Mopes Stud

01/03/2025

Happy St. David’s Day from us all at Mopes Stud

28/02/2025

Yep!

13/02/2025

Is it spring yet?
So fed up of the mud ! Mares are all doing well, Bessie has scanned not in foal so we may break her to ride. Filly’s are in at night now and the young lads are out and doing well with their donkey pals, I visited them today for worming and Jerry had to pull a face , such a comedian that c**t .
Distraction is coming on under saddle , Lynard Sylvester has been broken to drive and we were lucky to purchase his 3/4 brother just before Xmas as a future pony for Lily .

27/01/2025

This is the temperament we breed for , Spidey having his first bath in his new home . What a good boy .

14/01/2025

Patent has now been issued in the UK

EquiSeq announced today that a group of twenty countries in Europe have issued a patent on EquiSeq's DNA test for three genetic variants that predispose to muscle disease. The tests are part of EquiSeq's current DNA panel. Test results allow horse owners to better manage affected horses, and can be used to improve a breeding program to reduce the incidence of muscle disease.

Read more: https://www.equiseq.com/news/twenty-european-countries-issue-patent-on-equiseq-dna-tests/

24/12/2024

Merry Christmas from all of us at Mopes Stud🎄

10/12/2024

01/12/2024

30/11/2024

Spidey has left for his new home this morning , loaded with minimal fuss and is travelling like a pro. That has been his attitude to life thus far and it seems to be the theme with Distraction foals.
Hopefully a full sibling due next year.
He has gone to the most fabulous home which is so important to us, and I’m looking forward to seeing him grow up.

21/11/2024

I’ve just realised I haven’t updated this page for a while . We have been plodding on getting ready for winter, all the herd have been wormed and feet done , moved to winter fields and ring feeders filled.
We have sadly decided to geld Distraction as he wasn’t settling as stallion out in the field and although he seemed perfectly happy in a stable environment it’s no life for a horse. We are hoping for a filly by him next year to keep. He is going to go under saddle and will possibly be for sale .
We are lucky to have a two year old c**t who is MIM n/n pssm1 n/n. He is called PrinceHill Jerry and is standing at 14.3 now, bay with four whites and a blaze he has Trehywyd Prince as his grand sire whose blood I love . Our own Dycott Mark of Excellence is by him and is our pony of a lifetime. Jerry will be coming home in spring he is currently out with some ID c**ts over at a friends.
Foals are starting the weaning process ready for their new homes and are leading and picking their feet up.
I’m enjoying watching Moomin , Mopes Mondtanzer flourishing in his new home, and I’m sure you will all agree he is growing up to be a handsome boy.
We have 5 foals due next year including a full brother and a pb out of ID mare. Please pm to declare an interest.

26/09/2024

I hope you all don’t mind me doing this , but I’d appreciate it if you could all give a like and share of this page please . It’s mine and my daughter’s sideline , it helps pay for those unexpected vet bills🙈.

A vintage clothing store for country ladies and horsey girls . We have an outfit for any occasion.

18/09/2024

Checking the mares today on the last of their summer grass. Frances has been scanned in foal which I’m ecstatic about after trying for 12 months. So hopefully that’s 4 Welsh cob and a Welsh cob x ISH pssm1 and MIM n/n foals due next year.
If you wish to register an expression of interest please pm .

15/09/2024

This is the truth

I hear this phrase ALL the time and every time I do my heart breaks for the horse in question.

It is a very big misconception in the industry that pain can be ruled out in the horse.

What leads to this statement can also vary drastically from person to person.

The horse might have had a quick muscle palpation, they might have just been scoped for ulcers, or they might have had a very extensive (and expensive!) veterinary work up over days or months.

Regardless, you cannot rule out pain. You might not be able to find a source, but you cannot rule out pain.

Ask any human who has not received an immediate diagnosis for their pain or not been listened to regarding their own health concerns.

Pain does not have a blood test or a specific color or feel.

Pain can be obvious, it can be concealed, it can be complex, it can be poorly understood.

There are certain things, like gastric ulcers, that can be definitively ruled in or out as a SOURCE of pain with a gastroscopy.

But it is the horse’s behavior that says whether pain is or isn’t present. And unfortunately, very often pain in the horse is not a simple thing to diagnose and cure.

When a trainer, owner, rider, or vet says “we have ruled out pain” it is often an invitation to train the horse with harsher methods to overcome performance or behavioral problems.

If the horse refuses to do something, doesn’t cooperate, struggles with tasks, has a change in behavior, or exhibits behaviors that have been scientifically studied to indicate pain in the horse (such as the equine discomfort ethogram and ridden horse pain ethogram)….ALWAYS keep in mind that just because it can’t be located, DOES NOT mean a horse is not in pain.

12/09/2024

Rosie Foal the other day … I had to pinch myself
that this is the same foal that had to be carried off the lorry !