Welsh Section D stallions - recommendations?

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Either in/near Kent or available by AI....?

Very nice lady wanted to breed her Welsh D mare to Tobago - I felt he would not be suitable and it would be better to breed this mare to a Welsh D stallion. So now she's looking for a good Welsh D stallion. Can anyone help? Asap!
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I would say Gorsfraith Brenin as well, his owner is lovely as well which is a bonus!
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I had a youngster from Kerensa by Brenin out of a cross bred mare he was stunning (sold him now)
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But he left us this stunning little chap out of my Appaloosa mare
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I'd second Llanarth.
They have some ofthe more modern type of cobs who make better riding horses,
and Len Bigley has been involved with WC for such a long time he would offer good advice which would suit your purpose.
I used to school Honiton Michael ap Braint for his owner, and he was fabulous to ride, don't know if any of his stock stand at stud , and would also recommend anything with Nesscliffe in it's breeding, our gelding has been the most superb horse for the whole family, winning everything from ODE to dressage and county level showing.
If I wanted to buy another I would actively have sought that bloodline again, though preferably bred the strop out about things like being in a stable alone and destroying rugs when he was young!
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but then that's Welsh cobs until they grow up!
 
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I was living in Builth Wells so the first year went to the Royal Welsh, and stood brimming over with emotion at the sight of the stallions. The one that won that year
was a fabulous palomino handled by a posh looking chap in pin stripes and a bowler hat. His name was Mostyn Isaac and of course I assumed he came from a famous stud somewhere.
I discovered he lived in Blackwood not that far away so I wrote to him, saying how I liked his stallion and asking if I could visit and meet him.
he wrote back and invited me over.
I don't know what I was expecting, but certainly not a welsh miner who was still going down the pit! They made me so welcome, and over a few visits said I could ride Michael.
This was accomplished by me being tested by riding the stallion through a field of mares first to make sure I could cope!
Mostyn followed me on hacks in his landrover but allowed me to school Michael at home for shows. he had broken him aged two by putting a double bridle on and climbing aboard on a 12 " saddle, although I was a lot slimmer then it was hell on your bum, so I lent him my saddle a 17 ", and that was what he showed him in.
He was very unschooled and I enjoyed turning him into a nice ride.
He won the Fredericks Championship that year, and there was a lot of celebrating.
Michael lived outside the back door in a stable with an infra red lamp as he shredded any rug they put on him.. After excercise he would roll in the sand to get dry and clean again. he was very much part of their family.
I changed jobs and lost touch for years, but kept my eye on his progress.
I last met the Isaacs family at a Silver medal Show in yorkshire, when I showed my four year old gelding under saddle to win the ridden class against 19 stallions.
Mostyn was judging but didn't meet me until afterwards, and there was such a lot of muttering I rang him the following week and asked if he had known it was me and let me win.. He was adamant he would never do that, and said he loved my cob, and to make sure I entered him for the Royal Welsh as his son was judging that year, and he reckoned he was just the type he liked in a riding cob. (the cob had won almost every class under saddle up to then, so I knew he was good).
I got pregnant with my daughter cazcrazyjonty off here, she was born on 15th July and that was that.
I never realised my then ambition which was to win the ridden class at the Royal Welsh.
Last I heard Michael was happy in retirement, and still healthy into a good old age.
In all the years of riding hundreds of different horses, he was always my favourite, and I still have fond memories of how kind the family were to me, a young girl a long way from home in a really awful job.. Thery made my days off so much happier.
Your boy looks very like him, I have an old pic of me on Michael, and if you send me your own email adress via pm I will scan it and send it to you.
I also saw his Father at Llanarth when he was alive, but len B was about 18 then!!!
 
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HH your post brought a tear to my eye, you talk so fondly of the experience; it is heartwarming. The emotion you spoke of that you felt at the Royal Welsh is just something totally indescribable. I have stood on the bank and welled up watching it. It's just something else!
 
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