Newfoundland Pony Conservancy Center

04/07/2025

BLOG - Less is More, Handling the Newfoundland Pony, https://www.newfoundlandponies.org/npcc-blog/less-is-more-handling-the-newfoundland-pony

01/07/2025

Born on Canada Day, 7/1/2020, our Winsome’s Lucky Clover is 5 today, living in Canada with her dam. She’s all grown up now, a beauty, and with any luck is bred. This is her first breeding and to a stallion who is not only gorgeous, carrying nice lines, he also has special meaning to us.

To our Canadian friends - Happy Canada Day!
And a Happy Birthday to Clover!

12/06/2025

Our two beautiful mares, Winsome Dream (L) and Winsome’s Lucky Clover, (R) are settled in and very happy in Canada. Now it’s time for the mares to meet the stallions we have picked out for them - handsome purebred Nfld pony stallions who do not carry overused lines and who are not related to our mares, who also do not carry overused lines.

It is important to expand the lesser used foundation lines, avoid inbreeding, and to be conscious of keeping the gene pool diverse.

We will keep you posted.

06/06/2025

This is not a request for donations. However we were alerted by law enforcement about a possible donation scam that they discovered.

To clarify how you may safely donate to our 501c3 non-profit, our website is where you will find the official ways:
https://www.newfoundlandponies.org/donate.html

If you have donated money supposedly to us via phone or TikTok we want to hear from you. We do not have agents soliciting donations via the phone nor do we use TicTok.

Email: [email protected] to let us know if you donated via phone or TikTok.

Thank you.

The Newfoundland Pony Conservancy runs almost entirely off of donations from people like you. Our board and staff are unpaid volunteers who give freely of their time to help the pony. Please know...

31/05/2025

Our Nfld stallion Lucky Ace is standing at New England Breeder’s Service. If you’ve never spent time with a Newfoundland Pony, you don’t know what you’re missing. Still a landrace, how about adding sanity, brains, talent, willingness, strength and excellent health to your ponies/horses along with healthy 400 year old genetics of its M & M ancestors. Those ancestral foundation breeds had their genetics “improved” after registries were founded a few hundred year later, and are not the same as they were. The NP (Newfoundland Pony) has never been improved. They are like horses used to be…and breeds like this are just not out there anymore.
Ace has sired two purebred mares, one of which is currently in Canada on breeding lease. She is stunning. and what a mover. Very nice driving trot.
As healthy and diverse as its genetics are, the NP sure puts its mark on crosses, all good traits. These ponies think first, they don’t react.
Do yourself a favor and breed to a unique gem.
Contact New England Breeders Service today.

Stallion ads are starting to be rolled out for 2025!
Here’s Newfoundland Pony Conservancy Center ‘s Osceola’s Lucky Ace.

Osceola's Lucky Ace carries none of the more common Newfoundland Pony bloodlines. He is smart. Willing. Sweet. Athletic. He can jump 4 ft like its nothing. Also, in this breed, the stallions tend to be docile. Ace produced two gorgeous foals, sizable mares. While waiting for the rare opportunity to breed to purebred Newfoundland Mares, using the stallions for crossbreeding helps put healthier, saner equines out there. This helps the species, over all. With crosses, this genetically strong breed tends to dominate the cross, putting their stamp of good nature, sanity and athletic ability into the progeny. Since Newfoundland crosses do not save the breed, owners are not obligated to breed.

10/05/2025

USA NEWFOUNDLAND PONY MARES MOVE TO CANADA!

The Newfoundland Pony Conservancy's mission is to provide safe haven for critically endangered Newfoundland Ponies, to save the breed through careful breeding; and to educate the public to the plight of these creatures.

As part of our yearly planning, NPCC representatives assessed the current state of affairs in both countries, as well as the need for Newfoundland Pony Breeders to expand the lesser used blood lines, and avoiding inbreeding.

The breed currently has no genetic health issues but it is vital to maintain this and preserve genetic diversity.

Following these discussions, we have sent important purebred registered mares born in the USA to an established Newfoundland Pony farm in Canada as part of a multi-breeder international cooperative breeding program. This is the first time mares have been exported to Canada as a deliberate breeding strategy. A stallion was sent to Newfoundland some years ago by the USA's first ever Newfoundland Pony Breeder, Cindy Mehaney of Fiddler's Green Stable, Michigan. Cindy got us started, back in 2010 and we are forever grateful for her mentorship.

Having worked cooperatively with Canada over the years; we know these mare's bloodlines are ones that Canada can use.
On the USA side of things, with only 60 ponies here, access to suitable stallions is extremely limited. What few intact stallions are in the USA are almost all close relatives, or carry common bloodlines that are appearing more and more in foals.

This is a relic, Landrace breed, a rare mix of a large variety of ancestral, working mountain and moorland ponies, interbreeding on the island of Newfoundland over 400 years. We need to preserve the breed's diversity of TYPE as influenced by the particular ancestral breeds that interbred in the various regions of the vast island while conserving the unique inner traits that distinguish the breed.

Every Newfoundland pony owner is a breed steward in some sense. In an ideal world, Newfoundland Ponies would only go to people who will breed them. Owning any critically endangered breed is a responsibility and not without its challenges. With such a small total population, every pony's genetic package is important for the future.

Breeding choices matter 100%! There is one bloodline that appears in the majority of this breed, a stunning foundation stallion who sure puts his stamp on the foals, but overused. Losing other bloodlines is worrisome. However logistics, with ponies living all across the vastness of North America, make it very difficult to connect the right mare and stallion.

So what about AI/semen collection alternatives? The process is expensive, complicated over the border, and the efficacy is limited.

That said, the mares are now on lease to P & P Pastures LTD. With their help and that of other breeders in Canada, we have selected some amazing stallions for the ladies, without the most common lines, but carrying bloodlines either we do not have or are very limited in the USA. These foals will make a difference in expanding the underused lines, and aid in keeping the breed healthy and diverse in both countries. P & P Pastures will own half of the foals born, and we will own half.

Our mission encompasses the welfare of the individual ponies and the welfare of the breed. That's how we work...that's how we "pony on". And that's why we did this.

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25/03/2025

These ponies are so special….

16/03/2025

Osceola’s Lucky Ace, purebred 12.3hh Newfoundland Pony stallion strutting his stuff at New England Breeder’s Service, in MA. He has beautiful movement, very good manners, and makes gorgeous foals.
Ace is a good boy and really loves children. He is very smart and is currently being trained to drive.
Ace is available for both purebred and crossbred breedings. No live cover.
Contact NEBS to make arrangements.

11/03/2025

11/03/2025

26/02/2025

Two handsome NP stallions. Half brothers Sam (6 years old, proven) and Leo (5 years old). It is hard to photograph these two, their features disappear but can you see a twinkle glimmering in their eyes? Look closely. BTW these boys are intact and will remain intact. They grew up together. We have never gelded a Newfoundland pony and never will.