Wednesday 18 November 2009
Percy is doing well
Percy is now 2 1/2 years and doing well. He is about 15.2 now, though I have not measured him so a rough guess! He is looking good and his feet are really looking healthy so the Farriers Formula has paid off. He has been good for the farrier on the last three occasions so I hope he keeps it up. I have my friend Kirsty helping me with him next visit as I am heavily pregnant, so I do hope he is good for her!
We haven't had any outings this summer as Bev's lorry has been off the road and I have been pregnant. So at the grand age of three he will have only been off the farm to go to the vets. This will make life interesting...
I hope to break him in this summer and do some light hacking and some lessons with him. I don't want to do too much in his third year as he still has some growing to do. I will see how he gets on. Fortunately he has a fantastic temperament and despite being pretty much left in the field this summer he still has good manners and leads/trots up well. He is unfazed by all manner of farming equipment and will walk happily away from his friends and down the road, allowing traffic to pass him. This I am very pleased with as there are plenty of adult horses out there who don't behave as well! He has definitely inherited his dams good temperament. Thank you Lady P...
Penny (Percy's dam) is sadly for sale at Llangaller Farm. Over the summer she won several Broodmare Classes in the west country and did herself proud. Here is a bit about her performance:
Devon Show 2009: "A new member of the team is the broodmare Colombecille Penny. Purchased in the spring of'08, she is by Paris Lights and has Evented at Intermediate level. Not bought top be a show horse she has blossomed into the most beautiful Riding Horse Broodmare. She was 2nd as was her filly foal by Catherston Dazzler." Charles Upham
Royal Cornwall Show 2009: "Penny excelled herself by winning the Riding Horse Broodmare class and the Overall Riding Horse Breeding Championship. Her foal duly won her class too." Charles Upham
Dunster 2009: "Penny {Columbecille Penny} donned her coloured browband again and won her Riding Horse mare class" Charles Upham
Okehampton 2009: "The day after Exford is Okehampton. This time Colombecille Penny changed her browband to become a hunter mare. She is a very difficult mare to place in a show class because she is a quality hunter mare but at 16hh looks tiny in an open class but she does have enough quality to be a Riding Horse, she was Riding Horse Champion at Royal Cornwall. Anyway she won her class. She is such a pleasure to show as her schooling as an Eventer {she is Intermediate} makes her so balanced although she was taught to stand four square in her dressage and she can't quite get her head around standing with her hind leg slightly back. Bless.
To my absolute delight Penny was pulled Supreme. I just love this mare. She has bloomed into the most beautiful horse. I love her breeding, by Paris Lights, I love her way of going, I love her performance record. Her flaw is she's female, ginger and so not the most patient but hey! A County Champion and now a Supreme." Charles Upham - Llangaller Farm, Devon.
It is such a shame that Penny is being sold, she had a fantastic home at Llangaller. I managed to visit her and Charles showed me around the place. He has a lovely manner with the horses and Penny was evidently very happy. She had a beautiful filly at foot, which my friend Angela seriously considered buying. The practicalities of having a foal and no horse to ride in the meanwhile meant that she reluctantly decided not to. Charles also took me to see the stallions where I met an old acquaintance, Prince of Darkness, who I knew during my time at Louella Stud. He was considerably more chilled out than I remember him, though it is fair to say that several years have passed since then (like 12!). He once again had a good relationship with Charles and looked fantastic.
I do hope that somebody buying Penny from Charles would be a serious person who would look after her well. Her price tag suggests that it would be a purchase for somebody discerning. If we could keep tabs on how she is that would also be good. Meanwhile I will buy a lottery ticket on Saturday, I would just love to have the lovely girl back!!!
To the right is a recent picture of Percy out in the paddock.
We haven't had any outings this summer as Bev's lorry has been off the road and I have been pregnant. So at the grand age of three he will have only been off the farm to go to the vets. This will make life interesting...
I hope to break him in this summer and do some light hacking and some lessons with him. I don't want to do too much in his third year as he still has some growing to do. I will see how he gets on. Fortunately he has a fantastic temperament and despite being pretty much left in the field this summer he still has good manners and leads/trots up well. He is unfazed by all manner of farming equipment and will walk happily away from his friends and down the road, allowing traffic to pass him. This I am very pleased with as there are plenty of adult horses out there who don't behave as well! He has definitely inherited his dams good temperament. Thank you Lady P...
Penny (Percy's dam) is sadly for sale at Llangaller Farm. Over the summer she won several Broodmare Classes in the west country and did herself proud. Here is a bit about her performance:
Devon Show 2009: "A new member of the team is the broodmare Colombecille Penny. Purchased in the spring of'08, she is by Paris Lights and has Evented at Intermediate level. Not bought top be a show horse she has blossomed into the most beautiful Riding Horse Broodmare. She was 2nd as was her filly foal by Catherston Dazzler." Charles Upham
Royal Cornwall Show 2009: "Penny excelled herself by winning the Riding Horse Broodmare class and the Overall Riding Horse Breeding Championship. Her foal duly won her class too." Charles Upham
Dunster 2009: "Penny {Columbecille Penny} donned her coloured browband again and won her Riding Horse mare class" Charles Upham
Okehampton 2009: "The day after Exford is Okehampton. This time Colombecille Penny changed her browband to become a hunter mare. She is a very difficult mare to place in a show class because she is a quality hunter mare but at 16hh looks tiny in an open class but she does have enough quality to be a Riding Horse, she was Riding Horse Champion at Royal Cornwall. Anyway she won her class. She is such a pleasure to show as her schooling as an Eventer {she is Intermediate} makes her so balanced although she was taught to stand four square in her dressage and she can't quite get her head around standing with her hind leg slightly back. Bless.
To my absolute delight Penny was pulled Supreme. I just love this mare. She has bloomed into the most beautiful horse. I love her breeding, by Paris Lights, I love her way of going, I love her performance record. Her flaw is she's female, ginger and so not the most patient but hey! A County Champion and now a Supreme." Charles Upham - Llangaller Farm, Devon.
It is such a shame that Penny is being sold, she had a fantastic home at Llangaller. I managed to visit her and Charles showed me around the place. He has a lovely manner with the horses and Penny was evidently very happy. She had a beautiful filly at foot, which my friend Angela seriously considered buying. The practicalities of having a foal and no horse to ride in the meanwhile meant that she reluctantly decided not to. Charles also took me to see the stallions where I met an old acquaintance, Prince of Darkness, who I knew during my time at Louella Stud. He was considerably more chilled out than I remember him, though it is fair to say that several years have passed since then (like 12!). He once again had a good relationship with Charles and looked fantastic.
I do hope that somebody buying Penny from Charles would be a serious person who would look after her well. Her price tag suggests that it would be a purchase for somebody discerning. If we could keep tabs on how she is that would also be good. Meanwhile I will buy a lottery ticket on Saturday, I would just love to have the lovely girl back!!!
To the right is a recent picture of Percy out in the paddock.
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