only needs to have 25% APSB breeding to be eligible for the register. There is no age limit for registration, just proof of breeding. The current Victorian official judges panel has a list of approx. 120 people deemed competent to judge some or all of the 9 breeds in the stud book. Of these, 33 are listed to be able to judge New Forest, but only 7 are listed for both NF and Part bred. This is why we need separate M & M classes so that our ponies are judged by someone who has an interest in our breed. Janet McBain
Warrumbungle Sub Branch Open Horse & Stud Pony Show
Warrumbungle Sub Branch Open Horse & Stud Pony Show has been abanded for 2007 due to The outbreak of Equine Influenza. Our next show is scheduled for 4th & 5th October 2008.
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Warrumbungle Sub Branch's 'Online Photo Foal Show' was a great success. To view results & entries go to www.freewebs.com/warrumbungle_apsb We will be running this again next year so start looking for photos [as long as the photos is a foal, owned by you when the photo was taken, no matter the age of the horse/pony now]. Keep an eye on our web site for information in 2008
South Australian N.F. News
Harness
Rufus & Ziggy competed in their first Official CDE as a pair at Nyah (Victoria) in May. It was an 11 hour float trip from Peterborough in the Mid North of South Australia to Nyah in Victoria, but the boys travelled well, especially when they saw GREEN when they got out! The boys placed equal first in Dressage, second in Cones, second in Marathon & second overall in the pony multiples class which we were very pleased with as we are still very much the learners with driving a pair! They also won Concourse d Elegance' for multiples which we were thrilled with!!
Pony Club
After the long trip home, Ziggy then had to forget he was a harness pony and remember that he had to be a Pony Club Eventer, for Ellie had entered him for his first Pony club ODE the following week! We were up at 4am to leave for the PC ODE in the dark. When we arrived Ziggy immediately had to whinny to all the other horses at the event (much to Ellie's disgust-luckily NOT during the dressage test) he was used to having Rufus next to him in harness.. In a field of 20 Ziggy was 2nd after Dressage (4 points) and then proceeded to have a clear showjumping round. His Cross country was clear for jumping but incurred time penalties (the rider took the scenic route) so he finished a very creditable 5th which we were very pleased with. Next up is practice for the Pony Club Zone & possibly State Championships. All the other 'Gumps' are fat & very woolly at the moment & Dennis Gump (Forestway Red Ned) has been sent away to get broken to harness. We hope everyone is keeping warm & that the rain is falling for them.
AUSTRALIAN PONY OWNERS & BREEDERS DRESSAGE CHAMPIONSHIPS 21/4/07
Dressage tests can be very challenging to the most of us at the best of times but for those riders scheduled to ride in the afternoon at this years APOB Dressage comp it seemed like the heavens had opened and we might just need an ark to get out of there, let alone ride a good dressage test!
New Forest ponies were represented by Habafield Cricket and Lauren Farquhar, Jarosite Tuart and Issi Barlow (grand daughter of Wendy James), Jarosite Pickason and Gabbi George and both Kapeta Kip and Kapeta Honesty ridden by Ellen Sherwood who won the New Forest Pony Owners & Breeders “Best Performed New Forest Pony” with ‘Honesty” and was presented with a ‘New Forest Feature Breed’ sash. Issy was very pleased with her new mount ‘Jarosite Tuart’ as she has only recently taken over as rider of ‘Tuart’ from her cousin Edwina Sedgwick. Lauren Farquhar and ‘Cricket’ rode their tests in the worst of the ‘deluge’ and still scored very well. (see pics )
Results were as follows :-
RING 5 – HRCAV TEST 5A. = 2nd Jarosite Tuart – Isabelle Barlow 71.54%
RING 5 – HRCAV TEST 5C. 1st Jarosite Tuart – Isabelle Barlow 77.06%
RING 4 – HRCAV TEST 4C. 6th Habafield Cricket – Lauren Farquhar 73.53%
RING 3 – HRCAV TEST 5C – UNDER 16. 3rd Jarosite Tuart – Isabelle Barlow 69.42%
RING 2 – HRCAV TEST 3C – UNDER 16. 3rd Kapeta Honesty – Ellen Sherwood 80.96%
RING 1 – HRCAV TEST 2A. 3rd Kapeta Kip – Ellen Sherwood 69.57% 6th Jarosite Pickason – Gaby George 67.83%
RING 1 – HRCAV TEST 1A. = 5th Jarosite Pickason – Gaby George 62% 6th Kapeta Kip – Ellen Sherwood 60.8%
RING 1 – “KUR”. 2nd Kapeta Kip – Ellen Sherwood 77.55%
BEST SCORE BY AN APSB NEW FOREST PONY. Kapeta Honesty – Ellen Sherwood 80.96%
(Ellen also won Best Score by an ASPR registered pony with the same test)
Navigation Ride and Drive 14/4/07
What a wonderful experience! If you missed this day its definitely worth marking on calendars for next year. A fun –loving and relaxed bunch of diverse horse and pony owners entered our “Open Navigation Ride and Drive” which started from the Lancefield Trotting track . Our new Vice President Cheryl McMurray took great care devising a 10km and a 15km route riding these courses many times herself to check the accuracy of distances and clues. I was glued to the kitchen as riders/drivers needed a good lunch on their return but the photos taken by our personal NFPOB official photographer, Glenn Crook show how beautiful the quiet dirt roads around Lancefield are with their wide grassy verges. Most rode their horses and ponies but we also had several jinkers to add interest to the scene. All were very respectful to riders mounts so as not to frighten them. The smiles on faces tell the story. It was a really pleasant , relaxed outing in lovely surroundings followed by a super lunch and lots of prizes . A great way to wind down after a busy show season and to enjoy the simple pleasure of riding in the beautiful countryside. Thanks to Cheryl and Janet McBain for their work in initiating this great event and also to their helpers plus our Treasurer Melanie and photographer Glenn. We hope to see this event on again next year. Very worthwhile!
New Forest Results
Junior section 10km 1st Kizia Maughan and Priska Stihlmann
Best New Forest Pony- Junior section “Forestway Odette”
Senior section - 10km 5th Marigold Blackwood and family driving Erinskay Peveril
Best New Forest Pony - Senior section 10km “Erinskay Peveril”
Senior Section - 15km 3rd Lauren Farquhar and Phillipa Rand
Best New Forest Pony – Senior section 15km “Habafield Cricket”
New Forest in Floods at Maitland NSW
The news from Maitland is we are still under many feet of water on much of the farmland surrounding the town. The neighbouring turf and lucerne farms will be out of action for a very long time. Many minor roads are still cut 10 days after it started. Hard to imagine when we have been drought declared prior to this.
My New Forest pony Pahake Riverlea lives about 2km from home on the flood plain. She has a large yard with a shelter shed (ideal for fat ponies) and use of her own 5 acre paddock (too much good feed for ponies). I go over three times a day - to feed her one trip, put her out in the paddock next trip and to bring her in from the paddock third trip. The paddock is much lower than the yard and after the wild storm (the one that put the coal ship onto Newcastle Beach) and 200+ mm of rain in 24 hours, it had knee deep water over much of it. Lea was still determined to get out in the paddock on Saturday morning. It is obviously her favourite part of the day. She ploughed around through the water searching for that elusive blade of grass. Brilliant exercise.
The SES announced the area where my pony lives needed to be evacuated on Saturday 9th June about 4pm because the river was due to peak and break over the levee banks later that night. Unfortunately I had to unload 40 bales of hay out of the float before I could take her anywhere. With so many roads already cut to friend's places that live on higher ground, my pony ended up at home in my backyard in suburbia with the two resident sheep. The sheep were terrified. They have lived their whole lives here and thought she was the biggest dog they had ever seen. After a few days though they were all sharing the feed bin. It was delightful to watch her psyching them out when she thought they were being too pushy.
To give her a break from the sheep and a fresh pick I rigged up the electric fence across my front yard. Raised a few eyebrows from passerbys. I have attached a photo off my phone. Quality isn't good enough to publish but might give you the idea. The way Lea handled the whole experience is a credit to herself and the breed. She was apparently unfazed by the dreadful conditions, unloading in the dark in a strange place, sheep as her only company etc. She is back in her yard and into the usual routine. Her paddock still has quite a bit of water over it but that doesn't put her off when it is time to go out. Sue Kerr, Maitland
NEW LINK
Check out the new website requesting to link to this website. They have absolutely beautiful New Forest Ponies breeding in Denmark. www.marrondale.dk
WHO IS THIS PONY
I currently own a pony known as "Nellie". This is the name she came with when she was bought at the Camden sale yards in september 2005. I believe she could be part New Forest, and from what I can currently see of her brands I can just make out an 'A'. I will be clipping her brand soon to have a better look but if anyone might recognise her or maybe give their opinion on her breed I would be very greatful.
My vet told me she is probably about the age of 11yrs but she could be wrong. The pony is very flighty, scared of water and can be fairly nervous around people and she acts like she is about 5yrs old. I have no details on who she was bought from or any info in general and no number brands can be found.
FEDERAL JOURNAL
The Federal Journal is a great opportunity for NF breeders at small cost to access 2500 pony people in all states of Australia instead of the 1000 or less in Victoria alone. And we want to spread the word in other states that we have – ponies for pony dressage jumping, pony club, driving, showing.
Advertising – Members rates
Full page color $352.00
Half page “ $198.00
Full page mono $154.00
Half page mono $77.00
Forward to Helen Bichel at
Brimor Pony Stud
158 Wingara Dv, Morayfield QLD 4506
Ph (07) 5497 0602 fax (07) 5497 0590
Email bichel-brimor@bigpond.com.au
CUT OFF DATE FOR COPY 18TH MAY 2007 - DISTRIBUTION IN JULY
Perhaps some breeders would like to combine resources for this .
If interested email or ph Jan McBain or Carol Hibbert or can deal direct with Helen Bichel as above.
NAVAGATION RIDE 07
What a beautiful day for a leisurely fun ride along the quiet backroads of scenic Lancefield. This was our "Open Navigation Ride and Drive" on Sat 14th April thoroughly enjoyed by all who took part. Full report next newsletter.
Native Pony Championship Show 4th Feb 2007
Newcomer to NF showing "Forestway Ascots Image" - Liz Wall............................... Tegan Judd showing off Habafield Stud's "Jarosite Piccola"
Jordy Wright's "Ninebanks Gin & Tonic" shows off his garland ................................ Champion working hunter Lauren Farquhar's Habafield Cricket
Gabbi George's Jarosite Pickason, elegant in his Grand Champion Ridden Native Pony garland. .............. Top company in "hunter" classes at Somerville
This was a very exciting venture for NFPO&B, our first “Native Pony Show”. New Forest ponies enjoyed their own ring with great opportunities as most classes were split into 2 height sections.
The show was held in conjunction with the Somerville Lions Club Open Horse Show, an annual event for many years now which is held on a grassy property near Somerville with a background of lovely old gum trees. Eight other ‘native pony’ breeds had their own breed classes too, all breeds coming together for led and ridden show ‘Hunter’ classes , Childrens ridden classes and finally the awarding of Grand Champion garlands for Led and Ridden Native Ponies as well as a special Grand Champion Childs ridden . The garlands looked a treat and were very popular. Fortunately the weather was not as hot as earlier predictions and the New Forest ponies nearly numbered as many as had attended our Stud Show one week earlier.
Supreme Led New Forest went to the great moving Forestway Odette, Helen Maughans mare shown by teenagers Kizia, Ariane and Priska. Supreme Ridden New Forest was won by Jarosite Pickason with owner/rider Gabbi George. Pickason (Claude) went on to receive the garland for Grand Champion Ridden New Forest pony, The highly sought after garland for Grand Champion Childs Ridden went to the New Forest partbred ‘Ninebanks Tim Tam’, ridden beautifully by his owner/rider Jordy Wright in true partnership with her mount. It was a big day with smiles all round as many ponies took home a broad sash.
Plans are in the pipeline for an ‘authentic’ Working Hunter pony section to be added to this program next year. Look out for details on the Working Hunter Pony Demonstration and Information Day to be held on 29/7/07 , a chance for us all to understand fully what is expected of pony and rider, and how you will be marked in this interesting new addition to show programs over a delightful course of rustic inspired jumps suitable for Shetlands through to Highlands .
NFPO&B AWARD WINNERS for 2006
Emily Hartney........................Edwina Sedgwick........................Rosannah Blackwood........................Jordie Wright
1. PONY PERFORMANCE AWARD Presentation Sash to Winner and Runner up in both sections
Purebred New Forest Pony WINNER :- Habafield Cricket - Lauren Farquhar
RUNNER-UP :- Wattle Ridge Solceri - Emily Hartney
Partbred New Forest Pony WINNER :- Jarosite Tregarron - Nicole Sanderson
RUNNER-UP :- Ninebanks Gin & Tonic - Jordy Wright
2. ACHIEVEMENT PONY AWARD Presentation of an inscribed rug to the winner.
We received so many excellent entries that it was very difficult to judge so we have decided to award a two winners for the 2006 year, one sent in by a Senior member and one from a Junior member.
WINNER (from a Senior NFPOB) :- Pahake Rufous - Shirley Crossley
Read story in this newsletter WINNER (from a Junior NFPOB) :- Jarosite Tuart - Edwina Sedgewick
Story appeared in December 2006 newsletter
3. ‘PONY CLUB or RIDING CLUB AWARD’ No entry fee.. Open to all ponies purebred, ANF and partbred. Trophy to winner.
WINNER :- Emily Hartney - Wattle Ridge Solceri (Corio / Moorabool P.C.)
4. NFPOB COMMITTEE’S ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD. Trophy to winner.
WINNER :- Tegan Judd and Jarosite Piccola (leased from Habafield Stud)
Committee would like to thank Tegan, a newcomer this year to NFPOB and to New Forest ponies, for flying the flag for New Forests at competitions and particularly for supporting the small contingent of New Forest ponies that braved a heat wave to represent the breed at the Gippsland APSB’s Promotional group “Two Day Extravaganza Show” where a special ‘Feature Breed’ Ceremony took place. “Thanks Tegan for your support”.
5. ‘ AWARDS to NEWSLETTER CONTRIBUTORS’ Trophies to winners
Two entries have been chosen from many contributions from NFPOB members to our Newsletter over the course of 2006. We are grateful for all those contributions, however small as you know they are what make our newsletter interesting and informative. Keep them coming in… The two stories to receive awards in 2006 come from :- ROSANNE BLACKWOOD in the December Newsletter for her contribution of 2 stories telling us about the 2 ponies, Forestway Black Magic and Forestway New Dawning (now sold to Queensland) that she has been working with in 2006.
It makes it a little hard to compete for ‘Performance points’ on ponies when you don’t have them for a full year but bringing these ponies on for sale is a challenge and a great contribution to the breed.
Well done Rosie!
FEATURE BREED PRESENTATION
A Very Special Stud Show in 2007 for the APSB Feature Breed, the New Forest Pony!
The APSB Vic Branch Committee played their part in acknowledging the Feature Breed at the Stud Show. The Committee presented Ridden New Forest ponies with 'Special Award' rosettes on Saturday and Led New Forest ponies received theirs on Sunday. Both presentations and parades drew the eyes of all onlookers and many cameras recorded the 2 events.
The New Forest Breed joined with the APSB in 1973 at a time when many ponies were imported from the UK. The APSB Promotional Group, the New Forest Pony Owners & Breeders has grown from 25 to 40 members in the course of this year with some of those being in other states, so we are very proud to say that 20+ ponies attended the Stud Show. This number represents a fantastic 20+ effort as this is the majority of New Forest ponies presently competing.
Well done New Forest owners!
AYLESTONE PARK - PONIES SURVIVE WILDCAT FIRES
On 16th January we waited all day for the fires to come through Tolmie. We thought they would only be grass fires and had made our fire plans.
We couldn’t move the ponies out as all the roads were closed.
We put them in a paddock with very short grass and hoped for the best. When the fire came through it sent fireballs five kilometers ahead of it. It roared through a pine forest behind the property and shot through the canopy of trees into the paddocks.
The ponies were backed right into a corner and surrounded by flames. Alice (Yarborough Sweet Alice) jumped the flames and took the other ponies down into another corner where the ground had cooled. All four ponies came out of it without a scratch. The property took the brunt of the fire and still isn’t showing any signs of recovery on one side.
Two of the mares are in foal and both the foals will have names appropriate to the fires. We had been told that horses know what to do in a fire, now we believe it. Fifty head of cattle had to be put down next door, so we were lucky.
Thank you to all the new foresters who rang us during these fires offering their help and to come and get our ponies,
your support was much appreciated.
Above are photos taken straight after the fire had been through. -
Penny Prosser
NATIONAL FUN ONLINE PHOTO FOAL SHOW
The Warrumbungle Sub Branch — Australian Pony Stud Book Society Inc
are running a new type of internet competition named the
*All Breeds* National FUN onlinePhoto FOAL Show
Entries Close last Mail 31st July 2007
Show off your FOAL on the Internet!
Photos will be displayed on the web site as entries are submitted.
Entries may be submitted by email or posted.
Entries are displayed on the website http://www.freewebs.com/foalshow/
Ribbons will be awarded to 3rd place in each breed.
First place getters for each breed will then compete for TOP 5 FOAL AWARDS and then one will be chosen as AN ULTIMATE FOAL
Classes may be split FOR EACH BREED as entries arrive. Wins/places do not count towards hi-point awards or qualifications
Because of the difficulty of getting good photos of your foal, you can use photos taken anywhere; they don’t have to be at a show.
NO ribbons to be on your FOAL
AMATUER PHOTOS PERFERRED, but professional allowed.
FOALS do not have to be haltered/bridled. PHOTOS MUST BE A SIDE VIEW OF YOUR FOAL [front on and head shots will not be accepted].
You need to obtain the permission of the copyright holder, usually the photographer if necessary. It is essential you supply their name so a photo credit can be placed with the photo. Photos marked ‘Proof’ will not be accepted.
No photos to be reproduced from the website without the permission of the copyright owner.
Photos must not have been digitally altered except for the FOR THE BEST CAPTION
ALL FOALS MUST BE REGISTERED OR ELIGIBLE FOR REGISTRATION WITH THE RELEVANT BREED SOCIETY. Please provide proof of registration or eligibility and current membership to each breed society.
THERE IS A CLASS FOR UNREGISTERED FOAL OF PONY BREEDING OR HORSE BREEDING. Please stipulate.
BEST CAPTION. MUST BE ORIGINAL AND MUST INCLUDE A FOAL.
If you like your photo returned PLEASE enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope.
Section A: PONIES
SHETLAND, WELSH, RIDING PONY, MINIATURE PONIES, NEW FOREST, ETC
Section B: HORSES
MINIATURE HORSES, THOROUGHBREED, PAINT, QUARTER HORSE, STOCK HORSE, ETC
Section C:
UNREGISTERED OF PONY BREED, OF HORSE BREED
Section D: BEST CAPTION
(PICTURE AND CAPTION ,must include a foal, must be original)
More details on their website http://www.freewebs.com/foalshow/
"Madlo Fly By Night"
This photo was emailed by a new forest lover who used to own "fly". Her sire was "Erinskay Knightwood" and dam was buttons.
She had a fall and passed on a few years ago, she was registered Partbred New Forest.
JUNIOR JUDGING COMPETITION
New Forest ponies were asked to be the models for the Junior Judging competition this year at the Stud Show. The entrants in this competition are asked to rate the ponies in a mock pony class and then compare their results with a qualified Judges choices. The competition is run in 2 age groups and is a great way to interest young people in the art of 'judging' Our New Forest ponies were all very well presented and a special thanks to their owners for taking part.
CATCHING UP WITH FRIENDS
New Forest Pony Owners & Breeders and friends tucked in to the chat as much as the nibbles to enjoy a relaxing break from competition at the Stud Show. History of the breed in Australia always comes up for discussion at some time as we are proud to have some of our original members still very much involved. A good time was had by all.
VICT STUD PONY SHOW 2007
Lots of New Forest Ponies gathered at the ring ready to compete
Great BBQ saturday night..................................... Overall look at conditions of the New Forest Ring
What a weekend! from 38 deg on friday night to 14 deg on sunday morning and with winds blowing a gale the whole weekend. We had lots of very well presented ponies competing and everyone coped well under the difficult weather conditions. Considering the drought, we had a covering of grass in the ring. The show committee had a free sausage sizzle friday night which we all appreciated after arriving at bendigo. Saturday night our new foresters gathered at Sandra Barrys float and we all caught up meeting new members and catching up with old friends. We then all went to the BBQ Dinner that the show committee put on and had a lovely dinner and then followed up by running many raffles and prizes, one of our members winning 5 prizes! Then the DJ and juke box fired up with lots of dancing going on. Overall a well run show. Congratulations once again to the Vict APSB. Photos and results will be up shortly on the results page.
MELBOURNE SUMMER ROYAL 2007
Patsy Mashiter judged the New Forest and Mountain & Moorland ponies. She has a great love of New Forest ponies which began with her father (now dec), Geoff Mashiter's interest and subsequent inportation of New Forest ponies in the 1970's for their Yarborough Pony Stud at Woodside near Hamilton.
Patsy and her mother June continue to run Yarborough New Forest Pony Stud.
New Forest Ponies were impressively well presented with many showing great movement.
Full results are on our results page.
SUBSCRIBER ACCESS
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please
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CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
Ninebanks Gin & Tonic gets into the Christmas spirit at Bunyip Pony Club, These are some photos of Tonic at our December rally. He looked so smart everyone thought he was soooooo cute. When I was putting the bows on, I don’t think he was too happy because they made him look like a girl (ha ha ha ha). That night I spent 4 hours doing my costume and I made sure he was fine with the boots (that had bells on them).
I went out in the paddock with them, caught him and put the boots on him. He didn’t even know they were on. We were trotting around in the paddock and Rio was looking at Tonic running around in the paddock making noises. I dressed him up and put reindeer antlers on him that made noises so as we were trotting I turned the antlers on ( because they made music) and I had bells in the background it was soooo cute.
Our group got best presented on the day. Everything went so well and Tonic went beautifully, except for the heat. I hope you enjoy looking at the photos.
Jordy Wright
UK CELEBRATES 100 YEARS
The first New Forest Pony Breed Show was held in August 1906 by the ‘Burley & District New Forest Pony & Cattle Society’, later to known as the ‘New Forest Pony Breeding & Cattle Society’. It was at this time that a studbook was commenced, entries being recorded in the Annual Report. The aim of the show was to offer prizes and premiums in an effort to improve the commoner’s stock. A New Forest pony was defined as; (1) one known to the agister’s. (2) One whose dam has run on the forest for at least one season as a three year old or upwards and whose sire was a pony stallion passed by the Verderers or standing in the New Forest Parliamentary District. Although the catalogue from the 1906 show is no longer available the 1907 catalogue lists the following classes:
Brood mare with foal at foot - 22 entries
Yearlings - 11 entries
2yo fillies and geldings - 11 entries
3yo fillies - 15 entries
Races for new Forest ponies were held around the perimeter of the park. 3 jumping classes, including a water jump with the water held in a tarpaulin. Harness classes
A potato race for New Forest ponies concluded the day at 7pm and was entered by 9 men and a girl! The show did not commence until 11am as many exhibits had quite a walk to get there.
A ‘Centenary Show’ was held this year by the New Forest Pony Breeding & Cattle Society to mark the 100 year anniversary. A record number of 580 entries were received including 5 ponies from the Dutch Stal Sintels stud. Many international visitors attended to watch traditional showing and dressage classes as well as a historical pageant. Supreme Champion of the show was ‘Highfox Evensong’. The stallion ‘Wayland Loganberry’ whose semen is available in Australia, took out the Working Hunter Pony (WHP) Championship. What a wonderful sight it must be to see so many New Forest entries in one show! I think we have a little way to go yet…..more about the Centenary Show at www.newforestpony.com
2006 Awards Presentation
2006 Awards Presentation change of venue. These awards will now be presented at the “New Forest & Native Pony Championship Show” at Somerville ( cnr Bungower and Stumpy Gully Road on the 4.2.07
NEW FOREST PONIES HONOURED AT APSB / GPRG
TWO DAY EXTRAVAGANZA
Tonimbuk Equestrian Centre 9/10.12.06
We were a small contingent of New Foresters who represented the breed at this show but the message was loud and clear as to the assets of the New Forest Pony. Unfortunately it was a weekend of devastating bushfires and temperatures that touched the 40’s which definitely impacted on attendances but being in an indoor arena gave us some protection from the worst of the heat.
Our thanks go to the Gippsland Regional Promotional Group who organized special Champion and Reserve sashes and rosettes for New Forest ponies as well as extra classes and the New Forest Pony Owners & Breeders erected a colorful display of photos and information. Following the New Forest led classes on the Saturday there was a pause in judging while the New Forest ponies were presented to those attending the show. Anne Paynter , President of the GRPG, sashed each pony with an APSB Feature Breed commemorative sash while Gary Hartigan on the P.A. told the onlookers about the APSB Feature Breed scheme and followed that with information on the origins of the New Forest breed and aspects of confirmation and movement that relate to their earlier survival on the ‘forest’. Special thanks to Anne and Michelle Paynter for their organization and to Gary who we roped in at short notice! Many thanks from the NFPO&B. Secretary NFPO&B Carol Hibbert
George Family visit to the “New Forest
Many years ago I lived and worked in London and England both nursing and teaching horse riding. I had just completed my instructors certificate at Crabbet Park in Southern England and spent a good year teaching at various riding establishments, but especially giving private lessons around Cambridge. It was during that time I was first introduced to the New Forest pony and I remember being very impressed with their temperament and versatility. Little did I know that years later I would be fortunate enough to own a very, very special New Forest pony named Jarosite Pickason who we felt would be perfect for our 12 year old daughter Gabrielle to go on with. I had been informed he would be very hard to buy as breeder/owners in Wendy James and Jenny Fabri were adamant he had to go to the 'right home'. He had been campaigned very successfully by Michelle Fabri so he was a legend well before we purchased him including winning the coveted Chandler Award not once but twice!
As fate would have it, following a very successful show at Barastoc this year ( winning the Champion N.F. gelding and Supreme Champion ridden Mountain and Moorland), we were introduced to the English judge by the name of Gill Wright. She commented that she really liked our pony and thought he was very typey and that she would love to take him home to England with her. This was such a complement coming from a world renowned English N.F. breeder and judge.
When my daughters' Erica, Gaby and I decided to go on an overseas holiday to England in June this year, we emailed Gill Wright who offered to collect us from Brockenhurst station and show us around a few of the New Forest studs. For the two weeks we were in England we experienced an uncharacteristic heat wave, except for the day trip to the New Forest! It absolutely bucketed down and the temperature dropped from high 20's to about 10 degrees! We froze, but none of this deterred us and we headed off to the Applewitch Stud, owned by Kay Bailey. Kay and her husband Alan founded the Applewitch Stud in the early 1990s with the mare Marydore Apple NFM22/272. The Applewitch prefix is derived from this mare, Apple being the mares name and her prefix being Marydore, a Mary Dore lived in the New Forest in the early 1800s and was renowned as a witch! Among her progeny are the stallion Applewitch Pure Magic NFS34/105 by Peveril Peter Piper and the nice gelding Applewitch Spellbound.
On our arrival at the stud we were taken on a tour of the paddocks to meet the performance tested and great jumping stallion 'Magic' who was in the paddock with two mares who both had lovely foals by him. He was very interested in sniffing our pockets for treats and was extremely well behaved with these total strangers in his paddock. He has a very gentle nature and is a beautiful looking blue roan stallion. I absolutely adored him. At least two of his progeny were chestnut roan, beautifully conformed with lovely heads and temperaments. One of these is a two year old filly name Applewitch Roan Fantasia out of Wayland Prima Donna, she is doing extremely well in the youngstock classes, seldom beaten and has won at the Royal Show. In September, Magic will be returning to the West Kington Stud for semen collection. His frozen semen will be exported to Australia, Holland and Belgium. The two mares and their foals will be turned out onto the forest again and will run out until weaning although will be checked most days. Kay mentioned also that due to the drought England is experiencing the acorns in the forest are copiously falling from the trees and are being eaten by the ponies in the causing ponies to die from Acorn poisoning! To combat this, Commoners are encouraged to turn out more pigs to eat the acorns as pigs thrive on them without any complications! To add to this, horses are injured and killed by speeding motorists who have little regard for the free roaming ponies. And just to prove Australia is not alone, they also have ponies die from snake bite caused by the Striped Adder! Crickey! Following a relaxing and warming cup of tea we then had a quick tour of parts of the forest, and then headed off to the local pub and had a traditional 'bangers and mash' for lunch.
Following our wonderful morning tour and lunch we then dropped Kay off and headed to Gill Wright's own Burley Stud. By now the rain was very heavy but we managed to walk across the lush green paddocks to meet Gill's small but perfectly typey N.F. stallion named Burley Showman. He was also running with about 6 purebread mares all with stunning foals at foot. Gill mentioned she wanted to breed the smaller purebred N.F. ponies as she was concerned many people were breeding more to height and it is so important to maintain the smaller range of the breed also. She had a paddock of delightful looking stock. She then drove us to see her more to height ponies. One of which was a dark brown mare she bought after she judged her, placing her first, at a show in Europe. She was a big boned lovely looking mare with a lovely head and she is another one we would be proud to have her in our paddock.
I would like to thank our wonderful hostesses who gave up their valuable day showing three strangers from Australia around their studs and the New Forest. We came home to Australia after learning alot more about a very old English breed of pony from two of Englands' best who were not only very generous but were also alot of fun. I hope one day we can reciprocate.
Marg, Erica and Gaby George