All your Newfies!

HorseGirl18 said:
really lovely ponies!

TelH, how long did it take you to halterbreak, lead, trust,be caught etc...?
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I also have a dhp x cob he was completely unhandled when I got him straight off Dartmoor. I took it slowly with him but after 1 week he woud take a carrot off me, 2 weeks I could touch him, 3 weeks I could put a headcollar on/off, 4 weeks he was gelded and let out in the field. When it came to catching him I just walked up to him and caught him. Now a year on my youngest has just started to ride him on little walks.

Sprite who had had a headcollar put on by someone before I got him actually took a little longer, so sometimes it's a bonus if they're untouched. Sarah Westons book 'No Fear,No Force' is a great source of help...as is Sarah :D
 
The blaze does seem to be a thundercloud trait! I love them.
Sadly although Stanley is purebred he is on a red passport as he has too much white to be in the main studbook.
But a lovely lad with a willing nature!
 
I have 3, two forest bred, 1 stud bred :) all fab ponies :) all were either wild or almost completely unhandled when we got them- found food is a good one to help, and not letting them walk over you :) it took us 2 years of being nice to our 4yo forester mare before we could catch her, it took pinning her to a wall, and she has been fine since :) photos of them are in my profile :) on phone so can't post pics :)
 
Stanley sounds lovely and looks really sweet even if he is not registered I am sure he will be a great pony, TBH although my pony is registered most of the things i do with him would not make any difference if he was registered or not.

joeanne said:
The blaze does seem to be a thundercloud trait! I love them.
Sadly although Stanley is purebred he is on a red passport as he has too much white to be in the main studbook.
But a lovely lad with a willing nature!
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Get one! Foresters are the best! Straight forward, fun ponies, mine loves ANY type of fuss

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One thing about the ones I know is that they do like their food and tend to be good doers. There are 4 on our yard the other three are unregistered but all of them are greedy and have to watch their waistlines!
 
I have to say I have one and always call him a newfie and its funds more cuddly than a forester. Mine is nearly 4. He's 13.2hh at the wither and 13.3hh behind. He was supposed to make 14hh so still have my fingers crossed. He's stubborn, but fun; calm but forward going. They are quick thinkers and so are good at most things but need to be kept busy. Mine is a very good doer- too good. To the point I almost want a TB so I don't have to be paranoid about grass and lami as much! I've posted photos of him on here before if you look through my previous posts, from over the weekend.
 
all these pics and info is great!

another question though:

when you brought them off the forest as a 4/6month old, which sale had most foals, september or october?

thanks xx
 
thanks for everything so far, did you have other horses and it was company within the field shelter because they're used to being in a herd
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Nope they are the only ones on my dad's land. Each one is more than happy alone (with me) in the field shelter, they must feel very secure in there I guess.

Ditto the food-They come galloping over if they see any sort of bucket-and leave shortly afterwards if they see it's empty! It means you can persuade them to do anything though! :D
 
connie... welshie...shettie...newfie..

I honestly have never known anyone (including newfie owners/show'ers) have issue with the term before and am quite :eek: that it isn't liked!
 
Daughtet had rode a few youngster NF's over the years & they have all been very quick to learn & a real jack of all trades.

She's riding 2 rising 5yr olds at the minute. 1 was bought from the sales 6 months ago & had been broke to ride but mainly driven. He is completely bombproof on the road & is living learning to jump & do gymkhana games!!

The other was brought off the forest & broken at 3yrs. She has just started her BS career & in 3 outings has gone DC every time :D she's a real jumping machine already!!!

I love the breed & think they are so talented xx
 
This is my NF, we got him from Reading Market as a 2yr old & he is now 10yrs old, but he is out on loan as light hack/companion due to stiffle injury & arthritus, but he is a super chap.

When we first got him

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This is him now

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All the later sales will have lots of foals.
The last sale (November) tends to have the late born foals, and the ones that have failed to sell at previous sales.
It pays you well to walk the pens beforehand, and note the ones you are interested in.
Then inspect the ponies in the pens either side. If any show signs of snotty noses, gunky eyes, or generally a pulled down look, discount the pony you are looking at. That pony may end up with what they have a few weeks down the line.
Buy the best you can what the money you can afford to spend (not that any at BR are "expensive"), but better bred ponies tend to fetch more, and sometimes a bit of firece competition will break out when a particularly nicely bred filly comes into the ring!
I only really have ever bought colts. They fetch lower money, and are the ones that have a slighter less certain future, despite some of them being very nice ponies!
 
ester said:
connie... welshie...shettie...newfie..

I honestly have never known anyone (including newfie owners/show'ers) have issue with the term before and am quite :eek: that it isn't liked!
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exactly the same here.ive always heard them as newfies not foresters!
 
joeanne said:
All the later sales will have lots of foals.
The last sale (November) tends to have the late born foals, and the ones that have failed to sell at previous sales.
It pays you well to walk the pens beforehand, and note the ones you are interested in.
Then inspect the ponies in the pens either side. If any show signs of snotty noses, gunky eyes, or generally a pulled down look, discount the pony you are looking at. That pony may end up with what they have a few weeks down the line.
Buy the best you can what the money you can afford to spend (not that any at BR are "expensive"), but better bred ponies tend to fetch more, and sometimes a bit of firece competition will break out when a particularly nicely bred filly comes into the ring!
I only really have ever bought colts. They fetch lower money, and are the ones that have a slighter less certain future, despite some of them being very nice ponies!
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thanks for this. its been really helpful! i wont buy a filly anyway because i dont get on very well with mares!
 
ester said:
connie... welshie...shettie...newfie..

I honestly have never known anyone (including newfie owners/show'ers) have issue with the term before and am quite :eek: that it isn't liked!
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Amongst people who own Foresters (and especially down in the New Forest) "Newfies" is a term that's absolutely hated! For Newfoundland dogs it may be fine but never never never for the ponies please!!!:D
 
Ollie's Mum said:
Amongst people who own Foresters (and especially down in the New Forest) "Newfies" is a term that's absolutely hated! For Newfoundland dogs it may be fine but never never never for the ponies please!!!:D
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Second this. Skipped over this post a few times before reading it, thought it was a post about dogs in the wrong forum.
 
I have a new forest and love the term newfie. Must softer sounding than forester. Will make sure I never say it out loud at a show again though!
 
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Originally Posted by Kizzy2004
Ps sorry just bugs me but a newfie is shortened name for a breed of dog, a new forest pony is a forester

You beat me to it!



. . . and me, and while we're at it - what's a "ponio"???? What is wrong with calling things by their correct name?
 
moreover it also apparently refers to a person from newfoundland, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfie and interestingly, the newfoundland pony also exists ;) :). I'm of the belief if enough people use a word to mean something it kind of looses its supposed 'incorrectness' language is fun like that :D
 
Suggest you read Sarah Weston's book no fear no force. It gives useful information on what a forest bred pony will have experienced on the forest as well as how to get to know an unhandled or relatively unhandled pony. You can also easily buy a forest bred pony without going to the sales. Check NFED. That has the advantage that you get to know more about their background before buying.
 
Cocorules said:
Suggest you read Sarah Weston's book no fear no force.
You can also easily buy a forest bred pony without going to the sales. Check NFED.
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thanks cocorules! i have already had a new forest x and would really like the challenge of an un-handled one. i will definintly see about getting the book though!
 
I wanted a conni but somehow ended up with two foresters :confused: :p :D

I have Herbie AKA the horrid one ;). He's a 12.2 - 13hh bay roan, Forest Bred.
This video tells our story.
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My other one is Merryn AKA the orange one. He's a 14.1hh chestnut, Forest Bred.
This is Merryns little video.
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Merrynwas given to me because he had got laminitas and his owner just couldn't cope anymore :(

Both my boys are great but so diffrent. We got Merryn for the kids to ride because Herbs just isn't safe enough for them. They find it funny that there pony is bigger than mine :p
 
HorseGirl18 said:
hey all.

im really thinking about buying a NF from the sales in september/october:D:D. i know its a long way off but...
please can you share some stories and piccies of your NF, whether they're off the forest or not. dont mind NFx.
what do you do with your NF, and what height is he/she?

it'll be really helpful and if you have been to the sales, please say!

cant wait to see your pics and stories!

thanks!:D
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I have 4 foresters - a 9 year old bay roan 14hh, a 6yo grey 13.2hh, a 4yo brown 13hh-ish and a 2yo black/brown 12.3hh-ish, all mares, all forest bred. I bought the bay roan as a 13.2hh 3yo at Beaulieu Road, her second time through the sales as she'd been sold there as a foal. She had been handled and was halter broken so was no problem. The grey was bought privately as a yearling and her previous owner had bought her privately from the breeder, so she never went through the sales. She'd been halter broken and handled when I got her, but she was nervous and it took quite a while for her to learn to trust me. I bought the brown filly as a very tiny foal at a drift, so she was straight off the forest and completely unhandled. She travelled the hundred miles home like a pro and I had a headcollar on her within half an hour of getting home. I turned her out that afternoon for an hour or two and was able to catch her to bring her back in. I kept her stabled at night for her first winter so that she had the routine of being handled every day. The black filly came from the sales as a foal. She came off the forest 2 weeks before the sale and in those 2 weeks she was halter broken and taught to lead and pick up her feet by her breeders. She's been a delight from day 1.


Kizzy2004 said:
Ps sorry just bugs me but a newfie is shortened name for a breed of dog, a new forest pony is a forester
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Me too! I've never actually heard anyone use the term 'newfie' to describe a New Forest pony, only seen it on forums. Maybe it's a Northern thing!! ;)


HorseGirl18 said:
i didnt realise the ponies could be a blue roan!
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Oh yes, foresters come in blue roan, bay roan and chestnut roan as well as any solid colour. Lovelyhill High-Jack is the only blue roan stallion to run out on the forest in recent years - blue is the least common of the roans. To see photos of the stallions who ran out on the forest last year, look here: http://nfstallions.info/forestrun/2011.php

Spiritedly said:
I've had some people say he's a blue roan others that he's an iron grey, his passport says roan, I'm just waiting to see :D
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Sorry Spiritedly but your boy is a grey. Greys get lighter every summer, but youngsters often go darker in their winter coats. The difference between a young grey and a roan is that roans retain their base colour on their heads and lower legs, with no roaning. Your boy has roaning on his face, so he's definitely going grey. I too bought what I thought to be a roan youngster (by a bay roan stallion) but I didn't know that her dam was grey, and so is she now, so I'm speaking from experience! I also have a roan and roans don't get lighter every year, although the amount of roaning does seem to vary each year - last summer she looked almost bay.

Cocorules said:
Suggest you read Sarah Weston's book no fear no force. It gives useful information on what a forest bred pony will have experienced on the forest as well as how to get to know an unhandled or relatively unhandled pony.
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Good advice - I've met Sarah and have been to one of her demonstrations and she's excellent.
 
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