Dales Pony Conservancy North America

08/01/2025

Don't forget DPCNA members' meeting January 12th on ZOOM. Not too late to jump on by renewing membership or joining!

DPCNA is a resource for owners and enthusiasts of the Dales Pony. Come meet this critically endangered breed and help with their conservation.

31/12/2024

Active members of DPCNA for the calendar year 2024 -- check your email for an invitation to our January virtual member meeting. We look forward to catching up with you! RSVP to [email protected] no later than end of day 1/5/25 to receive a zoom link for the meeting, which will take place from 2pm-3pm EST on January 12. We hope to see you there, it's sure to be a good session!

Photo Courtesy of Malhamdales

31/12/2024

With the close of the year, we wanted to give a tally of the Dales pony foals born in North America. A total of 10 foals have been registered with DPS: 8 Purebred (6 c**ts, 2 fillies) and 2 partbred (1 c**t, 1 filly).

Blackshadow Calypso - Partbred filly
Blackshadow Deja Vu - Purebred c**t
Blackshadow Kore - Partbred c**t
Blackshadow Lunar Eclipse - Purebred c**t
Blackshadow Starstruck - Purebred c**t
Downeastdales Sea Salt - Purebred filly
Huckleberry - Purebred c**t
Amberstead Rousing Ruse - Purebred filly
Supersonic Firefly - Purebred Filly
Supersonic First Edition - Purebred C**t

If you have an unregistered Dales pony born in 2024 (or before), please make sure to get your registration paperwork into the The Dales Pony Society. If you need the DPS registration paperwork, please reach out. We have DPCNA board members that can assist you through the process and instructions on our website.

Keeping track of ponies, pedigree, progeny and current owners with a single international mother registry (Dales Pony Society UK). Breed registration forms.

30/12/2024

Does anyone have any regional events that they would like to share on the DPCNA website? Example: Horse expos that you are attending, special presentations, etc.

You can also message Jennifer Mims, the DPCNA website manager.

12/12/2024

DPCNA will be participating in the Midwest Horse Fair in 2025. Don’t miss it!

Message us if you would like to help with this event.

30/11/2024

Are you looking for the perfect Dales pony? There are several full-bred Dales and one part-bred Dales listed on the DPCNA website.
NOTE: If you are looking for a Dales pony, please ensure that they are registered with the Dales Pony Society in the United Kingdom. This is the official registry for the Dales pony. All ponies should have a red passport book for purebreds and a brown passport book for partbreds, for an example, see photos below.
https://dpcna.com/dales-ponies-for-sale

30/11/2024

Today is the deadline for DPS foal registration and stallion service slip returns. If you have missed the deadline to send in registration for your 2024 foals, be prepared to submit late fees and possibly DNA testing. If you need help with foal registration, more information is available on our website:

Keeping track of ponies, pedigree, progeny and current owners with a single international mother registry (Dales Pony Society UK). Breed registration forms.

03/11/2024

We have compiled a short video (~12 minutes) of the DPCNA Coast to Coast Virtual Show 2024 videos that have been made public. If you haven't had a chance to watch each video, this will let you watch highlights from classes 1 - 6. We hope you enjoy the videos. Also check out each of the M&M Talent class (Class 7) videos. Those ponies really show what it is to be a great all-rounder.

DPCNA Coast to Coast Virtual Show select participants for traditional show classes, 1-6. Please also check out our mountain and moorland talent class (Class ...

22/10/2024

The 2024 DPCNA Coast to Coast Virtual show has come to a close. Thank you to all participants for supporting the North American Dales pony community.

Thank you Judge, Charlie Parker of Roandale Stud. Your thoughtful review of the videos and feedback will make us all better Dales pony owners.

Results are listed as place, entrant number and pony name.

Champion & Best Gelding - Floridadales Pemberton's Envoy
Reserve Champion & Best Mare - Raspotnik Mari

Class 1A: Mare In-Hand 3 and Over
1st 115 Earnwell Kassidy
2nd 114 Earnwell Kenna
3rd 109 Fiddlehead Forest Petals
4th 113 Blackshadow The Scarlett Witch
5th 121 Cascadiadales Chanterelle

Class 1B: Gelding In-Hand 3 and Over
1st 115 Shilohtraditions Fantastix
2nd 114 Floridadales Pemberton's Envoy
3rd 109 Poedarosa Black Magic
4th 113 Tam Lin
5th 121 Davidsons Black Talisman

Class 1C: Stallion In-Hand 3 and Over
1st 129 Blackshadow Apparition

Class 2: Youngstock in-hand under 3
1st & Dakotadales Quicksilver Memorial Youngstock Champion - 116 Floridadales Moonlight Sonata
2nd 117 Floridadales Crowned in Laurels
3rd 118 Our Yorkshire Rose
4th 120 Downeastdales King of the North

Class 3: Foal with Mare In-Hand
1st 110 Lagniappe Britannia with Shilohtraditions Artful Dodger
2nd 123 Hett Sansa with Brookshire Regulus

Class 4: Ridden Walk, nTrot
1st 105 Realta Eireabaill
2nd 126 Tam Lin
3rd 101 Davidsons Black Talisman
4th 104 Raspotnik Arabella
5th 102 Raspotnik Duchess

Class 5: Ridden Walk, Trot, Canter
1st 119 Raspotnik Mari
2nd 106 Poedarosa Black Magic
3rd 110 Lagniappe Britannia

Class 6: Driving
1st 125 Floridadales Pemberton's Envoy
2nd 129 Blackshadow Apparition

Class 7: M&M Talent (the Great All-Rounder)
1st 127 Brymstone's Bonny John
2nd 128 Roandale Ragged Robin
3rd 105 Realta Eireabaill
4th 106 Poedarosa Black Magical

11/10/2024

Attention Dales ponies fans! There are 6 Dales ponies listed available on our website (4 weanling c**ts and 2 geldings). Visit our website for more information on these lovely ponies and make one of them your next heart horse.

Dales Ponies for sale USA

30/09/2024

Attention all with Dales ponies that need to be registered: registration paperwork for your 2024 foals is due at DPS by November 30, 2024.

You can find more details on the Dales Pony Society (DPS) and Dales Pony Conservancy North America (DPCNA) websites:

DPCNA: your resource for all things Dales pony in North America including help with registration
https://dpcna.com/dps-registration-help

DPS: The official registry for Dales ponies (located in the UK)
https://www.dalespony.org/registrationoffoals/

We are looking forward to seeing those passports coming back from DPS in a few months.

01/09/2024

Announcing Dales pony Safe Harbor. Safe Harbor is a network of Dales Pony enthusiasts located throughout North America, working together to help Dales Ponies and their people in times of need, with the goal of no more Dales Pony lost to the parent Registry (Dales Pony Society in the UK).

Safe Harbor is a network of Dales Pony enthusiasts located throughout North America, working together to help Dales Ponies and their people in times of need, with the goal of no more Dales Pony lost to the parent Registry (Dales Pony Society in the UK).  

12/08/2024

You can order Dales Pony gear, here: https://dpcna.com/non-member-merchandise

28/07/2024

The Dales Pony Conservancy of North America is excited to announce the receipt of a donation given in honor of Debbie Hamilton, a long-time pioneer in importing, breeding and promoting the Dales Pony in the US.
This gift has been given to enable DPCNA to import frozen Dales Pony stallion semen from the UK that will then be distributed to owners of Dales Pony mares in North America for artificial insemination in order to diversify the bloodlines of this critically endangered breed here.
As we finalize the next steps to make this initiative a reality, DPCNA will continue to focus on doing all that we can to build upon Debbie Hamilton’s legacy. We anticipate that details on the distribution process will be shared with our DPCNA community after October 1, 2024.
We are so honored by the trust that has been placed in DPCNA to ensure that Debbie’s legacy lives on. Not only will this gift ensure that DPCNA can have a significant impact on improving the genetic diversity of Dales Ponies in the US, but we are also certain that this initiative would have pleased Debbie and all those who knew her and worked with her to promote and preserve the Dales Pony in the US. We know that the news of this wonderful gift will be received with the deepest gratitude by the Dales Pony community both here and in the UK.

23/07/2024

Some great info from Stud

Have you ever wondered where the term Mountain & Moorland comes from?

The term referes to the mountains and the moors of the British Isles. Each of the pony breeds having its own unique characteristics to survive the particular terrain, conditions and task it was bred for.

It was only man that encouraged their wider spread as humans traveled greater distances across the lands and seas.

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17/07/2024

Where entire breeds can go off track is when some one feature becomes so popular that breeders get so focused on that single piece to the neglect of the real deal basics such as soundness, temperament and general athletic ability.

Examples might include the way some Arabian breeders focus on a distorted looking dish face, some Quarter Horse breeders on extreme musculature, some race horse breeders on intense early speed, some Morgan breeders on a high knee action trot, some color breeders on specific color, any one piece of the whole that leaves other more important features neglected when decisions are being made about which stallions to breed to which mares.

Why does this happen? Probably because of ignorance about overall horsemanship that fails to take into account that horses should be sound, sane and athletic if they are to be useful to the average rider or driver.

But fads have a life of their own. One breeder produces it, some judge rewards it, and before you know it the aberration has become so popular that that’s where the money goes, and we all know the saying, “Follow the money.”

And once that starts it can so easily become a runaway train, and another breed is in trouble. And it started with some fad made popular through ignorance of basic horsemanship.