Newforestfan!
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Hi everyone! I have recently got a New Forest pony who is the sweetest thing! Hope to get some advice and hits and tips on here!
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Carlosmum
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Are you on facebook?
The New Forest Pony People group is very active & full of experienced NF people.
The New Forest Pony People group is very active & full of experienced NF people.
Newforestfan!
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Yes I am! Fantastic fb group! Can't get over what a sweetie she is!
Peregrine Falcon
Hoping for drier days
Hello, welcome to the wonderful world of NF ownership. I have 7 of the beautiful things!
Whats the breeding of your pony?
Whats the breeding of your pony?
Newforestfan!
New User
Hi she's a Willoway mare. I had a nf gelding before and he was fab so thought I'd get another! Possibly looking to breed from her ☺️
Peregrine Falcon
Hoping for drier days
And her full name? I'm an anorack!
Newforestfan!
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She's called Willoway Golden Slipper. What's the breeding of yours?☺️
Peregrine Falcon
Hoping for drier days
Thought there would be Peter Piper in her breeding.
I have Bakeburn Bandit, Millersford Strawberry Girl, Tiptoe Quickstep, Falconers Fireberry, Mockbeggar Oakstorm, Falconers Foxdance and Bellshat Heidi.
I have Bakeburn Bandit, Millersford Strawberry Girl, Tiptoe Quickstep, Falconers Fireberry, Mockbeggar Oakstorm, Falconers Foxdance and Bellshat Heidi.
Newforestfan!
New User
Wow! Do you show any of them? I really want to show her either in hand or under saddle
Peregrine Falcon
Hoping for drier days
Some of them run out on the forest and others will be joining them. I've shown 4 of them in-hand and only one under saddle so far. Flicka has only just done her 1st dressage under saddle and will be doing more of that this season.
I like showing in-hand, less work! LOL
I like showing in-hand, less work! LOL
Crackerz
Well-Known Member
Welcome!
One of mine is a NF too, Backley Touch of Gold, by Willoway Double Gold, out of the late Bakeburn Harmony. I kept him as a licensed stallion until he was 6 but he didn't cope well competing as an entire - too much for him unfortunately
I show him, it's his only job
One of mine is a NF too, Backley Touch of Gold, by Willoway Double Gold, out of the late Bakeburn Harmony. I kept him as a licensed stallion until he was 6 but he didn't cope well competing as an entire - too much for him unfortunately
I show him, it's his only job
Newforestfan!
New User
It's really interesting finding out their breeding! What shows do you all go to and are you in hand or under saddle? I'm up north 😊
Peregrine Falcon
Hoping for drier days
There's a northern supporters group for NF. How up north are you? I used to be in Warwickshire area then managed to escape and move here, a few miles from the forest.
Crackerz, your boy is lovely. I did wonder what his breeding was when you posted a pic of him the other day. Nothing on the ground from him either.
Crackerz, your boy is lovely. I did wonder what his breeding was when you posted a pic of him the other day. Nothing on the ground from him either.
SO1
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I have a forester too. He is very clever, I think they are an intelligent, sensitive breed which can mean they are quirky.
Teaching him new things can be interesting as we have to be quite careful as he picks up things very quickly including learning how to avoid doing things he does not want to do so sometimes he ends up training me! However if he does want to do something he can do it very well. We have been doing turn on the forehand and he went from not want to do it a few months ago to now offering it spontaneously and doing it really well. He can be quite funny sometimes, it almost as if once he gets good at doing something he wants to do it all the time.
He is also a very expressive but gentle pony and he soon lets people know what he wants, which is normally more food!
Teaching him new things can be interesting as we have to be quite careful as he picks up things very quickly including learning how to avoid doing things he does not want to do so sometimes he ends up training me! However if he does want to do something he can do it very well. We have been doing turn on the forehand and he went from not want to do it a few months ago to now offering it spontaneously and doing it really well. He can be quite funny sometimes, it almost as if once he gets good at doing something he wants to do it all the time.
He is also a very expressive but gentle pony and he soon lets people know what he wants, which is normally more food!
Crackerz
Well-Known Member
Thank you
No, I planned only to breed if he could prove himself undersaddle, which, whilst he has won all sorts, he wasn't what i would class as level headed away from home to run on any longer as an entire! So off they came.I still love him though, he's going to be campaigning the Novice Workers this year....