Here are some photots of Billy and I,
Please just look at the pony, not the rider!

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[Updated on: Wed, 01 June 2011 15:58]

and one more because i like it!
and i edited the other photos - feel very smart

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Lyncan, Billy is a cutie! Looks like he is really coming along.

I had my first sit on Zevy the other day, he is such a sweetheart and was very proud of himself. He still looks like a hairy giraffe, but I am sure he will be beautiful like his brothers and sisters one day. It doesn't help that the weanling colt he is mates with is movie-star gorgeous. But if Zev's only flaw is that he looks like a dork then I am not going to complain

Claire, put a stick over Lucky and see how tall he really is... you might get a surprise, especially if you are used to bigger horses. The other Zevy is the same age and he is just under 14hh and still has a lot of maturing to do. Lucky was taller than him when they were yearlings. Come spring time you might find he is bigger than you thought he would be. They really don't stop growing until they are 5yo.

Anyway, from what I remember you are no taller than me and a good bit thinner... he'll be fine with a rider your size

[Updated on: Fri, 10 June 2011 10:55]

Billy looks a real cutie and Claire you will never regret keeping your NF boy

Here is a photo of my lovely NF boy Foxcote Frankincense at Maldon PC Horse Trials clinic yesterday. He is being ridden by my good friend Narelle who is an experienced show jumper used to riding big horses but think she is really enjoying downsizing.

He is only 5 and this was his first big clinic - he had a flat lesson with Deb Browell, a show jumping lesson with Alan Mitchell & x country lesson with Yona Lloyd. He was such a good boy and like so many NF's just loves to jump.

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[Updated on: Mon, 04 July 2011 09:32]

Barney

Hopped on him after no riding for a few months!
He has stopped going around with his head stuck up in the air and resisting contact. Still abit piggy, but such a good boy.

Photo overload

Fluffy head






Opps overbent


Look, I can stand on a bridge!!

[Updated on: Thu, 28 July 2011 21:06]

Awesome pics everyone thank goodness the weather is getting better sooooo sick of mud ,this is River Valley Singing the blues fondly known as Smurf with Tom (all 6ft of him)he loves our New Forest too .We have a few young ponies going now cannot wait for them to get rid of the hair its every where.Looking forward to a great season. 3 of our N/F's have new homes post pics as they get out & about .Our stallions have a busy season ahead of them that will keep them happy .

What is every one planning this season ?

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FF Awesome we need a bigger gene pool....who??Did you have a great trip where are your pics Please!!!

LL Thanks he is rather cute very furry!!!!I have heaps of piccies
here are a couple more.

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I am a bit excited LL & HA

Brocaide looks absolutely fantastic HA. Will be very happy with one of his babies next year. Think he would go very nicely with my NF/TB cross too. Visited Wayland stud while in UK and chose Wayland Loganberry again but want a filly foal this time round
). Saw some lovely progeny by Wayland Cranberry who is much truer to ideal NF type than Logan so bought some semen from him too.

Wayland Loganberry has qualified for the PUK Burghley event pony final which is being held this Sunday at Burghley 3DE. Tried to change my flight so that I could go and watch him but was too hard. Was also given a photo of Logan easily clearing 1.4m in a recent high jump competition. Am hoping Frank may have inherited some of his sire's jumping genes. Frank's mum Foxcote Moonstone is a grand daughter of Ramblers Pick Another and Forestway Royal Ascot and has a dose of Broadlands Bright Seraphin so carries some pretty good Australian jumping lines herself.

Here is Frank at Bacchus Marsh

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Here you go LL more Smurf
the grey New Forest

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Here is another one,

Yes cricket awesome ambassador for the New Forest Breed.
River Valley have a couple of grey girls now so you could see them out & about in the future.

Any one going too the M.M seminar in Dandnong today run by the ASPB?

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Feralfrank wrote on Sun, 04 September 2011 13:03

At a guess Frank is between 14 - 14.1hh though haven't had him officially measured yet. He looks pretty tiny in the photo as there really isn't much of him - looks more like a small TB than a NF. Yes, still very green but is very smart and is loving the jumping Sadly far too agile and athletic for an old girl like me.

I have a nf who is loving the jumping too, with another rider. Sadly, I am also finding him too quick on his feet and far too agile for me as I don't bounce well any more (another old girl). I will have to give him more time but I somehow doubt that he is really the pony for me. Oh well, I can always just show him in the led classes again.

[Updated on: Wed, 07 September 2011 18:13]

Well, I have been enjoying the fruits of my breeding program

A couple of weeks ago, on a whim on one of those nice days we had, I pulled little Polly out of the paddock and gave her a lungeing lesson.

She picked it up so easily, that over a couple of weeks we progressed to this...




She is only about 13.1hh, and will turn 3yo on October 13. But she is a little treasure. She is second generation Elcarim breeding and has a mix of many of the NF lines that I admire. While an extra couple of inches in height might have been nice, she was the first foal from the mare, and her yearling brother is going to be over 14hh. He has been sold and starts the journey to his new home next weekend.

Their mother is back out running with Diego, so hopefully next season there will be another full sibling.

This season I am waiting for two foals, one by Diego out of my TB mare, and dear old Starbelle is cooking up foal number eight, this time by Arnwood Fionnbharr. Mid October looks like when things will start happening.

I've got a partbred mare coming to live with me soon, who I will ride until my 3yo gelding Zev is finished cooking and ready to ride. These taller boys just seem to take forever! I keep looking at his foal photos to remind me of what a beauty he was as a baby and hope that he will be that nice again when he is finally mature.

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[Updated on: Sun, 11 September 2011 21:16]

River Valley Singing the Blues today with Tillie very pleased with him ,his journey is now beginning.

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And another one,cos I couldnt make first one small enough

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