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New Forest Pony News
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NEW FOREST & NATIVE PONY SHOW - Saturday, July 26 2008

14th September – New Forest and Native Pony Show Bromley Farm, Pea Field Lane, Wortley, Sheffield. S35 7DE Affiliated to NPS, PUK, NCPA and the New Forest Breed Society. For more details and a schedule, please contact Mrs I Ogorzalek, 95 Huddersfield Road, Brighouse, W. Yorks. 01484 384128 or available by e-mail to gwensawyer@metronet.co.uk

TACK SALE VENUE CHANGED - Thursday, July 10 2008

Due to the wet conditions, the NFPPG tack sale venue on 12th July, Saturday has now moved to Bramshaw Village Hall. Contact details: Claire Sanderson 01725 714492 or email: cls35261@yahoo.co.uk

DRESSAGE COMPETITION RESULTS - Wednesday, July 2 2008

A very successful and enjoyable day Dressage Competition was held on Sunday 29th June at the Farriers Stud, Landford thanks to our sponsors, helpers and participants, and to Shirley and Simon Young for allowing the NFPPG to use their grounds for the venue. Special thanks to Helen Campbell for expertly organising the competition. RESULTS Class 1 – Walk and Trot 1st. HAYWARDS CHERRY B (Anna Brearley) 2nd. WILLOWAY WHISPERER ( Abbie Cassey) 3rd. BROOKSHILL MOONBEAM ( Hannah Gates) 4th BRIARWOOD BLUE SAVANNAH (Georgina Dean) 5th BAKEBURN BANDIT (Claire Sanderson) 6th ASHFIELD SOLO (Hollie Bladen) Class 2 – Prelim 7 1st FARRIERS MAN FRIDAY (Sally Mace) 2nd BROOKSHILL BEETHOVEN (Sophie Albery) 3rd HAYWARDS APPLEJACK (Hayley Tanner) 4th KILNCOPSE FLY-BY-NIGHT (Chloe Kennard) 5th HARRY (Charlotte Manning) 6th CANTLEASE FIELDFARE (Amanda Bull) Class 3 – Novice 1st KILNCOPSE FLY-BY-NIGHT (Dawn Vear) 2nd HURSTFIELD BILLY BIGALO (Sarah Goddard) 3rd WAYLAND CRESCENDO (Natasha Smith) 4th DIBDEN APRIL’S DAWN (Natasha Smith) 5th BROOKSHILL BEETHOVEN (Sophie Albery) 6th JACKPOT II (Sally-Anne Pierson) Class 4 – Beginners Dressage to Music 1st FRIDAYS CHILD (Nicole Dupoy) 2nd KILNCOPSE TALISMAN (Sara King) 3rd AUTUMN GOLD (Esme Smith) 4th HAYWARDS CHERRY B (Anna Brearley) 5th ASHLEY HIGHLANDER (Lorna Holliday) 6th BROOKSHILL BEETHOVEN (Karen Albery) Class 5 – Novice Dressage to Music 1st HURSTFIELD BILLY BIGALO (Sarah Goddard) 2nd WAYLAND CRESCENDO (Natasha Smith) 3rd HARRY (Charlotte Manning) 4th DIBDEN APRIL’S DAWN (Jill Horsburgh)

DON’T MISS THE TACK SALE! - Monday, June 30 2008

Help support the NFPPG. Tack Sale being held to raise much needed funds. Date – Saturday 12th July. Venue – Farriers Stud, Landford, Salisbury. Time – 10am – 12noon. If you want to book a pitch - £10 for trailers, £6 for vehicle. Entry for buyers £1. For booking and further information, contact: Claire Sanderson cls35261@yahoo.co.uk or ring 01725 514492.

NFPPG DRESSAGE COMPETITION - Tuesday, June 3 2008

Help raise funds for the New Forest Pony Publicity Group by entering a Dressage Competition to be held on 29th June at the Farriers Stud, Landford by kind permission of Mr and Mrs Simon Young. Open to ALL breeds of horses and ponies and for ALL abilities - from first timers to the more experienced! Walk and Trot test, Beginners Dressage to Music, Novice Dressage to Music plus Prelim and Novice tests. Also NPS/TopSpec NF Pony Dressage Qualifying Classes. For more details contact Helen Campbell email: campbellhelen@btinternet.com or mobile 07799620652.

COME TO THE BARN DANCE! - Thursday, May 15 2008

To raise funds for the NFPPG, on Saturday 31st May at the W.I. Community Hall, Lunedale Road (off Whinfield Rd), Dibden Purlieu there will be a Barn Dance from 7.30 – 10.30 pm. Light refreshments and tickets £5. Contact: 02380 891591

PRE SALE SHOW – NEW RECORD FOR FOREST BRED! - Saturday, May 3 2008

A three year old gelding Lucky Lane Paddy (K Adams) achieved an auction price of 850gns at the 1st May 08 Beaulieu Road auction. In the Pre-sale Youngstock Show, judge, Mrs Sue Phelan placed the gelding 3rd and Best Forest Bred. The show run by the New Forest Pony Publicity Group in conjunction with the Livestock Society requires that all entries be halter broken and be sold in the auction. Woodrow William (June Whitham) Champion, and Rushmoor Serene (John Stride) Reserve, Best Forest Bred and Best Yearling Filly 300gns. (Results on NFPPG web site shortly.)

NFPPG END OF YEAR REPORT - Thursday, April 10 2008

The New Forest Pony Publicity Group now has their 2007 End of Year Report available. Copies can be bought at £10 each which goes towards its production and Group funds or a copy may be borrowed. For further details contact Shirley Young, Greenacres, New Road, Landford, Salisbury, SP5 2AZ, email: farriersnewforestponies@suspanet.com or 01794 322821.

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! - Monday, April 7 2008

Brilliant New Forest Ponies have done it again. Congratulations to the NFP Enthusiasts riding club on winning the BRC National Winter Dressage Championships held at Hartpury on 5th April 2008. Competing against 23 areas from Scotland to Cornwall beating the horses, these ponies stole the show. The dressage team: Wayland Loganberry (Caroline Saker) overall individual winner, Longcopse Elton (Mandy Pidgley), Brookshill Beethoven (Sophie Albery, her first season in the seniors), Chester II (Sally Ann Pierson, also in the show jumping team). Show jumping team: Sturtmoor Song n Dance(Rachel Smith) jumped a double clear as did Farriers Brown Bear (Jane Cleal) who has also qualified for the BRC Open Cross Country Championships, Farriers Fair Impression (Vicky Palmer), Chester II (Sally Ann Pierson). What a start to the season!

ENTHUSIASTS JUMP INTO 2008 SEASON! - Sunday, March 2 2008

Area Indoor SJ Qualifier Our team consisting of:- Jane Cleal - Farriers Brown Bear, Sally Anne Pierson - Janet Walton's Chester II, Rachel Smith - Sturtmoor Song'n Dance and Vicky Palmer - Farriers Fair Impression kept up the club’s winning streak by winning the Indoor Senior Qualifier at Kingston Maurward. They now go forward to the finals at Hartpury in April along with our Dressage team. A very exciting jump off with South and West Wilts in which all four scores count, produced some very quick rounds with our ponies finishing 4 seconds ahead. A great day for all but especially for Vicky who came in as a late substitute with little match practice - setting us up with the first clear as well as a really good jump off round. Winter League NFPEC currently lead the Winter League series with very good results in both dressage and show jumping. Caroline Saker leads the dressage section with Wayland Loganberry. Thanks, Suzanne, for your news of the New Forest Pony Enthusiasts Riding Club.

BEAULIEU ROAD PRE-SALE SHOWS & SALES 2008 - Sunday, February 3 2008

The dates for this year’s Pre-sale shows and other sale days are now on the New Forest Pony Publicity Group web site under “Pony Sale Dates”. The NFPPG would like to thank Hampshire County Council for generously sponsoring the rosettes for the Youngstock and Foal Pre-sale shows and Steve Kitcher for his help with the web site.

BEATEN BY A WHISKER – QUADRILLE - Friday, December 21 2007

What a marvellous performance the New Forest Pony Enthusiasts rode at Olympia. Once again, thrilling the crowd with their professional turnout and routine to be beaten by only three marks! Pipped at the post by Moat View RC - Furious Angels, second the New Forest Do Se Do’ers, third Worlington RC - Fine and Dandy and fourth Southerndown RC – Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Congrats to the team - Wendy Adams - Burley Branston, Sally-Ann Pierson - Chester II, Martine Reeves -Farriers Fingerprint, Helen Campbell - Farriers Foxglove. The trainer Claire Moir, Chef d’Equipe Sarah Green and costume makers Janet Walton and Tricia Russell. Plus, of course, all your supporters! Joy

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS - Friday, December 14 2007

The New Forest Pony Publicity Group sends seasonal greetings and good wishes for 2008 to all lovers of this great native breed. We hope you have enjoyed our news items and meeting us at the various events and shows. Next year you might not see so much of us – but we are still here and out and about – eager to continue publicising the New Forest pony. Please contact us for information, visits or to send us your news – we love hearing from you.

OLYMPIAN GOOD WISHES! - Friday, December 14 2007

The NF PPG wishes the New Forest ponies and their riders going to Olympia, Wednesday 19th Dec. and Thursday 20th Dec. great success. As ambassadors for the breed – we have some lovely examples. Firstly, the Quadrille four (details in previous news item) and secondly the three - Crabbswood Forget-Me-Not, Willoway Free Spirit and Farriers Fingerprint representing the breed in the NPS/Baileys Supreme Ridden M&M Championship. A strong contingency of supporters will be there on both days willing you on and proud to be associated with you. Enjoy!

DON’T MISS THIS EVENING – 24th Nov ! - Thursday, November 15 2007

Four amazing New Forest Ponies have qualified in the National BRC selection trial for one of four places for the SEIB Quadrille of the Year final to be held at Olympia in December. Competing against 16 teams from all over the country, the NF Pony Enthusiast team, calling themselves the New Forest Dose Do’ers, rode a brilliant display to the sound of square dance music. Now you have the opportunity to see their rehearsal, enjoy a hog roast, watch the talented Claire Moir demonstrating Dressage to Music whilst creating an atmosphere for the ponies. The venue – Ford Farm Stables, Brockenhurst by kind permission of Trudy Nineham & James Young. The time – 7 pm. The date – 24th November. Price - £5 adults, £2.50 children. The ponies - Chester II (Sally Anne Pierson), Farriers Foxglove (Helen Campbell), Farriers Fingerprint (Martine Reeves) and Burley Branston (Wendy Adams), all trained by Clair Moir and under the control of Chef d’Equipe – Sarah Green with costumes by Janet Walton and Tricia Russell. COME AND SUPPORT THESE NEW FOREST PONIES! THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE! Joy

FOREST BREDS FOR SALE - Thursday, November 15 2007

The NF Pony Publicity Group’s, Forest Bred Ponies For Sale List is now being managed by Claire Sanderson. Mrs Pat Dunning has decided to step down from this job and the NFPPG are very sorry to lose her from the Group. We wish her well for the future and look forward to seeing her out and about. She was a great asset to the Group and will be greatly missed. Perhaps one day she will rejoin us after a refreshing break! However, please welcome Claire, who has taken on the For Sale List, and well known to many of you. If you have not visited the NFPPG Forest Breds For Sale page, you will find it in the middle of our web site from the drop down list under New Forest Pony. We would also like to acknowledge Steve Kitcher for all his help and support in managing our web site completely on a voluntary basis, and always “there” promoting us. Joy

NEWS OF SHARPHAM CHIME - Sunday, October 21 2007

Hi I thought I would email you some results that my NF pony Sharpham Chime has achieved this year. At the PUK Winter Champs, she was 7th in the Llanarth Open M&M Ridden final (NF and Connemara) as well as qualifying for the Mirage SHP Ridden Final and the Combined Novice M&M Ridden Final. Over the winter she also qualified for the NPS Spring Festival. At the PUK Summer Champs, she was 8th in the Cedarwood Inhand Sports Pony of the Year. She also came 4th at the New Forest Show Inhand. More recently she was 2nd and Best Novice at Romsey Show in the Open SHP Ridden. In September, she qualified for the NPS Dressage Finals at both Prelim and Novice level. I am very proud of my NF pony and hopefully she will continue to do well in future seasons! Emily Andruszko (Thanks for your news, Emily.) Do you own a Forest Bred pony? If so, we would very much like to hear news of you and your pony. Perhaps you bought it at Beaulieu Road? Joy

NEWS FROM LOGANBERRY! - Wednesday, October 10 2007

Caroline Saker sends news of her results from the BRC Championship at Addington, 7th Oct 2007 riding Wayland Loganberry in Dressage to Music. Hiya Just thought I’d drop you a quick note to let you know my placings on Sunday. Logan did a fab Novice Freestyle, and we were 3rd out of 31 with 74%. He also did a nice Elementary Freestyle, although he wasn't quite as switched on as it was 7.15pm, and we were 3rd again out of 25 with 69%. Caroline (Thanks Caroline for emailing me. I saw your first test – what a fabulous performance.)

NEW FOREST PONIES GO TO OLYMPIA! - Sunday, October 7 2007

Four New Forest ponies from the NF Pony Enthusiasts competed at Addington, BRC Quadrille Selection Trial on 6th October against 16 other teams and have been selected for the SEIB Quadrille of the Year. Four teams were selected, the Furious Angels, New Forest Dose Do’ers, Fine and Dandy, and Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The final will be held at Olympia, the London International Horse Show, on Wednesday morning, 19th December. The Enthusiasts team consists of Farriers Foxglove (Helen Campbell), Chester II (Sally Anne Pierson), Farriers Fingerprint (Martine Reeves) and Burley Branston (Wendy Adams). Their trainer is Claire Moir and Chef d’Equipe, Sarah Green. Also, Brookshill Beethoven (Sophie Albery) came fourth in the Junior Dressage to Music and in the Pairs Senior, Kilncopse Fly by Night (Dawn Vear) and Longcopse Elton (Mandy Pidgley) came 2nd.

WELL DONE NF PONIES IN BHS XC CHAMPS! - Thursday, October 4 2007

BHS XC championships 2007: (Report from Jane Cleal riding Farriers Brown Bear and the Silverlea ponies Sergeant Pepper (? rider "Mum" Meaker) and Silverlea Drummer (Martyn Meaker). ) After a 4.5 hour journey to Derbyshire the horses had a nice rest at Uttoxeter racecourse (Bear had to have his Shetland with him). Eland Lodge, near Derby provided excellent facilities and a good solid Intro XC course with loads of hills! Bear had to go pretty fast to make the 450m/min time, and in order to get safely through the combinations such as the staircase and water complex it meant we had to gallop down hill also. The final jumps were taken steeple chase style and Bear managed to finish only 2 seconds off the optimum time. This put him into 9th place and won him the Southern Salva. Silverlea Sergeant Pepper and Silverlea Drummer jumped the pairs course in excellent style: certainly showing the horses how it should be done. They finished an amazing 1 second off the optimum time and gained third place plus the Southern Salva for that class. In both classes the highest placed pony prize unfortunately went to a 15hh cob, due to their classification of 'pony'. (Thanks Jane for sending in the New Forest pony news. Any Meakers out there to give me further news?)

NF PONY EVENING – LAST TICKETS! - Friday, September 21 2007

There are still a few tickets remaining for the New Forest Pony Evening, Friday 28th Sept, 7.30 pm at Lyndhurst Community Centre:- Masses of information on the New Forest Pony Talks on the management of the breed and versatility Lots of stands Opportunity to meet the pony breeders Light refreshments All for the price of £3.50 Tickets available at the door More information from Sue Nicolls – 01590 612438. AN EVENING NOT TO BE MISSED – THE PLACE TO BE! (Organised by the NFPPG)

NF P'S QUALIFY FOR BHS NATIONAL XC CHAMPS! - Friday, September 21 2007

Hi Joy, A BHS XC qualifier was held at Landford Lodge on Sunday 9th September. Class 1, Novice qualifier: 1st Silverlea Sergeant Pepper, 3rd Farriers Brown Bear (Jane Cleal) out of 93 entries. Class 2, Pairs qualifier: 2nd Silverlea Sergeant Pepper & Silverlea Drummer (Martyn Meaker). All qualify for The BHS National XC championships 2007 at Eland Lodge, Derbyshire on 30th September. Also Class 3, Open qualifier: 4th Wayland Loganberry, 11th Farriers Brown Bear - also won the New Forest Fox hounds trophy for the highest placed horse that hunts. Best wishes, Jane. (Thanks for your news and please let us know your results.)

NEWS FROM THE NF ENTHUSIATS - Friday, September 21 2007

The foresters held their own at Romsey Show in the M&M WHPs with Lynn Hughes and Rushmoor Peter Pod achieving the only clear from 30 entries to win the class and the Championship. The first three in the M&M WHP were NF: 2nd Zoe Lodwidge with Bakeburn Romeo and Suzanne Kempe with Rodlease May Delight in 3rd place. The latter having been unlucky to have a sideways hesitation in the M&M WHP, scored as a refusal but also jumped one of only 3 clears in the open WHP to take 2nd place. Over the morning from some 40 rounds only 4 clears were jumped with no clears at all in the WH classes for the horses. Suzanne Kempe

SOME NF BREED SHOW HIGHLIGHTS - Friday, September 21 2007

26-27 August Mr Don Stephens, 85 years young had a smile on his experienced face when his stallion Furzey Lodge Zennica in Forest Run Stallions came 4th and the progeny Rushmoor Huntley, Blakeswater Winky and Hatchett Sunseeker took the top three placings in Forest Run colts 2 to 3 years. Foxhills Bronte (Mrs Pat Dunning) taken off the forest two weeks before the show, washed and feet trimmed for her first show won Forest Run Youngstock, Forest Bred Youngstock Championship and then Reserve Forest Bred Overall Champion to Mallards Wood Goddess. The filly is now back on the forest wondering what that was all about! Chester II (Mrs Janet Walton owner, Sally Ann Pierson rider) went for a fun day. The Forest Bred orphan now 14 and always determined to have a go, won the dressage Elementary 41 and the Combined Training. Moving on to the small but beautifully formed Longcopse Elton, Mrs Mandy Pidgley’s waist was not big enough to display the rosettes the pair collected! Namely Forest Bred Forest Run ridden, Forest Bred Ridden Stallion, Overall Forest Bred Ridden Stallion Champion, Reserve Owner/Rider Champion and Reserve, reserve NPS Baileys Olympia. When are we going to see this little chap at Olympia? Farriers Fingerprint (Mrs Shirley Young) won the Stallion Ridden, Owner/Rider Championship and to an enthusiastic roar from the crowd, collected the Olympia ticket.

RURAL RIDERS DO IT AGAIN! - Saturday, September 8 2007

Lots of congratulations to the New Forest Pony Enthusiasts Rural Riders team. They have won for the second year the Rural Riders Dressage Test at the National BRC championships held at Lincoln today – Saturday 8th Sept. - New Forest ponies competing against the horses. Well done to you all. And it is a massive win, the points believed to be 36 points in the lead! The team, six ponies riding together are Longcopse Elton, (Mandy Pidgley), Farriers Fingerprint (Martine Reeves), Green Cottage Democrat,(Louise James), Farriers Foxglove,(Helen Campbell), Chester II,(Sally Ann Pierson) and Kilncopse Fly by Night,(Dawn Vear) with the Chef D’Equipe – Sarah Green. I hope they had some small championships rugs!

BEVEKADA BIGGLES DOES IT! - Saturday, September 1 2007

Registered New Forest gelding, Bevekada Biggles is fulfilling his promise for new owner, Sara Jeapes. After being advertised for less than a month he was purchased in August 2007. Bought as a three year old, Forest Bred (sired and born on the forest), he had been bitted and lunged by his previous owner/breeder, Mrs Jan Hoadley and then put up for sale. Sara has wasted no time in handling Biggles and getting him used to various situations. On the 27th August he went to his first show entering two P(UK) qualifiers. He was pulled in 7th out of 18 in the M&M Open In hand, and 2nd in the M&M Youngstock (out of 16), qualifying for the P(UK) Autumn Championships! “I love him! And he’s perfect,” says Sara. “In fact everyone that meets him loves him!! Thank you Sara for sending me your news and please keep us up to date with his progress.

NEW FOREST PONY EVENING - Monday, August 20 2007

We invite you to spend an evening with us on Friday 28th September 2007, 7.30 at the Lyndhurst Community Centre. There will be talks on the management and versatility of the New Forest pony and an opportunity to meet pony breeders who will have stock for sale. Tickets cost £3.50 and this includes light refreshments. Please send a SAE and your cheque (payable to NFPPG) to Sue Niccolls, 2 Hatchett Cottage, Hatchett Lane, Beaulieu, Brockenhurst. S042 7WA, tel: 01590 612 438. Please join us, it looks like being a fun evening! (The NF Pony Experience Weekend is now fully booked. So if you were late obtaining a ticket, come to the evening event. You will be most welcome.)

A FIT PONY FOR THE FUTURE - Monday, August 13 2007

With equine owners warned not to let their ponies get over weight, Farriers Brown Bear has been judged Reserve to the Champion at the NPS Show in the ILPH Class M&M Ridden, “Fit for the Future Championship”. Jane Cleal and Bear also picked up 3rd place in the WHP class and was the only forester in the M&M large section!

NEW FOREST PONY DOES THE DOUBLE AT MALVERN! - Monday, August 13 2007

Bringing the NFU Mutual Country Life Cup back to the forest again – is Farriers Finger Print. This grey stallion owned and bred by Simon and Shirley Young in a gala evening, Shirley and “Buster” were presented with this trophy for the best M&M pony at the NPS Championships held in Malvern. The cup originally presented in 1936 was last awarded to a forester in 1989, until Finger Print claimed it last year. Now he has done it again! Congratulations Buster!

RURAL RIDERS DEMO - CANCELLED - Friday, July 20 2007

Sadly the BHS Festival show at Gillingham and Shaftesbury Showground on 22 July this Sunday has been cancelled, so we will not, on this occasion have the opportunity to see the New Forest Pony Enthusiasts riding the Rural Riders Dressage Test.

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