Pricing of Welsh Section D's...

I have a mare from the Cynheidrefawr stud - she's only 14.1 but she is fab - very lovely person to have around, lovely mover and a sane hack. Mind you, she can turn Welsh at a blink of an eye!
So I'd recommended getting in touch with Kay who owns the stud as she has some lovely youngsters (including my girls half brother, I don't know how I've resisted so far).
 
Gleeful Imp said:
I have a mare from the Cynheidrefawr stud - she's only 14.1 but she is fab - very lovely person to have around, lovely mover and a sane hack. Mind you, she can turn Welsh at a blink of an eye!
So I'd recommended getting in touch with Kay who owns the stud as she has some lovely youngsters (including my girls half brother, I don't know how I've resisted so far).
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My mare is another Cynheidrefawr girl. Shes amazing and always does me proud. Kay is a lovely lady and will be more than happy to help you find the right youngster for you.
 
OP, where are you in the country, and is traveling an issue?
There are a couple of nice studs round me, but they rarely advertise their youngsters, sold by word of mouth.
 
Gleeful Imp said:
Gallop Away - tell us about your Cynheidrefawr welshie (sorry to derail thread)
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She's 14.2hh palomino. Sire Crabbiesdien Platinum and Dam is Cynheidrefawr Anwen. I bought her as a newly broken 4yo. Shes now 6.
Honestly she is amazing. Her temperamenr is brilliant. Never refuses anything asked of her. Lovely and brave to jump. Hacks anywhere I ask her to go. Ive also hunted her and she was a super star.
She does have a fiery section D side to her. We have the odd disagreement on occassion but 99.9% of the time she's fine.
 
We paid £950 for my lad 17 years ago as a just broken (been sat on for 2 weeks) 14.1hh Welsh D gelding, the price also included his tack.

Amazing pony that ive still got :) he's now 21!! (were did the time go!) He came from Stepol stud, however i didnt buy him directly from them. If they are still going and there stock is like my lad, id 100% recommend this stud!
 
It depends how fussy you are about conformation.

A very correct Welsh cob will fetch more, due to showing potential, as they are extremely popular for this. Also, many breeders with very correct D's will want them to go to showing homes, if they are not retaining them.

Obviously I am talking the traditional true to type stamp, with a lovely wide front, strong quarters, good length of rein, a good head, plenty of flat bone, short cannons and a good foot that could go all the way to HOYS.

I very rarely see these on the open market. However there are plenty of potential all rounder D's for sale for £1000- £2000. It may be worth considering a colt that you could geld yourself, you would probably get more for your money.

I think you would get a better quality cob if you were to personally contact the breeders and see what they have in the field, that would meet your requirements, as opposed to the FB sellers where the pony has already been passed pillar to post.

I keep a close eye on the welsh cob market as I am very passionate about them. I would also recommend a trip to the cob sales. They have a FB page where sellers will start posting their stock in the coming months, so you can see if anything is worth the trip.

I think Menai stud would be worth contacting, as they often have stock all ages for sale that are bred for the ridden job with results to match. Also if you join 'welsh section D' on FB, there is lots of helpful people and for sale ads on there.
 
catroo said:
The current trend seems to be going bigger and bigger as there isn't an upper height limit so I wouldn't think it would be to hard to find one at 16hh
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We have one over 16hh... not sure exactly how much over, we prefer not to think of it ;)

Maesymynach (sp?) breed a lot of larger types. Ours is pure chance, he was bought at 3 and 15hh and never stopped growing until he was 8! He is now 19 and we *think* he has finished, his mum was only 14.2...
 
Gallop_Away said:
My mare is another Cynheidrefawr girl. Shes amazing and always does me proud. Kay is a lovely lady and will be more than happy to help you find the right youngster for you.
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I know of a Cynheidrefawr gelding, absolutely stunning pally with 4 whites. 5 years old currently at novice dressage, showing, beach, hacking, xc, sj the lot and all with a sane head
 
FfionWinnie said:
I've rarely seen many 16hh ones for sale. I've had two 15.2 Palominos tho. Both were remarked on regularly by dressage bods for their paces as well. I'm 5ft8 and think they both looked big enough for me.
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Same here. I had a 15.2hh Welsh D and actually I felt better size-wise on him than I do on my 15.3hh and 16hh TB x competition types. They're stocky enough that you can get away with them being a little smaller than what you'd normally go for in other non-stocky breeds. Ive very rarely seen over 15.2hh's personally but Im in NE Scotland so perhaps around Wales itself there are way more. However I wouldnt expect many studs would breed for this sort of height as obviously it is considered over height for showing. Mine used to get decent dressage results somehow (even though Id often do the same event and test on my eventer who felt far better yet never beat him!). Judges IMO do seem to like Welsh D's. I used to show him locally too in M&M and M&M Workers, he'd generally do very well 85% of the time but the rest of the time some judges just hated him purely based on his height.
 
MagicMelon said:
Same here. I had a 15.2hh Welsh D and actually I felt better size-wise on him than I do on my 15.3hh and 16hh TB x competition types. They're stocky enough that you can get away with them being a little smaller than what you'd normally go for in other non-stocky breeds. Ive very rarely seen over 15.2hh's personally but Im in NE Scotland so perhaps around Wales itself there are way more. However I wouldnt expect many studs would breed for this sort of height as obviously it is considered over height for showing. Mine used to get decent dressage results somehow (even though Id often do the same event and test on my eventer who felt far better yet never beat him!). Judges IMO do seem to like Welsh D's. I used to show him locally too in M&M and M&M Workers, he'd generally do very well 85% of the time but the rest of the time some judges just hated him purely based on his height.
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Before I bought mine I tried a 16.1hh Welsh D and he felt huge, much to much horse. There are quite a few very large D 's here in South West Wales but you rarely see them in the show ring, there they are mainly very traditional stamp not really more than 15hh. I assume the bigger ones are used for dressage or eventing. Have seen a few very big D's used for driving as well.
 
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