Stenners
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How big are your section D’s, how tall are you and what do you do with them? Would love to see your pics!
Those of you with Section D’s
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eahotson
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Over the years mine has hacked,jumped,done a bit of dressage and a bit of western.He also taught a total novice to ride,well at walk and trot and to hack out on in sensible company.His canter was a bit much for her.No good at the photos I am afraid.Have you got one? Mine is a Synod.
dorsetladette
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Mines 14.2 and I'm 5ft2. he's done everything. Hunting, dressage, showing, jumping, cross country nowadays he is a happy hacker and a field potato. B has Derwen and Nebo in his breeding.
Roasted Chestnuts
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Mine is still a baby so all he is doing is groundwork and Inhand showing. Im 5ft1 and he’s about 15/15.1hh at the moment. He’s three.
I plan on backing him and hacking next year, seeing the world under saddle then we shall see what we fancy.
He has Parc, Pennal, Cathedine, Cascob, Nebo, Crugybar and Derwen lines in his breeding.
This is him with my 6ft2 friend at the weekend.
I plan on backing him and hacking next year, seeing the world under saddle then we shall see what we fancy.
He has Parc, Pennal, Cathedine, Cascob, Nebo, Crugybar and Derwen lines in his breeding.
This is him with my 6ft2 friend at the weekend.
McFluff
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Mine is 15hh (on his tiptoes!), and I'm 5'4". He's the perfect height and size for me. He's a ball of energy, the kindest soul and my heart horse. He did high level showing before I got him, I do dressage with him, with some hacking too. Plan to introduce archery at some point too. I honestly think he'd give anything a go. Mine is Derwen, Ionos and Parc lines.
milliepops
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I'm 5'6. Mine is 14.2, broad, not the sporty type but has a real talent for dressage. so that's what we do, she doesn't enjoy anything else and makes her feelings pretty clear about that 
I hadn't intended to be doing this with her but we got thrown together and just followed our noses. She is starting all the GP work now which is a bit brain bending really.
I hadn't intended to be doing this with her but we got thrown together and just followed our noses. She is starting all the GP work now which is a bit brain bending really.
HuskyFluff
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Mine is 15hh and I'm 5'8". He's a chunky type and I've got quite short legs though.. He's now retired. but jumping was his absolute favourite thing. Don't know anything about his breeding unfortunately.
He's now retired. but jumping was his absolute favourite thing. Don't know anything about his breeding unfortunately.dorsetladette
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CC I like your white slip. can i ask where you got it? I need a new one for my C colt.
Roasted Chestnuts
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Pretty Sure it was the Welsh Cob Shop. Was about £55 I think. They do lovely Lace ones as well. He doesn’t have the dainty head for that though lol ?
Stenners
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She's gorgeous!!I'm 5'6. Mine is 14.2, broad, not the sporty type but has a real talent for dressage. so that's what we do, she doesn't enjoy anything else and makes her feelings pretty clear about that
Stenners
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I am hopefully going to view one. She is 14.1 and I'm 5ft 4
Annagain
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Mine is long gone but he was 14.1 and chunky. I was 13 and about 5'2" when I got him and 27 and nearly 5'7" when I lost him. I was definitely too tall on him by the time I'd stopped growing but he still carried me perfectly happily.
He was very opinionated and made it very clear he didn't do dressage but I was a teenager at the time and perfectly happy not to as well. I think if I'd knuckled down to the flat work, he'd have got it. He jumped like a stag and loved it. I had total faith in him getting me to the other side of an obstacle. In some ways he was the typical D - stubborn, arrogant and ridiculously excitable but in others he wasn't. I only remember him spooking once (when a squirrel jumped out of a tree and landed on him, so very understandable), he was rock solid in traffic and the meltdowns and sensitivity that others talk about are not something I ever got with him.
If you get one on your side, you'll never have a better horse.
ETA - He had Llanarth and Nebo lines.
He was very opinionated and made it very clear he didn't do dressage but I was a teenager at the time and perfectly happy not to as well. I think if I'd knuckled down to the flat work, he'd have got it. He jumped like a stag and loved it. I had total faith in him getting me to the other side of an obstacle. In some ways he was the typical D - stubborn, arrogant and ridiculously excitable but in others he wasn't. I only remember him spooking once (when a squirrel jumped out of a tree and landed on him, so very understandable), he was rock solid in traffic and the meltdowns and sensitivity that others talk about are not something I ever got with him.
If you get one on your side, you'll never have a better horse.
ETA - He had Llanarth and Nebo lines.
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bonnysmum
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This is my beauty of a Section D. She's 14.2hh and is ridden by my daughter who's a reasonably tall 11 year old. We got her just two weeks ago and we're finding out all sorts of things that weren't quite disclosed to us when we agreed to buy, but which just make the effort feel even more worthwhile in the long run.
She loves to jump but we're also going to be giving her the chance to get out and about more with some pals, exploring the countryside as seen below (taken on our first hack, which was... interesting, but we all survived)
She loves to jump but we're also going to be giving her the chance to get out and about more with some pals, exploring the countryside as seen below (taken on our first hack, which was... interesting, but we all survived
)ApolloStorm
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Mine is a Llanarth, by llanarth prince of Wales
He’s 16hh 7yo and still looks like he’s some growing to do!
I’m 5’8 and honestly he’s the perfect height for me- I didn’t want anything under 16.2hh but he has some chunk but he’s defo a “sporty” model, incredible paces and a jump to die for, he also loves it.
I regularly get asked what his breeding is- what he’s crossed with, people are always shocked! But I suppose it goes to show even with the best breeding doesn’t mean it’ll turn out ‘right’! As he would do abysmally in any m&m class!
He’s 16hh 7yo and still looks like he’s some growing to do!
I’m 5’8 and honestly he’s the perfect height for me- I didn’t want anything under 16.2hh but he has some chunk but he’s defo a “sporty” model, incredible paces and a jump to die for, he also loves it.
I regularly get asked what his breeding is- what he’s crossed with, people are always shocked! But I suppose it goes to show even with the best breeding doesn’t mean it’ll turn out ‘right’! As he would do abysmally in any m&m class!
SussexbytheXmasTree
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I’ve been thinking about whether my next and probably last horse might be a Section D. I’ve currently got a 26yr old WB and a 12 yr old WB. I like having the two. I rode a Section D at Trans-Wales last year and absolutely loved him. Some I’ve met over the years have been pretty neurotic though for example won’t be stabled at all or completely hyper so I’d be keen to know which bloodlines are the less sharp and of a stockier type. My plan would be to buy something like a 2yr old and bring on with help although maybe I’d go opposite and get something much older.
Malibu_Stacy
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I’m 5’8”, pony is 14.3. We do all sorts at low (riding club) level, SJ, SX, dressage, trec, drill ride etc.
She likes jumping poles and drill best.
She likes jumping poles and drill best.
Tiddlypom
Carries on creakily
15.1hh unregistered D. I'm 5'10".
He turned his hoof to anything at RC level - he won both of the ODEs I did with him. Also affiliated dressage to medium, hacking, hunting, general all round good egg.
Much missed.
He turned his hoof to anything at RC level - he won both of the ODEs I did with him. Also affiliated dressage to medium, hacking, hunting, general all round good egg.
Much missed.
palo1
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I am 5'6 and my 5 year old D is 15.3 She is a Maesmynach and so far has been enjoying a bit of everything - flatwork, jumping, hacking. I am hoping that she will carry on enjoying those things - I would like her future to include her helping me achieve more confidence jumping bigger stuff as well as perhaps, very tentatively novice dressage. She is also destined to go drag/trail hunting but most importantly she is a really fun friend! I can't find my most recent pic - with me riding her but I will try to pull it out of somewhere.
I love the Llanarth horses - I see them regularly and their stallions are ridden out quite happily. Wonderful Ds.
She is a Maesmynach and so far has been enjoying a bit of everything - flatwork, jumping, hacking. I am hoping that she will carry on enjoying those things - I would like her future to include her helping me achieve more confidence jumping bigger stuff as well as perhaps, very tentatively novice dressage. She is also destined to go drag/trail hunting but most importantly she is a really fun friend! I can't find my most recent pic - with me riding her but I will try to pull it out of somewhere. I love the Llanarth horses - I see them regularly and their stallions are ridden out quite happily.
Wonderful Ds. Stenners
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I'm just starting to learn all the pre fixes for them! Can anyone enlighten me?!!!
Annagain
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You might find this interesting. It's a list of all the main studs and their main stallions / mares. It's a hobby site so not perfect but there's a lot of info on there and you'll get an idea of the most active studs from there.
Welsh Cobs Greats - Including Llanarth, Nebo, Parc, Derwen, Danaway, Ebbw, Synod and Menai Cobs amoongst others
palo1
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Ha, just don't get sucked in lol!! Welsh cob breeding can become something of an obsession hahahahaha!! Probably the most famous prefix currently (debateable of course!) is Llanarth - in no small part to some of the record breaking prices their youngstock have achieved in recent years and because the late stud owner (Len Bigley) was a huge figure in the Welsh cob world. He was a real gentleman too so much loved and respected. Those horses are pretty versatile whilst some other studs focus more on showing or driving. Some of the other really well known prefixes that have also had their time in the spotlight (and still do!) are the ones mentioned above. Some other studs, including Maesmynach are well known for producing sport horses and some of the smaller studs which have equally lovely horses but may well be less famous have very interesting bloodlines and connections. @milliepops horse who is so talented at dressage has some interesting and excellent breeding but probably not 'famous' in the way that some studs are. There is a huge depth and breadth of quality and variation within the studs in Wales alone, before you even consider the others. It is possible to entirely lose yourself for an afternoon following a particular line through it's history which is rich and proud.
Enjoy!!Elf On A Shelf
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One thing you need to know about any section of Welsh breeding and prefixes is they generally have far more consonants than vowels and look absolutely impossible to pronounce ???
palo1
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This is true and is the only entertaining part of paying a vets bill...listening to the vet receptionist try to say your horse's full name hahahahaha!!
milliepops
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My vets only know my horse by her "first name"
commentators at shows do trip over it, fairish... and her name isn't even that difficult
palo1
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My vets only know my horse by her "first name"
commentators at shows do trip over it, fairish... and her name isn't even that difficult
My vet has learnt to strategically mumble whenever a name is required...but I can see that Maesmynach Alw might be tricky. Welsh names are wonderful generally though and locally we joke that all of our local hills are called Kevin or Darren to visitors: we have a lot of Cefns and Darens.
Crazy_cat_lady
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I have one, who is on the hysterical end of the D spectrum. His nickname begins with F, and ends in Witt, I can't put the full first part or I'll be banned, it's a type of man Bridget Jones says she's had enough of.... things you would expect him to be scared of, he isn't. Things you wouldn't expect him to be, are terrifying. These include mud on the road, a slight trickle of water on the dry road (yet he will walk through stretches of water) and todays absolutely TERRIFYING thing was white lines which had been painted round pot holes.....
I've completed a lesson before where he will have been fine all lesson, he's then spooked at a different patch of sand when walking him off at the end...
He's now decided to be scared of his approx year old synthetic bridle and refuses to allow it to be put on. I suspect because the head piece is slightly thicker. Yet the stubben, is acceptable...
He loves a routine, he's very funny about catching, only my mum who helps me with him in the week when I'm at work, can catch him in from the field. He's very funny about men and new people. I suspect he's been mistreated in the past, I'd like to see what he'd have been like without that.
He doesn't have a nasty bone in his body, I completely trust him not to kick or rear or buck or bite.
I've never tried to box, but given he's funny about even going in different stables at the yard, I suspect he would not box, or would have a melt down about it all and be traumatised for weeks. Same with moving yards. A little frustrating as I'd like to take him to new hacking places.
I used to do a bit of everything with him, he had a decent jump but was spooky about fillers, I never quite knew if he was going to take off or not. Because he was so spooky, he was very careful and rarely had poles down. I've lost my nerve jumping now, so we just hack, with a little schooling as he's 22 but still loves a gallop down the fields. I had to get him to realise hacking alone was going to happen when I got him, however I suspect that's because he was used to going out with the rs I got him from (he had the equivalent of a nervous breakdown probably due to the inconsistency association with an rs and having different riders, and I loaned him at the time so took him on full loan then brought him) hes quite decent in the school and with his flatwork but I find the school boring hence why we mainly hack.
He's 15.2hh and I'm 5'2". I don't know his breeding, and he's unregistered, I'd be interested to find out though as it would be interesting to know if he was from the more hysteria lines...
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From a long time ago, before I lost my bottle, when we used to jump
He can go well in the school, but has to be worked into a good shape, you can't force it!
However now we prefer hacking
I've completed a lesson before where he will have been fine all lesson, he's then spooked at a different patch of sand when walking him off at the end...
He's now decided to be scared of his approx year old synthetic bridle and refuses to allow it to be put on. I suspect because the head piece is slightly thicker. Yet the stubben, is acceptable...
He loves a routine, he's very funny about catching, only my mum who helps me with him in the week when I'm at work, can catch him in from the field. He's very funny about men and new people. I suspect he's been mistreated in the past, I'd like to see what he'd have been like without that.
He doesn't have a nasty bone in his body, I completely trust him not to kick or rear or buck or bite.
I've never tried to box, but given he's funny about even going in different stables at the yard, I suspect he would not box, or would have a melt down about it all and be traumatised for weeks. Same with moving yards. A little frustrating as I'd like to take him to new hacking places.
I used to do a bit of everything with him, he had a decent jump but was spooky about fillers, I never quite knew if he was going to take off or not. Because he was so spooky, he was very careful and rarely had poles down. I've lost my nerve jumping now, so we just hack, with a little schooling as he's 22 but still loves a gallop down the fields. I had to get him to realise hacking alone was going to happen when I got him, however I suspect that's because he was used to going out with the rs I got him from (he had the equivalent of a nervous breakdown probably due to the inconsistency association with an rs and having different riders, and I loaned him at the time so took him on full loan then brought him) hes quite decent in the school and with his flatwork but I find the school boring hence why we mainly hack.
He's 15.2hh and I'm 5'2". I don't know his breeding, and he's unregistered, I'd be interested to find out though as it would be interesting to know if he was from the more hysteria lines...
Photos
From a long time ago, before I lost my bottle, when we used to jump
He can go well in the school, but has to be worked into a good shape, you can't force it!
However now we prefer hacking
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Annagain
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As a Welsh speaker I despair of some people's attempts at pronouncing names at shows. 99% of the ones I attend are in Wales FFS!
Welsh is actually really easy once you learn how to pronounce certain combinations of letters because, unlike English, it never changes and you literally say what you see. There are no silent letters. Cholmondeley, Belvoir, Bicester, Worcester, Wymondham, Frome, Towcester, Happisburgh anyone?
If you imagine you're a child learning the sounds, that's how you pronounce indvidual letters so "a" is always as in "apple", "e" is always as in "egg" and so on. You never have to worry if it's an "a" or "ay" or "e" or "ee" for example. In terms of individuals letters only "u" (which gives an "ee" sound) and "y" (which is pronounced "err") are different from the English, although yes certain combinations, particularly vowels aren't as you would expect them to be in English. ae/ai/au are roughly similar - pronounce all of them "eye" you'll get away with it. Same for ei and eu (pronoucned "ay") and oi/ou/oe (pronounced "oy" - imagine you're getting someone's attention.)
There are some additional letters (in Welsh ch, dd, ff, ll, ng, ph, th are letters in their own right) but others (j,k,q,v,x and z) are missing. Some of these extra letters give the same sound as the 'missing' English letters (e.g. a single "f" in Welsh is pronounced "v" but a double "ff" is pronounced "f" - think "of" and "off" in English, same thing) a "dd" gives a hard "th" sound like in "the" or "that" but a "th" gives a soft sound like in "thick" or "thin". This is what I mean by they never change. You never have to decide if it's a hard or soft sound, the letters show you.
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eahotson
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I love mine.He is far more talented than me.
milliepops
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mine has been messed up in the past too, i think that's what has led to her ending up a bit pigeon holed as she has some neuroses which it's just not been possible to work through. Because she has found her niche with me it doesn't matter but I do wonder how many of them get into the wrong hands early on and get their brains scrambled and that's the reason they end up with a bad rep sometimes?
Mine does buck and rear but it's not really her fault
we now use the bucking as a way to get her tee-d up to work hard, if I can make her buck i know she's got enough oompf to do her job she's a total people person though, completely trustworthy in that respect, a toddler could feed her and she would delicately take the smallest morsel without catching a finger. I'd have another in a heartbeat, i do love the pony brain, always have... one day i will have a big sporty version
Annagain
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mine has been messed up in the past too, i think that's what has led to her ending up a bit pigeon holed as she has some neuroses which it's just not been possible to work through. Because she has found her niche with me it doesn't matter but I do wonder how many of them get into the wrong hands early on and get their brains scrambled and that's the reason they end up with a bad rep sometimes?
Mine does buck and rear but it's not really her fault
I'd have another in a heartbeat, i do love the pony brain, always have... one day i will have a big sporty version
Eb reared for fun but only because he was so excited he couldn't keep still and if he wasn't allowed forwards he'd go up. It was never nappy or nasty, he never ever went too far and it never felt unsafe. We were banned from gymkhana games at pony club though - for the safety of others. He'd rear at the start line and while we were totally happy, he'd wind the other horses up and kids' parents would complain!