Danwood Stud

15/06/2024

🌻 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙎𝙠𝙮𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙠 🌻

Skylark flew the nest today to go to her wonderful new family. Wishing her new owners the best of luck with her 🍀

We do still have a few youngsters available. PM us if you think we may have what you’re looking for!

11/06/2024

Robbie is still 👀 for a new person!
⛔️ NOW S0LD ⛔️
4 years, 12.3 approx with some more growing to do
Would make a perfect summer project, for someone who has the time to give him! He’s a really sweet boy 🩶

Low 4 figs

09/06/2024

💛💜 bound 🥳🥂💛💜

Llewellyn pinging his way to winning the HOYS C class at Derbyshire Festival today, his first show of 2024 🙌🏼

Love being back out on him 🥰

29/05/2024

Trying to get foal pics like.. 😅🥰🤣

22/05/2024

🦁Danwood Lion King 🦁

2 week old C c**t foal

Rhoswen Innuendo x Rivervalley Lou Lou

Half brother to D.Llewellyn

14/05/2024

Pleased to say she has found exactly the home we were wanting for her and so pleased she will continue to breed lovely foals for someone 🥰

09/05/2024

This little lady wrapping up foaling for us this year 🩷

Filly by Thistledown Iceman x Danwood Scarlett (Lacy Delman)

So pleased to have 3 c**ts & 3 fillies all arriving safe and sound 🙏🏻

08/05/2024

An advert I have been putting off writing 🏡👀
Fieldcote Bashhyk 10 year old welsh A mare
Approx 11.2

Not an easy decision but we have to be careful with how many we are breeding and due to keeping homebred mares she is currently wasted and deserves to be producing lovely foals for someone.
Has bred us 2 lovely foals, is a good mum and lives on fresh air!
She can really operate too so would equally make a fab inhand pony although I have never shown her simply due to lack of time.
Has lovely old bloodlines
Happy to cover her with one of our boys for new buyer.

Please no timewasters this is a really tough decision and she deserves a wonderful home ⭐️
Low 4 figures

29/04/2024

Amesbury Lucy Locket & her c**t foal born on Saturday, by Idyllic Idris (Pendock Legend)

Thrilled with him 🥰

29/04/2024

Thistledown Corn Bunting & her 1 week old filly foal by Hilin Pilgrim 💛

17/04/2024

Worrying times ☹️

A Statement from the WPCS.

Dear members, breeders, and enthusiasts of Welsh Ponies (Section B).

The Rare Breeds Survival Trust approached The Welsh Pony & Cob Society last year as part of their Native Equine Conservation Project looking into the populations of all Native U.K. breeds. In collaboration, the Society office provided the Trust with registration data for all of the Welsh sections as part of the project and subsequently, the RBST calculations that the Society has been waiting for have identified concerns over the population of Welsh Ponies (Section B) that has led to the Trust taking appropriate action. As a result, the Welsh Pony (Section B) has now been placed on the ‘At Risk’ register of the RBST Watchlist for 2024.

This marker on the ‘At Risk’ section of the Watchlist will see the Section B Welsh Pony breed sitting alongside the likes of the Clydesdale & Shires draught Horses and Fell & Dartmoor ponies in order of conservation priority. This is the first time one of the Welsh breeds has been classified as ‘At Risk’ since the Welsh Mountain ‘Hill Pony’ was so designated 25 years ago following the research submitted by Mrs Elizabeth French reporting on populations of wild and semi-feral ponies kept on hill/common habitats throughout Wales and the Border Counties.

The Welsh Section B breed has, unfortunately, seen a consistent level of decline from 2009 to 2023 and has now dropped to under 400 breeding mares, less than half the number seen in 2009. The EPS (Effective Population Size) reflects this decline which has been reduced to 413 from the 1,061 seen in 2009.

Despite all sections of the Welsh Studbook having seen a decline in the same period, none have seen quite such a marked decline as the Section B’s, which is a worrying trend. For now, the other sections of the Studbook that maintain at a healthier and more populated status, will remain amongst the ‘other native breeds not at risk’ on the RBST watchlist.

This is a difficult time for us all, not least as owning and breeding ponies becomes a more and more expensive hobby, but we must not lose sight of the importance of preserving our beloved Welsh Ponies, Cobs and Part-Breds. One of the primary objectives of our Breed Society is to encourage the breeding and improvement of the Welsh Breeds, and equally importantly to educate and promote the welfare of horses and ponies, and we will find a way forward to ensure all Welsh breeds continue and thrive.

Having only just received this information, the Society will be using the RBST’s findings to positive effect and have already entered into discussions following this report. The Trustees and Office will be working together to undertake further research, based on the data supplied by the RBST and look at some suggestions. The Society has been awaiting this report and its subsequent findings which will trigger a reconsideration of some recent show decisions. Urgent and priority review must also be given to encourage and support breeding programmes and to ensure that we encourage exhibitors of Welsh Section B’s continue to come forward to our affiliated events to showcase their stock. This will require some thoughtful and careful consideration moving forward and we will feed back to Members, Breeders, and Exhibitors in due course.

On behalf of the Society, I would like to thank the RBST for their valuable work. The Society recognises the importance of working with the Trust to ensure the perpetuity of our beloved Welsh breeds. The Society is keen to consult with its members, breeders, and exhibitors on this matter and welcomes any thoughts and suggestions.

More information will be available on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust website (www.rbst.org.uk).

Ed Gummery, Chair of WPCS Council.

15/04/2024

👀 🆕 🏠

4 year old section B gelding, approx 12.3hh

Robbie is offered as a true blank canvas. He was shown inhand as a yearling and since then has ran out with other c**ts, until recently coming in to be castrated. Unfortunately due to my commitments to breaking & Schooling liveries I havnt had the time to start his education, he deserves to find someone who has the time to give him! He is a really sweet natured boy, can be nervous in new situations but once he knows he’s ok he is fine. there is no nastiness in him. He loves standing & being groomed and just generally having time spent with him! did have mild sweet itch as a youngster but this has got better with age and this year we have given him the Sweet itch vaccine. His price reflects this.
I don’t have the time to send endless videos so if you like the look of him please come and have a look, would love to find him the lovely home he deserves.

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14/04/2024

🌸 Danwood Sienna 🌸

Our first 2024 foal, 5 days old

Thistledown Iceman x Brackenrigg Swci (Sunwillow Zermatt)

08/04/2024

Now the green bible has arrived, A huge Thankyou to Lucinda Kathryn Dargavel for creating our WPCS 2024 journal advert especially as such short notice ⭐️

Also a lovely to surprise to see Waxwing Arco standing 3rd in the overall Section B sire ratings, grateful to everyone who is out there showing his stock

02/04/2024

Bit late out of the blocks this year but first show of 2024 done ✔️

Rivervalley Rolex having a play with the big boys in his first ever RI class at NCPA Eastern Spectacular

Lovely to be back out and see lots of friendly faces and bonus it didn’t rain 💪🏼

16/03/2024

Danwood Braveheart is now sold thanks to all who enquired.

Looking forward to following his adventures! 🌟

15/03/2024

Amesbury Lucy Lockett watching the Foaling Cam go up.. 📹
A nice sign after the longest winter ever 🫣🤞🏼

Lucy is in foal to Idyllic Idris (Pendock Legend)

10/03/2024

Lovely night at the The Welsh Pony and Cob Society awards dinner last night, and very proud to have picked up the Parc Trophy for Llewellyn gaining Best of Breed at LIHS in December ✨

Thankyou WPCS for a lovely evening 🥰

04/03/2024

One of our past breaking graduates and also by one of our senior stallions, Thistledown Lakewood 💗

New Faces

03/03/2024

Danwood Supernova & his rider Olivia up front on their first day with the hunt 😍

Not just a HOYS finalist but an all round superstar ⭐️

27/02/2024

Danwood Braveheart
Section B c**t 3 this time

No prizes for guessing who the daddy is ..😂

26/02/2024

Monday morning cuteness overload… 😍

Danwood Dynamo and his little jockey Edith 🥰

13/02/2024

When all you want is a nice video of a breaker learning to trot to send to his owner but the cat has other ideas 🤦🏼‍♀️

12/02/2024

Kerys has been an important part of our team here for 2 years now and we can 100% recommend her 💯 👏🏼

12/02/2024

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