HPEC Newsletter Autumn 2019

Highland Pony Enthusiasts Club Newsletter Autumn 2019 Swansong At the beginning of 2017 I agreed to take on the editing of the newsletter and Highland Times for a period of three years. It has been an interesting and rewarding experience and I have generally been pleased with the publications I have created, although they represent a lot of hard work from myself and others. It has often been the product of me bullying club members into writing articles and I thank them all for their contributions.

However this is the last newsletter I will be editing (although I still have Highland Times Review 2019 to complete) and the baton will be moving onto another‌.. hopefully Michelle Parkin Vaughan. So, I thank you all for reading the newsletter and wish Michelle well when she takes on the role.

Alison Payne

home bred yearling filly Pottertonpark Marsaili.

Shown by Debs Beattie, yellow dun Marsaili (Marcey) was chosen by judge Robin Stewart who had travelled down from Aberdeenshire, having already chosen the Champion north of the border at the final at the CSHPC show in September.

Alison Payne

Planning your summer One of the highlights of the HPEC calendar is the Summer Camp organised and run by the NE Group of the HPEC along with their local Fell Pony friends. This event will be from 1st 3rd May in Northumberland which might sound some distance in the future, but Chris Grant will be taking bookings in January. If you are keen to get involved, please contact Chris by email. cwgrant@outlook.com

Congratulations Liz Well done to our Vice-chairman Liz Mangham who took the highest accolade for young highland ponies in England and Wales in 2019 as she not only qualified for the HPS Youngstock Championship, but also went on to win the finals which were held at the Rare Breeds Show at Arena UK in October with her

Photo Jo Brew

The AGM The AGM will be held on the 29th March at the St John’s Centre, Penistone, South Yorkshire.

There will be a guest speaker and as well as the business of the day (the AGM), we will be celebrating the performance of members and their ponies over the 2019 season. Lunch will

be available and attendees will be invited to eat the entries to a pudding competition which will have a ‘highland pony’ themed prize.

Further details will be posted out in the new year.

Dates for your diary 12 Jan NE area Winter Social A brunch meet up from 10 am at Whinstone View Bistro, Great Ayton, Cleveland. Breakfast can be ordered up until 10.30 and lunch after. Contact Rebecca O’Rourke 0777 4076077 final numbers by Jan 5 1 Feb HPS Performance Awards, Lutterworth Golf Club. More details later 16 Feb NW Social, Barton Grange, Preston.

Details Julie Beaty julieb@unicomemail.co.uk 29 Mar AGM, Penistone, Sheffield, contact hpecsecretary@gmail.com 4 Apr Pennine Area Spring Show, Adlington EC, Stockport.

Contact alisonpayne909@btinternet.com 19 Apr HPEC Spring Show, Selby, contact s.daniels@talktalk.net

Welcome to……. ….new member Leonora Booth-Clibborn from Oxfordshire.

Daisy’s German Adventure Roll back the clock nine years when following an HPEC Stud Visit to the Castle Green Stud, Judith Burn, Mum and I were invited by Amanda Hart to see her ponies just a few miles along the road. Here we first met Daisy, then a yearling, was homebred by Amanda out of her mare Ellen May of Forglen and by Actriochtan Dougal. Being very smart, with a sweet disposition, we were very surprised when Amanda said she was for sale and Judith decided on the way home that she would like to buy her. Daisy made the trip from Sheffield to Newcastle shortly afterwards and proved a

hit from the word go. She was given plenty of time to grow up and was broken in aged five, and lightly hacked around the local bridlepaths. Daisy was lightly shown but enjoyed success including winning her class at the HPS Breed Show and the trophy for the best mare. In 2016 Judith decided she would like to put Daisy in foal and she was duly served by Dunedin Mohawk, producing a lovely filly the following year and again proving to be a great Mum. Judith has hoped to ride her again following her maternity leave but was rendered out of action following a car crash that resulted in bad whip lash so Daisy would be put back to Mohawk so she wasn’t stood doing nothing.

Christine Lypold had enquired about a pony for sale earlier this year but wasn’t due to visit the UK till later in the year. That pony was sold by the time her visit came, but we invited Christine to come for a ride and see the rest of our ponies while she was in the UK. At the time Daisy was scanned in foal, so no good for Christine. Following a wonderful visit, Christine headed back to Germany without a pony and those of us she’d visited would keep an eye out for something suitable. Following Christine's visit, Daisy was booked for her heartbeat scan with the vet which sadly proved that her pregnancy had no heartbeat.

It was at the point the lightbulb moment came, Daisy would be perfect for Christine and exactly what she was looking for. Following a few phone calls and photos being sent, Christine decided Daisy would be the one for her and bought her unseen. She was shipped out to Germany shortly afterwards, and upon arrival Christine instantly fell in love. Daisy has proved an absolute hit with all her German

friends and testament to her temperament took the whole move in her stride. Christine is delighted with her new best friend and following a visit on foot to the German Highland Pony Show this Autumn, is already preparing to take Daisy along in two year’s time.

for 2020 and the Reserve in the Highland Pony Championship. Reserve in the Condition Championship was Mandy Fairclough’s Maisie of Strathmore. Overall In-hand Highland Champion was Mia Anness with Gissings Military Woo Hoo who also took the overall Ridden Championship.

Alison Payne

Chris Grant

Pennine Autumn Show The End of Season show was held on 13th October at Adlington EC. Attendance was not the best on this occasion due to a combination of factors including a terrible weather forecast, other shows that clashed and being the end of a difficult season as a consequence of more poor weather and the vaccination situation.

The Winter Fair

Nevertheless, the quality of the ponies attending was high and they were judged by Mrs Shirley Clarke (Kershope Highland Ponies) who travelled from Lockerbie to do the honours. She chose as her Condition Champion the two-year-old filly Perburn Annabella owned by Catherine and Mike Taylor.

Annabella went on to take the qualification ticket for the HPS Youngstock Championships

The Native Pony Winter Fair took place at Lanark Agricultural Centre as part of the LiveScot event. The market atmosphere was buzzing with all types of livestock present from ducks to cattle and of course ponies.

Hamish Cameron was tasked with judging the 31 strong Highland Pony section and found his Champion and Reserve in the Yearling class, with Fiona Steel’s Mossside Breagh II, a mouse dun filly by Moss-side Iain Mor. Runner up spot went to Breagh’s breeders Willie and

Jean Ralston with Mossside Blaeberry who they have retained.

Blaeberry, was Champion here as a foal last year, is by the stud’s Moss-side Domnach.

The Moss-side success didn’t end there, after arriving just in the nick of time after a mix up with the start time, Willie and Jean also won the filly foal class with Moss-side Crathie, by the late Balmoral Lord. Andrew Baird had a successful day with his own Whitefield Sir Bruar, the first foal to be bred under his own prefix. Sir Bruar, by Glenmuir Buzzard, won the colt foal class before being awarded the Foal Championship. Bruce Haliburton led up Jean Connell’s Jasmine of Achnacarry to win the two -year-old filly class. Jasmine is homebred by Jean and also by her own Eros of Achnacarry.

The three-year-old classes were also headed by homebred ponies with Shona Adams topping the three year old filly class with the Auchnahillan Scarba daughter Lady Gigha of Auchengarth. The Colt/Gelding class was won

by Tashieburn Reiver with his breeder Gilean Docherty marking he return to the ring with the three-year-old Gelding by Dunedin Marksman.

Chris Grant

Congratulations Chris A very well done to Chris Grant who qualified for Olympia with Dunedin McSporran at the Heritage Championships in October. The Grant family are now planning their trip down to London, pondering the logistics of transport into the metropolis with the congestion charge, parking etc. Mum Jan Grant commented that there will be no change of routine or different preparations, Spud will

keep with his usual routine.

An organised group will be going down form Tyneside to cheer Chris and Spud on and no doubt they will be joined by other enthusiasts from other parts of the country. Rumour has it Spud has his own interior designer for his stable.

Alison Payne

Stop Press The Committee are planning to streamline the Performance Awards Cards into one simplified card for all different disciplines. This will be available early in the new year. To get your copy please contact Lianne parkin and Amanda Hart. hpecsecretary@gmail.com Due to popular demand the Highland Times Review of the Year 2019 will be available as a hard copy book to those who wish to purchase it at a cost of £5 (including p&p). It will still be available to all members as an electronic copy. If you would like a hard copy please send a cheque to Amanda Hart 61 Westfield Avenue, Thurlstone, Sheffield, S36 9RL or pay by BACS quoting HT Review (Nat West sort code 54-21-34, acct.no. 27620360) and email Amanda at hpecsecretary@gmail.com to confirm. The deadline for ordering is the 31st December 2019.

Don’t forget to return all Performance Award Cards to Linda Graham, 50 Wiltshire Gardens, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, NE28 8AL no later than 14th January 2020.

Wendy Bridges of Holmedown Highland Ponies in Devon will be hosting a stud visit in 2020. Hopefully she will have a selection of foals for visitors to view alongside her prizewinning mares.