National Welsh and Welsh Part-Bred Championship Show

Held on Sunday 3 August 2003 at the Shropshire Showground, Shrewsbury

The Welsh Part-Bred group of the Welsh Pony and Cob Society had planned a Championship Show of 45 classes for Part-Breds in various disciplines, but when they were offered a sponsorship of £2,500 from Kath and Angelo Panayiotou of the Kallistalodge Stud, Burnham, Buckinghamshire for a "New London Gold" qualifying competition, and further sponsorship from Brightwells Auctioneers for in-hand classes for pure-breds and Kilconquhar Castle Estates and Bedlay Stud for performance, the Show increased to 106 classes, and exhibitors travelled from far and wide to ensure the success of this inaugural event.

Qualification for the New London Gold competition was confined to the champions or reserves at the 30 WPCS Area Association Shows and many of the "big gun" qualifiers were kept for this prestigious event and not lose their freshness by competing in the morning breed classes.

New London Gold Section D Champion, Tymor Pele, with sponsor Mrs Kath Panayiotou, judge Mr Geriant Thomas, and Gemma Morris with rosettes.

Glasgow-owned Gartconnel Shooting Star was the first of the HOYS Cuddy Breeders ticket-holders to add the New London Gold title to his impressive 2003 tally; fresh from his Royal Welsh Section A male championship he trotted out in a most impressive fashion for producer Colin Tibbey, on this hallowed showground where his namesake ancestor, Bleddfa Shooting Star, had showed off his virtues 85 years ago!

Reserve to Shooting Star in the London Gold was another current Royal Welsh winner, Robert Owens and Sian Morris's chestnut roan mare, Friars Posy. Posy, who was Royal Welsh youngstock champion in 1997, was champion at the Royal of England this year. She was also champion of the Brightwells breed classes in the morning, where the reserve champion was the stallion Joiners Kilkenny. Kilkenny, now seven years old, has competed at the Royal Welsh Show five times (there was no Show in 2001) and was third in 1996, fourth in 1997, fourth in 1999, fourth in 2002 and third in 2003, in classes of up to 56 entries!

Section A Champion, Friars Posy, with sponsor Mr Terry Court.

The dun Section B two-year-old colt Skellorn Choirboy beat off his older rivals to claim his London Gold title. Choirboy was very well shown by 14-year-old Stacey Mansfield, who had travelled to Shrewsbury intending to ride her Section D, Montique Charioteer, but when it became obvious that the classes would clash, Stacey's 11-year-old sister, Stephanie, had a quick change and gave a polished performance on the large Cob gelding. Reserve London Gold champion, with judge Price Jones, was the six-year-old dark cream stallion Griashall Kiwi, to whom Price's father, the late Mr Willie Jones, had awarded the Royal Welsh championship in 1999. The Brightwells breed champion, Sandy Anderson's grey barren mare Paddock Northern Lustre, was third in the London Gold; she has had a consistent record following last year's Royal Show female championship, with overall championships this year at Stafford, Lincoln and the East of England.

Section B Champion, Mr Sandy Anderson's Paddock Northern Lustre, with judge Mrs Chris Rankin and sponsor Mr Terry Court.

London Gold Section C champion was Fronarth Stud's roan stallion Fronarth Showman, who bears an uncanny resemblance to his sire, the now-dead 1989 Royal Welsh champion Gwelfro Tywysog. He was followed by Peter Sulsh's Royal Welsh Winter Fair champion Hywi Rhian and Huw and Lisa Reed's brood mare Tyngwndwn Daylight, the current Royal Welsh champion, who was also this Show's Brightwells champion. Daylight's foal Tyngwndwn Rose Queen, who also won her class, was sold at the Royal Welsh Show to Ilona Pykalainen, who has a large stud of Welsh sections A, B and D in Finland.

Section C Champion, Tyngwmdwn Daylight, with Lisa Reed, judge Mrs Val Robinson and sponsor Mr Terry Court.

Scott Gibbons and his mother Patsy, of the Tymor Stud, had a field day in the Section D London Gold line-up, with two sons of their Crugybar Mabon Mai winning with the nine-year-old Tymor Pele and third with the seven-year-old Tymor The Tramp, who were separated by Fronarth Stud's Fronarth Model Lady, who won her class at the Royal Welsh and was Brightwells breed champion here. Pele, the HOYS Cuddy Breeders champion at Cheshire County, and The Tramp, who has not been shown until this year after winning his class at the 1999 Royal Welsh Show, were shown to great advantage by two of the breed's most competent younger generation handlers, Scott Gibbons and Stuart Morgan.

Section D Champion, Fronarth Model Lady, with judge Mrs Fran Jackson-Edwards.

Robert Cockram, of the Radway Stud, also had a very successful day with his charges in the Part-Bred section. Champion of both London Gold and Brightwells categories was the three-year-old Henleydown Picturesque, which he produces for Judith Salmon. Picturesque, who is sired by Radway's Deanhills Royal Portrait, was supreme champion foal in 2000 at both the NPS and Ponies (UK) Shows, and Royal Portrait was also the sire of the reserve youngstock champion, the yearling filly Bradmore Catalena, whose dam was the former ridden Show Pony of the Year, Bradmore Catkin. Overall reserve Brightwells Part-Bred champion was Derek Morgan's four-year-old stallion Lowland Pizzazz, who won the JB Memorial supreme at Ponies (UK) as a yearling. The second, fourth and fifth London Gold prizes went to Pandy Tsoflias's Bryncadog Penny Royal, Billy Gwilliam's Perrington Statesman, and Anne Pritchard-Simmonds's Cupidhill Mystic Maid of Martell, who all live within ten miles of one another in Glamorgan, with the third prize going to Crafton Madam Butterfly, owned by Wyn Morris, MFH of the Pembrokeshire.

Champion WPB, Henleydown Picturesque, with judge Mr Les Partridge.

There was a healthy turnout of the very useful Welsh Cob x TB Part-Bred horses, mainly from Ann Roberts's Pentaran Stud in Anglesey, and the progeny of Terry and Jackie Jones's Penlanganol KC, whose most famous offspring is John Palfree's show-jumper Mister Woppitt, whose WPB name is Penlanganol Jasper.

Debbie Baker's Section C Starcrest Discovery, the 2001 Olympia champion, proved indefatigable in the ridden section, and another Section C, Nicki McGrail's Parvadean Lotta Bottle, was driving champion. Reserve harness champion was Steve Watts's Trixies Princess of Wales, which Steve had ridden over 100 miles from London to Leicester for charity the previous week.

Dressage Champion Suzanne Clavin on Yswain Joseph.

Suzanne Clavin's Section D gelding Yswain Joseph, who was dressage champion, has been similarly champion at the NPS Show for the last two years, and qualified for the Olympia Ridden M+M championships at Monmouth on 28 August.

Results

NEW In-hand WPB (L Partridge)
barren mare/gelding 128 cm
1, Dr G & R Jones's Llidiart Louis

do 138 cm
1 & ch, J Parry's Talponciau Heavens Above
2 & res, A Pritchard-Simmonds's Cupidhill Mystic Maid of Martell
3, T Hook's Cadlanvalley Taffetta

do 148 cm
1, N Snelling's Rhosyn Marisa
2, G Lewis's Troy No-one
3, A & J Roberts's Pentaran Ambassador

do exc 148 cm
1, A & T Jones's Blaenllain Doodleberry
2, E Crew's Gwarllan Magic

brood mare 138 cm
1 & ch, K & J Hill's Hilin Anita

do exc 148 cm
1 & res, K Hughes's Pentaran Genesis

foal
1, K & J Hill's Bannut Royal Tudor
2, K Hughes's Golden Orbit

y'stck, y'ling 128 cm
1 & res, P Greenleaf's Bradmore Catalena
2, Robinson, Withers & Modplan's Hollyvale Toyboy

do 138 cm
1, W Morris's Carreglas April Rose

do exc 148 cm
1, A & J Roberts's Pentaran Clockwork Toy
2, T & A Jones's Blaenllain Doddleba
3, R Eastwood's Llyndu Daillemma

2/3-y-o 128 cm
1, J Lassey's Deanhills Tequilla

do 138 cm
1, y'stck & overall, J Salmon's Henleydown Picturesque
2, Robinson, Withers & Modplan's Hollyvale Serahlee
3, W Morris's Crafton Madam Butterfly

do exc 148 cm
1, A & J Roberts's Marchell Bold Lady
2, K Sweenie's Pentaran Oyster Catcher

2/3-y-o colt
1, P Ross's My Blackberry Boy

stallion
1 & res, D Morgan's Lowland Pizzazz
2, W Gwilliam's Perrington Statesman
3, D White's Dinsdale Lonestar

ridden stallion
1, S Watts's Trixies Cappucino
2, P Edwards's Rohey Spectacular
3, S Whiiter's Rumworth Jupiter Star

driving (M Daley)
show wagon
1 & res, S Watts's Trixies Princess of Wales
2, G Berry's Betws Llew

Private drive 137 cm
1 & ch, N McGrail's Parvadean Lotta Bottle

do over 137 cm
1, J Thomas's Thorneyside The Foreman

WPB ridden SHT (Mrs D Whiteman)
novice 143 cm
1, G Williams's Swift Charisma

do over 143 cm
1, Gwarllan Magic
2, G Edwards's Tynyfid Merryman

lead rein
1, E Crew's Fromesway Fizzy Pop

open 133 cm
1, R Andrew's Beckside Talisman
2, Llidiart Louis

do 143 cm
1 & res, Rhosyn Marisa
2, P Edwards's Rohey Shadow Lynx

do exc 143 cm
1 & ch, Gwarllan Magic
2, J Jones's Penlanganol Flyte

WPB ridden SRT (Mrs E Morgan)
novice
1 & ch, Tynyfid Merryman
2, Blaenllain Doodleberry

open 128 cm
1 & res, Beckside Talisman
2, Llidiart Louis

do 138 cm
1, S Matthews's Copybush Nikita

do exc 148 cm
1, Blaenllain Doodleberry
2, Z Hard's Bellamy Crystal lead rein Fromesway Fizzy Pop

WPB WH (Mrs C Whiteway, L Selby)
novice
1, C Allin's Aidencroft Daisy May
2 & 3, J Jones's Penlanganol Mister Troy & Penlanganol Flyte

open 153 cm
A Harding's Woodvale Lucky Charm

exc 153 cm
1 & 2, Penlanganol Flyte and Penlanganol Mister Troy

welsh WH (Mrs Whiteway and L Selby)
novice sec A/B
1, A Coghlan's Moeltryfan Melissa
2, K & J Hill's Rhiwfelen Ynys Mon

do sec C/D
1, J Gwillim's Hafodyrynys Viking Warrior
2, S Miriam's Seiont Rhun
3, J Lewis's Gwynpage Arianrhodd

open sec A/B
1, Rhiwfelen Ynys Mon
2, Moeltryfan Melissa

do sec C
1 & ch, A Bird & J James's Pantyfid Toy Soldier
2, Hafodyrynys Viking Warrior
3, J Lewis's Caebryn Stormy Ddu

do sec D
1 & res, B Jones's Hendal Jack Horner

dressage (Miss B Evans)
1, S Clavin's Yswain Joseph
2, Bellamy Crystal
3, Rumworth Jupiter Star

sec A (Mrs L Ashwin)
y'ling colt
1, S Crump's Wernderris Ronaldo
2, H Ferguson's Brierdene Newsflash
3, T & R Davies's Rushton Prince George

do filly
1, D & L Reynolds's Springbourne Columbine
2, C Hopkinson's Tollgate Willows Wish
3, R & R Mills's Rookery Bo-Peep

2/3-y-o colt
1, P Clapham's Tamevalley Paris
2, Dr W & D Davies's Pentyrch Tom Sawyer

do filly
1, A & K Panayiotou's Tiffwyl Tia
2, D & L Reynolds's Springbourne Corona
3, C & M Cobley's Tryfel Dion

1/2/3-y-o gelding
1, V Hassell's Monksfield Odysey
2, M Leece's Drumaddie Mr Darcy
3, S Whittaker's Blethyn Rhydian

barren mare/ gelding
1, S,J & L Abrahall's Flydon Phew
2, P & A Jones's Menai Silver Sian
3, L Perrott's Lowden Seren-y-Nos

brood mare
1 & ch, R Owens & S Morris's Friars Posy
2, S Goodwin's Cledwyn Seren Dlws
3, F & R Davies's Crossways Lady Rebecca

foal
1, J Harriss's Randan Whispering Dream
3, L Hutchins's Bengad Wild Apricot

jnr stallion
1 & res, Dr W & D Davies's Joiners Kilkenny
2, J Stamp's Twyford Century
3, K Hughes's Llwyfo Llawn Daioni

snr do
1, D Griffiths's Llanor John Thomas

sec B (Mrs C Rankin)
y'ling colt
1 & res, E Prosser's Mintfield Sandpiper
2, E Hughes's Treflan Howyn
3, K Wainwright's Skellorn Armani

do filly
1, A Lloyd's Anri Cariad
2, E Prosser's Cottrell Natasha
3, R Andrew's Bronheulog Antonia

2/3-y-o colt
1, D Williams's Moelgarnedd Myrddin
2, S Anderson's Mynach Buccaneer
3, Robinson, Withers & Modplan's Hollyvale Kadet

do filly
1, I Jones's Moelview Pepsi
2, E Hughes's Treflan Fleur
3, G Lowe's Eyarth Alaw

1/2/3-y-o gelding
1 & ch gelding, D Jordan & A Abrahall's Skellorn Christopher Robin
2, S Anderson's Thistledown Royal Cadet
3, L Wilson's Walseker Leonardo Barren

mare/ gelding
1 & ch, S Anderson's Paddock Northern Lustre
2, K & P Cheetham's Cennen Seraphine
3, A Weaver's Morwyn Bronze Honey

brood mare
1, G Lowe's Hollyvale Cinderella
2, G Sells's The Hale Sixpence
3, P & H Wilding-Davies's Fayre Cassandra

foal
1, P & H Wilding-Davies's Fayre Catalina
2, G Sells's Priestwood Sonata
3, G Lowe's Byley Midnight Dash

jnr stallion
1, K Walker's Griashall Kiwi
2, S Matthews's Wrayton Regal Prince

snr do
1, E Duppa's Birtley Mister Moon
2, P Edwards's Wian Mab Spruce

sec C (Mrs V Robinson)
y'ling colt
1, O Jones's Nebo Taran
2, L Palmer's Blaidd Replay

do filly
1, S Crutchley's Synod Rosie Magic

2/3-y-o colt
1, J de Quincey's Brieryhill Bossman
2, J Wilkinson's Popsters Ricochet
3, P & A Jones's Menai Celestial

do filly
1 & res, K & M Hopkins's Lidgett Angel
2, K & L Spenser's Felinmor Dymuniad
3, E Rapps's Perrygrove Sunrise

barren mare/ gelding
1, R Howard's Bockmer Glory Bee
2, N & S Russell's Brimstone Morwen
3, J Halliwell's Halliwell Moli

brood mare
1 & ch, Reed family's Tyngwndwn Daylight
2, Heppenstall family's Glynwyn Gabriella

foal
1, Reed family's Tyngwndwn Rose Queen
2, Heppenstall family's Glynwyn For Your Eyes Only

jnr stallion
1, W Groucott & T Morris's Hafodyrynys Welsh Crusader
2, L Palmer's Blaidd Welsh Victory

snr do
1, K & A Panayiotou's Parvadean Diplomat

sec D (Mrs F Jackson-Edwards)
y'ling colt
1, Swalesmoor Stud's Swalesmoor Tywysog Aur
2, L Shaw's Deoniaeth Dia
3, F Andrew's Llanllugan Mike's Lad

do filly
1 & res, J Evans's Haighmoor Gwenllian
2, S Crutchley's Caerddaniel Top Totti
3, S Watkins's Felinmor Custom Maid

2/3-y-o colt
1, K & A Panayiotou's Kallistalodge Hercules
2, J Trefor-Jones's Mabnesscliffe Buzz
3, Dr G & R Jones's Gwarchod y Meseia

2/3-y-o filly
1, A & M Jones's Minyffordd Maid of Wales
2, J Williams's Haighmoor Briallen
3, D Timmonds's Oakbury Regal Princess

1/2/3-y-o gelding
1, D Smith & A Jones's Broughton Disraeli
2, E Powell's Cefndu Brenin

barren mare / gelding
1, A Jones's Glanvyrnwy Secret's Delight
2, M Bevan-Jones's Powysvalley Tania's Pride
3, Seiont Rhun

brood mare
1 & ch, Jones Bros & G & N Jones's Fronarth Model Lady
2, A Fawcett's Pantanamlwg Free Gift
3, H Hudson's Maesyfelin Harlequin

foal
1, A Burgoyne's Wishaw New Model
2, A Fawcett's Treforest Welsh Model
3, H Hudson's Maesyfelin Frankie

jnr stallion
1, F Andrew's Cascob Braveheart
2, C Gravner's Renvarg Real Magic

snr do
1, C Randles's Eifed Trysor
2, A Jones's Glanvyrnwy Temptation Mini

ridden (Mrs E Mansfield & L Bigley)
novice lead rein
1, Nicholls family's Brolawen Cariad
2, Reed family's Ordiwedd Jess
3, C Simmonds's Abaddon Bronze Sally

do first ridden
1, Brolawen Cariad
2, D Jordan & A Abrahall's Ponthafren Sandman
3, Abaddon Bronze Sally

open lead rein
1 & ch, Nicholls family's Rosark Elsa
2 & res, Ordiwedd Jess

do first ridden
1, J Mansfield's Ringcourt Sinatra Novice

ridden classes (Mrs Mansfield & Mrs L Ferris)
Sec A/B 1, K Wainwright's Skellorn Precious Doll
2, Roseark Elsa
3, C Allin's Hilltop Masquerade

do sec C/D
1, Hafodyrynys Viking Warrior
2, N Edwards's Tirclyn Ovation
3, Gwynpage Arianrhodd

Open ridden (Mrs Mansfield & J Helme)
Sec A
1, Roseark Elsa

Sec B
1 & res, G Pipe's Karsl Mohican
2, R Thacker's Farchynys Penri
3, M Jackson's Thistledown Montana

Sec C
1 & ch, G Baker's Starcrest Discovery
2, Heppenstall family's Glynwyn Pennies from Heaven
3, N McGrail's Rangeview Rosa

Sec D
1, C Randles's Pontesford Wilfred
2, A & J James's Sydenham Elderberry
3, M Featherstone's Dyffryngwy Lucky Lad

New London Gold (Mrs J Pearce)
Sec A
1, J Russell's Gartconnel Shooting Star
2, Friars Posy
3, C & M Cobley's Tryfel Bethan

Sec B (P Jones)
1, J Mansfield's Skellorn Choirboy
2, Griashall Kiwi
3, Paddock Northern Lustre

Sec C (R Manchip)
1, Jones Bros & G & N Jones's Fronarth Showman
2, P Sulsh's Hywi Rhian
3, Tyngwndwn Daylight

Sec D ( G Thomas)
1 & 3, S Gibbons's Tymor Pele & Tymor The Tramp
2, Fronarth Model Lady

WPB (Mrs J MacInnes)
1, Henleydown Picturesque
2, P Tsoflias's Bryncadog Penny Royal
3, Crafton Madam Butterfly

Report and photos by Dr Wynne Davies