The Beginning of Moorsbeck Ponies
We are a mother – daughter run stud which started in 2008.
.Our first purchase was Shadowplay Pale Shadow and Twyford Cherie, both miniature palomino’s mares from a small stud in Kent.
Shadow went on to breed our first retained filly and first licensed stallion.
She enjoyed her retirement until we lost her to aged related illness at 28. Cherie continues to live here and is now 21.
Interested in the more unusual and dilute colours and lines, we were fortunate to be able to purchase Athelney Pale Magic (Cherie’s sire) aged 23.
He sired some lovely foals for us in his final years including a now licensed son who has stayed with us for future breeding.
Magic is still missed and proved hard to replace. He had great presence and character and was my ideal Shetland pony in type and temperament.
We’ve since been lucky to find another dilute stallion with similar lines to Magic whom we had just missed out on purchasing six years earlier.
Eiger Krunch is a lovely natured stallion, an important trait to us as a small family stud, he has a good show record and has gone on to produce some lovely foals for us which he puts his stamp on.
On the female lines, we’ve also owned beautiful mares from well known studs, Tawna, Ardanbeag, Monkshill and Tussilago.
Some have since moved onto other breeders to make way for home bred stock whilst others will retire here.
Our numbers are kept small so we have the land and time to look after them. We keep a closed herd, only buying in a new line as an outcross when necessary.
We like our breeding stock to be straight, correct of their mouth with a pretty head, good hair and bone and not too small or overly thick set so they can stride out.
Our stock is between 31.5- 34 in and in most colours although dilutes are still a favourite.
We mainly breed for ourselves, to keep favourite bloodlines going and so we limit the amount of foals we now breed.
Our ponies are part of our family and farm and graze on our conservation areas at over 900ft above sea level.
We like them to live a natural life, outside, un-rugged and not fed concentrate feeds. We think this is important for their health and to retain hardiness within the ponies and maintain the breed standard.
All our ponies are dna’d parentage verified and registered with the SPSBS stud book and we have a gelding policy unless we feel a colt shows real stallion potential.
Our ponies have found new homes all over the UK, from companions, tiny tots ponies, therapy ponies, breeding and showing stock and we always like to receive updates from new owners.
