Three young ladies off to find their friends.
Brae 🤍, Missy 🩶 and Corra 🧡 have spent the summer in the home fields with the yearlings and mares with foals. Now Glen is back at home they've rejoined the rest of the adults.
They were very pleased to see them 🐎
🦄 Heald Town Bonny Brae, Heald Town Bonny Mischeif and Heald Town Corrachag Cagail
#highlandponies #mares #Highlands #nativeponies #trot #peakdistrictnationalpark
After Glen left his girls on Saturday he came home to the yard, had a bucket of his favourite Simple System Horse Feeds with some hay, and then he was reunited with his best buddy - 4 year old stallion, Dougie.
We always feel blessed to be able to turn our boys out together. There's always a few moments of 'rough and tumble' (they do this daily) before it's heads down to eat.
Watching them play also serves as a good reminder of just how kind and respectful these boys are when they're being handled. We are certainly very lucky to have them.
🦄 Glenmuick of Coynach (Stone Roses Na Dailach x Morven of Coynach) and Balmoral MacDougall (Sunny of Runivraid x Balmoral Lossie)
#highlandponies #stallionstogether #stallion #highlandpony #highlandponysociety #bestboys #Dougie #glen
So this happened this weekend... After 10 years out of the saddle, Heald Town Herd Leader, Carolyn, is back on board! 🥳
It's so nice to be able to see mum back in the saddle - on a homebred pony (Birdy) too. Coincidentally, Birdy is 10 years old.
For those that don't know mum, she's the grafter - the one that runs HT day-to-day.
30 years ago, she had an unfortunate accident at the riding school she worked at. The straw hestons fell on top of her, breaking her neck. She spent 6 months in traction - fixed to a hospital bed with months unable to feel her feet. Eventually, some feeling came back, and with much work and determination, she got back to her feet and was released wearing a halo - a metal frame drilled through her skull to keep her neck from moving.
Anyhow, to cut a long story short, she was told she'd never ride again. Anyone who knows mum well knows if you tell her she can't do something, it makes her more determined to do it.
She did indeed ride again, but not only that, she decided to fulfil a dream of breeding Highlands. Her riding pony, Koko, became her first broodmare when she foaled Bonny in 2008, and the rest is history!
Fast forward a wee bit, and mum stopped riding again for a few reasons. Mostly due to time and discomfort. Last year, mum had a much needed hip replacement.
On Saturday, mum said she felt ready to get back in the saddle, so on Sunday - she did it!
I think the video says it all - in the saddle is where she's supposed to be 🤩🥰🥳
🦄 Heald Town Early Bird (Birdy) - Clandon Bertie Wooster x Tower Bluebell Girl
#highlandpony #bigday #birdy #highlands #onboard #throughtheears
Time for Glen to say goodbye to his girls for this year.
He's such a gentleman. There aren't too many stallions that you can single handedly take away from his mares, walk along the country lanes, walk past a herd of mares and youngsters who rushed to the fence line and then past two 'rival' stallions, without batting an eyelid. All in nothing but a headcollar.
So trustworthy and absolutely worth his weight in gold.
#glen #stallion #highlandpony #Highland #healdtownstud #hometime
This boy is wise beyond his years - we could spend all day sitting in Mr MacDougall's company 🫶
🦄 Balmoral MacDougall
#Dougie #gentleboy #stallion #highlandpony
Playtime for baby stallion, Dougie, in slow-mo 🤩
📽 Balmoral MacDougall (Sunny of Runivraid x Balmoral Lossie)
#Dougie #stallion #playtime #highlandpony #highlandstallion
Incoming and expecting cuddles!
Ps. This is from last weekend. This week we have rain, rain and more rain. Ugh.
🦄 Heald Town Duchess (Ghamjon Ernie x Gissings Lilly of Lorne)
#duchess #ponycuddles #highlandpony #poniesofinstagram #Highland #raw_horses #rbstrarebreeds
Beautiful BB
🦄 Tower Bluebell Girl (Ulleam of Croila x Tower Lucky Charm)
#grazing #highlandpony #poniesofinstagram #Highlands #peakdistrictnationalpark
***Ifor Williams 505 available - £2500***
Filmed immediately after use, will be cleaned inside and out before going to a new home. Can be viewed / collected from Alderley Edge, Cheshire, SK9.
▪️Can take up to two 17hh horses
▪️Aluminium floor with rubber matting
▪️Electrics re-done with previous owner (who is known to us)
▪️ Ramps and door in good working order
▪️ Would benefit from a new jockey wheel (£50 to £60 online), although can be used as it is
▪️Dent to the front as can be seen in the video
▪️Used as recently as 3 weeks ago
▪️ A fantastic, reliable older trailer
#trailerforsale #ifor505
Our lovely yearling, Wren, left for pastures new on Sunday.
She's settling in well and has already made (much bigger) friends with her new buddy, Duke.
We are absolutely thrilled with Wren's new home where we know she will be treasured for many years to come.
Wishing Erica and Mark the most wonderful time with our gorgeous, laid back little lady. We can't wait to follow your adventures 💕
#Wren #newhome #flownthenest #healdtownstud #highlandpony #yearling
Sisters 💕
🦄 Sherrifmuir Rhana (Rum of Fourmerk x Brungrange Mayflower) & Sherrifmuir Ruardh (Rum of Fourmerk x Cross Park April Magic)
#Highlands #sisters #naturalhorses #respecfulequinephotography #poniesofinstagram #highlandponies
That face 😂
Clearly you can't beat a good scratch!
#foalsofinstagram #highlandpony #coltfoal #scratches #funnyface #funnypony
One day she'll be tall enough to brush Glen's mane without the help of the garden wall 🙈
This boy is a true family pony and quite possibly the softest stallion around.
🦄 Glenmuick of Coynach
#stallion #healdtownstud #highlandpony #highlandstallion #gentle #pony
It's been a hot few days - especially for us hill folk who have been known to see snow in May!
Fortunately our ponies are far better at adapting to weather changes than we humans.
Even young Merida knows how to keep cool (and fly free). Just look at that swish 💕🍑
#swish #merida #healdtownstud #simplesystem #highlandponysociety #Highland #filly #highlandpony #foal #foalsof2024
