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December 23,2005 Got
an email from Wendy Ying/Sterling Graburn
(www.irishhobby.com)
about Earl's son's Duke and Dante; They are our biggest Pleasantstone
bred super stars.
And after the
announcement that the WEG is to be held in KY in 2010,
sterling and I have decided to put together a 4 in hand with Duke as a
leader and Dante as a wheeler.
December 21,2005 The
mail came and this time it wasn't a bill! It reads
Congratulations! You have earned two 2005 WPCSA regional high score
awards for the Northwest region. North Forks Black Earl for Reserve
Champion section D stallion and North Forks Black Earl for third place
ridden Cob. (This is with only two shows and 4 to six months under
saddle)
December 8, 2005 We
are really excited to hear the good news from Wendy Ying
about our home bred boys, Duke and Dante! Here is an excerpt;
Hi julie,
wow...congrats on Earl's inspection and the pictures look great! He is
such
a cute pony! Duke and Dante are doing great and have really blossomed
this
year. After I got home from the pony world championships with Megastar,
I
started showing the boys again and they
Were 1st or 2nd at every show...
1st in pairs, 2nd in tandem at the Driving Derby at the Upperville Horse
show
1st prelim pair horse at Waldingfield HT (won dressage and cones, 2nd on
marathon)
1st prelim single horse at GMHA CDE with Dante (won all 3 phases by a
mile!)
2nd prelim pair horse at Laurels CDE ( 2n on marathon)
1st prelim pair horse at Gladstone CDE (won the marathon)
2nd prelim pair horse at Oak Hill CDE (won the marathon)
Sterling Grayburn has a great shot at the US team for the horse singles
this
year so I decided he needed a second horse, so we split the boys up and
are
driving them single. We plan on trying to qualify Duke and Dante for the
long list this spring at the selection trials. Sterlings main horse,
Quincey is already on the long list.we took them to a show last weekend
and they were superstars ! Sterling drove Dante and I drove Duke and we
took them intermediate single horse. Dante has only shown single 2 times
and Duke only once Dante always wins his dressage and at this show was
2nd by 2 points to an advanced horse just imported from Michael Freund's
(2 time world 4 in hand champion) barn. Duke and I have been working to
relax him and I was just about to go in dressage and there was a roll
over in cones
and the horse ran for 10 minutes with the carriage...it really shook me
up
and I was really tense so we ended up last in dressage but he had some
spectacular moments as you can see from the pictures. In marathon, I had
never pushed Duke as a single but he was always a goer in the pair and
he
made me soooo proud! There were 6 hazards, I won 3 and sterling won 3
and
then we were 2nd to each other also...so duke and dante were 1st and 2nd
on marathon but Sterling and I both had corrections of course which
added 20
points to our score! I could have kicked myself but we were really using
this show as schooling to see if the boys had what it takes to move up
to advanced so I see it as a success. These hazards were open and
galloping and the bigger horses thought they had an advantage over us
but the boys are really fast and brave and even in the water where the
drag is hard on a
little horse, we kicked a--!!! I have video of the dressage and cones
and I
will get it up on the web site this week.unfortunately we did not get
any
video of marathon but I have some footage of them pair at Laurels on the
site now...got to
www.irishdraught.us and click
on the video link button. I have attached pictures.
I don't know how the inspections of the offspring go for the ponies but
if
you want to use duke and dante for that, we can take them to the
inspections
to help with earls’ permanent status.
Letter from another
happy Black Earl offspring owner:
"Good to hear from you Julie. Sounds like things are going quite well
for
you. What gorgeous horses! Funny to hear from you today since I just
decided to try to show Velvet. Stephanie picked her up yesterday to see
about getting her ready for a halter class. We've been trying to figure
out
what is require of her since Steph is new to the Welsh circle.
Velvet seems to be much more long legged than Seeka. Her head is really
taking a nice shape. I remain very confused about her color. Steph still
thinks she'll end up black(my favorite), but she is looking dark bay
with
black points to me What a beautiful sight to watch Velvet in the field.
She
has a most
excellent trot and boy can she run! She outruns Seeka and our Arab.
I have a small clip of a video of her I might try sending you online. I
put
Seeka on the internet at a much higher price than I thought she was
really
worth, and my have I been stormed with interested buyers! Everyone loves
her looks. It all makes me question selling her, but we don't ride her.
Originally I thought I might breed her to Earl again, but I really don't
have time for another foal right now. Velvet is an improvement over
Seeka
(thanks to Earl) so it would be smarter to breed her someday
instead--though
I guess I couldn't to Earl. Bummer!" Jennifer Morse
December 1, 2005
Abram our 15 year old son started practice; drill team and
gaming events plus a in hand trail class hoping to qualify for the state
championships this coming May with his half Welsh Cob, Zamson. (Pictured
with Abram) along with his Illinois Valley high school Equestrian team
for
SOHSET
October 23, 2005
Abram and Wheat Mahoney (pictured with Earl’s back foot)
start learning about natural hoof care and trimming. Had clinic at our
home
with Cheryl Henderson of ABC Hoof care and Martha Olivio Martha is an
amazingly gifted horsewoman when it comes to anything about hooves,
movement and structure of the horse.
Learn more about Martha at:
www.marthaolivo.com
October 8, 2005 ASPR
Inspection
Earl is duel registered with the American Warmblood Registry in the
American Sport Pony Division number USA008P0618360596 His inspection was
done at Devonwood Equestrian Center.
The judges, Saskia de Haan and Henriette Van Oers both loved Earl's type
and very impressed with his great overall quality and athletic
potential. Saskia
called him 'majestic' and Henriette felt he had a great attitude and
could
excel in dressage with more time and training. She stated that he has
good
impulsion was impressed with how far he had come along in such a short
time.
Earl had only had six months under saddle. He will be back for his
performance testing within the next three years after he has time to
learn
balance, become more calm, light and fluent at departs and learn how to
engage his hindquarters more.
Here are the comments from the judge's inspection papers.
Breed type and confirmation; his good depth, good expression, his
correct
well-shaped and well-set on neck and his overall good type.
Shoulders and withers; correct slope of shoulder, correct length of
shoulder, good freedom and defined withers that Cobs often lack.
Top Line and quarters; Top line good, Excellent and well connected top
line
and loins, length of croup correct, angle of croup good, length of thigh
good, muscles through thigh good.
Front legs; Substance substantial alignment straight, joints dry,
pasterns
correct, hooves well shaped.
Hind Legs; Substance substantial, alignment straight, joints dry,
pasterns
sloping.
Correctness of Movement; Correctness in front correct, correctness hind
correct, regularity good rhythm
Carriage and Elasticity; Overall good at walk trot and canter, forward
going
at the trot.
Loose Jumping approach to fence good, neatness of legs good, Landing
balance
and style average and attitude very good.
Pictures taken on Oct. 8th inspection at Devonwood can be seen at Mary
Cornelious photography
Site:
http://marycornelius.smugmug.com/gallery/870632/1/39357568/Large
Welsh Dominate ASPR Inspection
On October 8, 2005, the American Sportpony Registry inspectors arrived
at
Devonwood Equestrian facility in Sherwood, Oregon, their third year of
visits to conduct inspections. Devonwood is situated on a manicured
hillside
of five outdoor arenas, forest, vistas of Mt. Hood, over a hundred
portable
stalls for events, and the main barn at the top of the hill with two
indoor
areas. The Loading/Unloading area is beneath a drive-through portico of
rubber pavers, so horses don’t slip. To say it’s gorgeous is an
understatement. Kudos to Marla Eden for her gracious hostessing and
thorough planning of this growing event.
Horses and ponies are presented to the judges for evaluation and scoring
into the ASPR or the American Warmblood Registry, AWR. This year, guest
judge Henriette van Oers of the Netherlands, and Sonja Lowenfish of the
USA
ASPR Registry teamed up to adjudicate. Animals are presented singly in
hand, set up and shown at the walk. Once inside the arena, equines are
walked and trotted on a triangle. All horses, ponies, and foals are
turned loose to move at liberty at the trot and canter, and geldings,
unbred mares, and stallions are freejumped. This year 15 horses and
ponies came forward to be inspected, eight purebred Welsh, two
half-Welsh, and one partbred.
Once inspections are complete, performance tests are conducted.
Stallions
return individually for critique and awards following the mares,
geldings,
and foals. The registry ‘grades’ animals by category: scores of 8.0 and
above are Premier [only 2% of all animals presented qualify for this top
classification], scores between 7.0 and 7.9 are rated as First Premium,
and
Second Premium animals score between 6.0 to 6.9. Remembering that the
ideal sport pony is a ‘type’ not a breed, this description, from the
ASPR website, partly defines the desired type: "An American Sportpony is
a pony in the general range of 13.2-14.2 h that looks and moves like a
small horse,
capable of competing in the Olympic disciplines of Jumping, Dressage,
and
Eventing, as well as in Driving." Of course not all animals presented
for
inspection fall into the ‘ideal’ size and performance capabilities. The
feedback from the inspection helps guide breeders towards producing the
ideal American Sportpony. Presenting purebred or partbred Welsh is
already
"OUR" ideal American pony, wouldn’t you say? Needless to say, the Welsh
do very well.
Five major criteria determine the score: Type, Frame, Conformation,
Movement, and Overall Impression. The written report, which is mailed
later,
is extremely detailed. The results of the inspection yielded nine Welsh
or
part-Welsh animals being rated First Premium. It’s important to note
that
once ‘Approved and Licensed’ a stallion has three years to complete a
performance test and to present at least 10 progeny for inspection that
would earn at least First Premium ratings. The horse that caused cameras
to
go off from all directions, and was also First Premium approved, North
Forks
Black Earl. Earl looked spectacular and was shown by Jessica Wisdom, as
the proud Mahoney family looked on. It was a fun and grand venue for all
who
attended.
Stallions which score at least 7 out of 10 on the Performance Testing
receive a Temporary Breeding License for three years, during which they
must sire ten foals registered with the ASPR. If the foals also score 7
out of 10 on the Foal/Youngstock inspection, the sire will then receive
Permanent
Licensing as a breeding stallion.
"Congrats on your First Premium. I wish you many blessings on
your future endeavors. Your stallion is stunning. More important
than any of this inspection stuff is that you are out there
doing things with him. I have sold babies based on their half welsh
status. Cobs are truly up and coming. More people are
becoming aware that they are THE perfect "warmblood" in a small
package"
September 5, 2005
Abram and his half Cob, Zamson, are in the Labor Day
Parade here in Cave Junction Oregon. The whole IV Valley Equestrian Team
was there. Abram lead Zamson while the others rode since Zamp had only
been under saddle a few weeks and we just wanted to see how he would do.
Afterwards Abram said he felt he could have ridden Zamper with no
problems!
August 22, 2005 Got
an email with news about Earl at the show we had to
miss. "Earl was a dreamboat at the show, Julie. He placed well in all
but
one of the ridden classes; I think he just needed to get the kinks out!!
:)
In the Ridden Cob class, the horse is stripped and shown in hand.
Patrick
got the best trot out of him I've ever seen---very very nice. Also, his
canter is much improved as well. He continues to get better all the
time."
Cindy Miller
Winterlake Welsh Cob Farm
August 22, 2005
Subject: Pleasantstone Aviette (North Fork's Black Earl X Pleasantstone
Rockette)
Julie, I just want you to know that Avi competed in her first hunter
show
Aug. 5&6th. We decided to let Leah take her in the 18" hunter division,
having jumped her first complete course just 3 days prior. Well, she
handled
everything beautifully. The indoor venue, the decorated jumps, noise,
etc.
Leah did a wonderful job with her and took a reserve champion in that
division. I then decided to put them in the pony hunter division with
jumps
at 2’3". Her flat class was even better, and she took 2 seconds on her
jumping rounds. The judge from NY thought she was darling.
She is very happy here and gets out plenty. I rode her on the cross
country
course up in Missoula, and she definitely enjoyed herself! We’ll spend
this
winter on her dressage basics. Once she is solid there and carries
herself
well, she can compete in hunter, jumper and eventing happily.
Gail Wilder / Wilde-R-Farm
Hamilton, MT 59840
August 22, 2005 Got
an email from an owner/trainer whom has one of our half
Cob fillies by Earl, Pleasantstone Earlyanna.
"The Eugene County fair went wonderfully! Lady my 22 year old tb mare
got
over all supreme champion mare, my gelding got reserve champion,
Pleasantstone EarlyAnna got champion."
August 22, 2005; Supreme Gelding Northwest Welsh Classic
Shaw's High Voltage, Reserve, Dena Stockdale. This superb gelding is out
of
our section A mare, Pruitt's Blue Jewell. Dena and her special gelding
have
garnered many supreme Championships together all over the Northwest.
August 20, 2005 News
from Northwest Welsh Classic, Washington State; Julie,
Today results - 2nd in stallions, Reserve Champion Sr. Stallion, 3rd in
Ridden Cob, 4th in show hack.
Everyone comments that he looks spectacular...
Jessica Wisdom
Equi-Librium Equestrian
July 8, 2005 We
always love to hear about our ponies! Got an email from a
great young lady whom has one of our homebred mares, CS Timbrel;
"Hi Julie
I'm so glad that you'll get to see Timbrel at the Welsh show. Here's a
sneak
preview of us jumping from last summer. Timbrel and I are the biggest
ones
jumping from the right. I've only had Timbrel for about 2 years, but
we've
made lots of progress and I absolutely adore her. We do all kinds of
riding.
She will dive straight into the herd when we do team penning in high
school
equestrian team. She loves jumping and especially jumping cross-country.
We've done endurance rides of 25 miles and 50 miles. This week I put on
a
camp for our little pony clubbers and she was wonderful for the 11yr old
that rode her on the trail.
We hope to see you at the show.
Alex Ann & Timbrel" (pictured)
May 27, 2005 BLACK
FILLY BORN!!!(Pictured) We now have four gorgeous fillies by Earl and
the lovely section D mare Mynydd Hir Boneddiges (by Minyffordd Megastar)
They have produced such lovely fillies together, an unbeatable cross.
The first three are all dark rich bays like their dam, Boneddiges. We
call the new filly, Bronte’, which means, " The voice caused by
lightning", (or Thunder) in the Hebrew language. She was born in the
middle of a huge thunder and lightning storm after Boneddiges was
dripping and ready to foal for over two weeks. All those sleepless
nights....IT was WORTH it! Bronte’ is absolutely stunning. We are
thrilled to get such a black beauty after three bays. How this wonderful
mare has outdone herself for us...what a blessing for Pleasantstone.
May 11,2005; We were
excited to receive a lovely email and pictures from the
breeders of our Minyffordd Megastar daughter and very special brood-mare
Mynydd Hir Boneddiges:
Julie. Lynda Gillen Smith forwarded your photos of Boneddiges and her
fillies to us. We were so happy to see that Boneddiges is doing well and
producing lovely fillies (one after another, just like her momma, our
beloved Brenhines) with your stallion. Brenhines died just before you
purchased Boneddiges, and to be honest, we were disappointed that we
were
not given the opportunity to repurchase her. But she got into the right
home
and we have ceased to breed horses. We are Christians and our ministry
time had increased to the point that we simply had to listen to God and
let
go of the horses. It has been a really wise decision for us. We have
a home church and travel and train ministry teams all over the USA and
in other countries also. There is just no time for raising babies and
showing. You and your family look like you are Christians. Are you?
Well, enjoy Boneddiges and give her a hug from "her birth mother". She
is a beautiful girl. love, Bonnie and Todd Barbey
May 7,2005 Spring
Fling Training Level Test 1
More pictures taken at the spring Fling dressage show where Earl was
"top
score dressage horse" tested after only four months of saddle training:
He
got the high score of 65.45% where the judge deemed that Earl and his
rider
were very attractive and had some very nice moments!
Some pictures of Earl at the show can be seen
http://marycornelius.smugmug.com/gallery/522733/1/21537822 This very
well
Respected equine sports photographer Mary had much to say photographing
about Earl. Here are a few of her remarks; "Earl is VERY attractive!
When I
first saw him I just went OH MY he is so sexy .He has so much dimension
physically and soulfully through his eyes, it is really funto photograph
him. Those Welsh Cobs just seem to have so much extra pizzazz."
May 2, 2005 Results
from West Coast Welsh Spring Show Roseburg, Oregon
Champion Section C/D Stallion
McClelland
CH: North Forks Black Earl - David & Julie Mahoney
Res: North Forks Brenin Cardi - Cindy Miller
MacLeay
CH: North Forks Black Earl - David & Julie Mahoney
Res: North Forks Brenin Cardi - Cindy Miller
Grand Champion Section C/D
McClelland
CH: Goldhills Brandysnap - Gerald Verkuyl
Res: North Forks Black Earl - David & Julie Mahoney
MacLeay
CH: Goldhills Brandysnap - Gerald Verkuyl
Res: North Forks Black Earl - David & Julie Mahoney
English Pleasure C/D:
CH: North Forks Brenin Cardi - Cindy Miller
Res: North Forks Black Earl - David & Julie Mahoney
May 1, 2005 Note from
trainer about Welsh Pony and Cob show in Roseburg,
Oregon; "Hello all,
Earl was very successful both in the Ridden Cob class and the English
pleasure division. He ended up Reserve Champion in both. He took second
in
the Ridden Cob and again second in the division. He was third, two
seconds,
and a first in the English Pleasure stuff (won the Conformation class of
course) and ended up Reserve Champion. Congratulations –Jessica"
"Following the Ridden Cob Ch. Class, Ch. and Res. Ch. 1/2 brothers,
North
Forks Brenin Cardi and North Forks Black Earl riders challenged each
other
to a victory 'race' around the arena. Both stallions gave it their all
amid
laughter and full gallops to the delight of all... " Notes from Cindy
Miller
to ponylist. May 2, 2005….. Sure wish we could have been there! (
Picture of
Earl with ribbons on)
May 1,2005 results
from the first day of West Coast Welsh Spring Show! from Gretchen Aiken
Family Partners Welsh Pony Farm
Cindy Miller's Section D stallion, North Forks Brenin Cardi, won the
Ridden
Championship and showed beautifully. The Reserve Champion was North
Forks Black Earl, who belongs to David and Julie Mahoney. Those boys are
half brothers and they are both quite lovely.
May 1, 2005 Abram our
14 year old son is a part of the southern Oregon high
school Equestrian team. He is a freshman and our Illinois Valley team
(10
kids in our team) got an award for the best team attitude for helping
one another ....and three of our team members made it to the State
competitions next month! It is all very fun and exciting and nobody was
hurt. There were probably about 120 children participating from 12 high
schools in the southern part of the state. It is really awesome to see
all those young people and all their horses (not to mention all the
dedicated coaches and very active parents) doing so well in every type
of equestrian discipline. It is really something to see. I wish they had
this sport when we were kids!..There was a representative from New
Hampshire there to film and gather information to begin their own high
school equestrian endeavor. Oregon is the only state that has this
teamsport. It is about 7 years old and growing by leaps and bounds. I
can't imagine how many teams there will be at state with fifty drill
teams that have qualified to compete! It is really good for the horse
(and pony I hope) industry!
What is the OHSET Mission? Oregon High School Equestrian Teams is
dedicated to promoting and organizing equestrian competition in high
school athletic or activity programs. It is our main goal to provide
recognition in the high schools of the equestrian athlete and to give
them an opportunity to achieve that recognition in a fair, positive and
educational format. The goals are
to encourage team play, peer acceptance, good horsemanship and to have
cooperative adult supervised leadership for all students in grades 9
through
12.
Who can participate? Any high school in the United States of America is
eligible to form a team and join the High School Equestrian Teams
organization. The state is divided into districts. Districts are made up
of
High Schools. Each High School competes as a team. Athletes are
affiliated
with a high school team.
When are the competitions? Competition is a winter/spring sport season
and
runs from December 1 through the 2006 State Championship meet planned in
May2007 at Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center in Redmond, Oregon.
Each District plans three district competitions in January, February,
March
and/or April, where athletes are required to compete in at least two of
the
three meets to determine who will be eligible for the State
Championships.
Competition follows sportsmanship guidelines as set down by the State's
School Activities Association and School Board, individual participating
school activity guidelines and equine sportsmanship guidelines.
Please check out the OSET website: @
http://www.ohset.com/
March 18-20 2005
Northwest Horse Fair, Albany Oregon
Three section D Welsh Cob half brothers represented the Welsh breed.
North
Forks Brenin Cardi owned jointly by Cindy Miller and Jessica Wisdom,
North
Forks Black Earl owned by the Mahoney family of Pleasantstone and North
Forks Lord Persie, a 6-year old Welsh Cob gelding, owner Rachel Herrick,
of
Wild Mountain Ponies. (Pictured)
During the presentations Rachel Herrick looked beautiful riding her 'Percie'
in dressage and had fun dressing in a long flowing wedding gown, weaving
beautiful camellias into Percie's mane and tail. Our own 'Black Earl'
was
ridden by Patrick Billes of Equi-librium Equestrian, and Jessica Wisdom
riding 'Cardi' rounded out the Welsh showcase riders. Patrick and Earl
were
a handsome couple, moving smoothly around the arena. On each of the
three
days we had 10 minutes to showcase our Welsh breed. With choreographed
music
and script, the three cobs trotted into the arena in Blue Angel
formation,
peeling off to perform individual maneuvers. With Cardi, Percie and Earl
all
being half brothers, it was fun to watch them and listen to the response
of
the crowd. Despite all being ridden English, the predominantly Western
crowd knew good horseflesh when they saw it. During the stallion
showcase Jessica rode Cardi; his big trot, uphill canter and energized
performance wowed the crowds. It was a huge amount of fun and reward for
those who choose to share our versatile breed with the rest of the horse
world.
January 2005 Our son,
Abram, a home schooled freshman joins the Southern
Oregon High School Equestrian Team of Illinois Valley High school. We
all
survived a really wonderful equine sports year with many rigorous games
and
events which may include; trail, in-hand trail, working pairs, drill
patterns to music, circles, maneuvers, roping, reining, cow daubing,
working
rancher, bi-rangle, two man bi-rangle, stock seat, in hand obstacle
relay,
showmanship, driving, Canadian flags, figure 8 pole bending, key hole,
barrels, individual flags, huntseat equitation, saddleseat, hunt seat
equation, The whole family was involved with practice and three team
meets
followed by State Championships held in Medford Oregon.The equestrian
season currently runs from Dec.1 through May 3.
A bit of history:
The Oregon High School Equestrian Athletic program was formed first in
the
Southern District in 1993, in cooperation with the Oregon Horseman
Association, and some dedicated role models within the Grants Pass and
Roseburg areas.
Many of these high schools have approved the awarding of High School
Varsity
Letters for those athletes who meet the requirements as set forth in the
rules of the equestrian program, as well as any additional requirements
of
the attending school. In the past year, over 370 student athletes
participated.
The 1998-99 season was a season with an incredible growth year in the
Equestrian program. Rapid growth in the program resulted in two northern
districts being formed. As the 1999-2000 season came to an end the
Mid-Valley District split from the South Valley and Willamette Valley.
2002-2003 Was the first year for the North Valley District. 2004 Tri
Valley
District is formed.
In 2005 New Hampshire sent a representative to scout out how OHSET
functions. How about National meets? We find it fun and exciting to be a
part of this wonderful new high school team sport.
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