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News
Royal Riders
Pony Club
Volume 1, Issue 11
August 2009
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Pony Club Camp 2009!
Upcoming Events
2
Me and My Pony
2
Pony Club Camp
3
Breed of the Month
4-5
Patch Program Pix
6
RRPC at OC Fair
7
Happy Birthday!
8
Learn all about: Wonderful
Welsh Ponies
(above picture from left to right) Ally riding Cookie, Rachel riding Liam,
and Sarah riding Apollo.
More on pg. 3
Pg. 4
Pics of the Month
The Royal Riders Volunteered at OC Fair!
Pg. 7
Me and My
Pony: Rider and
Pony Profile on
Katie
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A cool new way to greet a pony!
What horses will do for treats…
and dogs too.
Upcoming
Events
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August:
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Lessons every Monday and Friday
at 4:30 p.m.
Sept. 26th—Dressage Rally—Bear
Valley
November:
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Lessons every Monday and Friday
at 4:30 p.m.
October:
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Horsemasters lessons every Monday at 10:00am & Tuesday at 6:30
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Lessons every Monday and Friday at
4:30 p.m.
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Horsemasters lessons every Monday at 10:00am & Tuesday at 6:30
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Aug. 1st—Vet Clinic—11:00am1:00pm—Paxton EQ Center
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Horsemasters lessons every Monday at 10:00am & Tuesday at 6:30
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Nov. 14th—unmounted meeting
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Aug. 2nd—Dressage Show
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Oct. 4th—Annual Parent meeting
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No lessons on Thanksgiving week
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Aug. 16th—McCoy Show
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Oct. 11th—McCoy Show
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Aug. 30th—Patch Program at the
Gross’s
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Oct. 17th, 9am-3pm—Pumpkin
Patch Fundraiser
September:
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Oct. 18th—Dressage Show
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Oct. 24th—Show Jumping Rally—
Ventura
Lessons every Monday and Friday
at 4:30 p.m.
December:
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Lessons every Monday and Friday
at 4:30 p.m.
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Horsemasters lessons every Monday at 10:00am & Tuesday at 6:30
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No lessons during Christmas
break—2 weeks
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Dec. 12th—Christmas Party
Me and My Pony: Rider and Pony Profile
What color are your ponies? Starlight is Chestnut,
Sophie is Bay, and Patches is Fleabitten Gray.
How old are you? 9 (10 on August 7th)
How tall is your pony? Starlight is 14.2hh, Sophie is
What’s your favorite color? Lime Green
12.2hh, and Patches is10.1hh.
What’s your favorite breed of horse or pony? Belgian What is your favorite thing to do with your ponies?
With Starlight I like to barrel race and Sophie I like to
Do you own or lease a pony? I own three ponies.
What’s are your pony’s names? Starlight, Patches, and jump and do shows. But with Patches I like to do
around the world and lay around and be silly.
Sophie (shown)
What are your ponies like? Starlight is very easy going
How old are your ponies? Starlight is 17, Patches is
and fast, Sophie is sophisticated, and Patches is just
probably 4 or 5, and Sophie is 19.
What breeds are your ponies? Starlight is a Quarter cute and silly.
Horse, Sophie is a Welsh Pony and Patches is a
What would your dream horse or pony be and what
Welsh Mountain Pony.
would you do with it? A big black appaloosa Belgian
and we would canter around a big meadow and go
swimming in a lake. It would be a lot of fun!
Name: Katie
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Pony Club Camp
Pony club camp was a blast! You could do things like ride, crafts, swimming, and horse management (talking about horse related things). Some people may think it would be scary for your horse
in a different area but my horse and mostly all of the other horses got used to it.
When you ride you can do things like cross country, show jumping, and dressage. When you
ride you’re put into separate groups by your number based on your skill level.
So if your not the best rider you would be put in a higher number group (the lower the number the better you are). When you do cross country, you do jumps or poles and go on a trail ride
(maybe not though it depends). When doing show jumping it’s basically just going over regular jumps
or poles. Also in dressage you do trot work, possibly canter work and quad drill teams.
So it’s a whole week of fun in the sun. And if you would like to stay with an adult he/she may
chaperone the people from the club if they’re at camp. I hope you decide to go next year.
-Rachel E.
Breed of the Month:
The Welsh Pony
The Welsh Pony designates a group of four related types of pony and horse native to Wales: the Welsh mountain pony
(Section A), the Welsh pony (Section B), the Welsh pony of cob type (Section C), and the Welsh Cob (Section D). Welsh
ponies and cobs are suitable mounts for both children and adults. The modern Welsh Pony is known as a riding and driving
pony. It is shown both in hand and under saddle, including hunter/jumper and dressage competition, and is a popular children's pony. They have a reputaton for intelligence, friendly personalities and even temperaments, allowing them to be easily
trained. The breed is used for many forms of equestrianism, including pleasure riding, as well as horse show competition.
The Welsh also crosses well with many other breeds and has influenced the Pony of the Americas and the British Riding
Pony. Many are also crossbred with Thoroughbreds, and other horse breeds. The Welara, a cross between the Welsh pony
and the Arabian horse, has its own registry. The original Welsh Mountain Pony is thought to have evolved from the prehistoric Celtic pony. Welsh ponies were primarily developed in Wales and existed in the British Isles prior to the arrival of the
Roman Empire. They were adapted to the difficult climate of severe winters and sparse vegetation. Shelter most often was
an isolated valley or a clump of bare trees. Bands of ponies roamed in a semi-feral state climbing mountains, leaping ravines,
running over rough moorland terrain. Therefore the Welsh pony developed intelligence, speed and soundness, and is known
for "heart" and endurance. They are tough and thrifty, with a steady, tractable, and calm nature.
When the Romans occupied Ancient Britain, they brought horses of their own, which bred with the native ponies, producing hardy offspring with substance and attractive appearance. It is believed that Julius Caesar founded a stud for the ponies
on the shores of Lake Bala. The characteristics of the breed as it is known today are thought to have been established by the
late 15th century, after the Crusaders returned to England with Arabian stallions obtained from the Middle East.
In the 1500s, King Henry VIII, thinking to improve the breeds of horses, particularly war horses, ordered the destruction of
all stallions under 15 hands and all mares under 13 hands. Fortunately the ponies in the wild, remote, and inaccessible mountains of Wales escaped this order. On the upland farms of Wales, Welsh ponies and cobs would often have to do everything
from ploughing a field to carrying a farmer to market or driving a family to services on Sunday. When coal mining became
important to the economy of England, many Welsh ponies were harnessed for use in mines, above and below ground. In the
18th century and 19th century, more Arabian blood was added by stallions who were turned out in the Welsh hills. Other
breeds have also been added, including the Hackney, Thoroughbred, Norfolk Roadster, and the Yorkshire Coach Horse.
In 1901, the Welsh Pony and Cob Society was formed in the United Kingdom, with the first Stud Book published the following year. In 1949, the sections of the Stud Book (A, B, C, and D) were introduced. The United States registry, also named
the Welsh Pony and Cob Society, was incorporated in 1906. One important stallion in the Welsh breed since the 1900s was
Dyoll Starlight, credited with being the foundation sire of the modern breed, and who was a combination of Welsh and Arab
breeding. From his line came an influential stallion of the Section B type: Tan-y-Bwlch Berwyn. This stallion was sired by a
Barb and out of a mare from the Dyoll Starlight line.
A life-sized statue of a Welsh cob stallion was erected in the town of Aberaeron in 2005 donated to the town by the Aberaeron Festival of Welsh Ponies and Cobs to denote the area as Welsh Cob country. It was created by sculptor David Mayer.
A small feral population of about 180 animals roams the Carneddau mountains in Snowdonia. All sections of Welsh ponies
and Welsh cobs are sure-footed with sound feet, dense bone, and are very hardy. The ponies should have a well-laid back
shoulder, deep chest, short back, well-sprung rib cage and strong hindquarters. Their legs should be clean" with good bone,
short cannons and correct hocks. They exhibit the substance, stamina and soundness of their ancestral bloodstock. Welsh
ponies may be any coat color except the spotted patterns such as pinto or Appaloosa.
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The Welsh Mountain Pony (Section A) may not exceed 12.2 hands (127 cm or 50 inches). The Section A Welsh Pony is
also known as the Welsh Mountain pony. Both the Section A and Section B ponies are more refined than those in Section C and
D. They are characterized from the cob types by a large eye, small head (often with a dished face from the Arabian influence),
high set on tail, and refined leg conformation, but retaining good bone and correctness.
The Welsh Pony of Riding Type (Section B) is the second division within the Welsh pony registry. Section B ponies are
taller than the closely related Welsh mountain pony (Section A) with a maximum height of 14.2 hh (58 inches or 147 cm). They
are known for elegant movement and athletic ability while still retaining the substance and hardiness of the foundation stock, the
Section A Welsh pony. Section B ponies also generally have a slightly lighter build, as a result of Thoroughbred and Hackney
blood. Section B ponies should resemble the Section A pony, but are of a more refined "riding type". However, they should not
be light of bone; they should resemble their Mountain Pony ancestors for quality of bone. In addition to the desirable characteristics of the Type A pony, Type B ponies have a free-flowing movement. They should have a muscular neck, arching from withers
to poll, and have a deep, wide chest. Section B ponies are more commonly used as children's ponies and as pony hunter/jumpers.
The Welsh pony of Cob Type (Section C) should be no taller than 13.2 hands (54 inches (137 cm)). However, unlike the
Welsh pony (Section B), it is heavier and more coblike and compact. The Welsh Pony of Cob Type first resulted from a crossbreeding between the Welsh mountain pony (Section A) and the Welsh Cob (Section D). Today , some Section C ponies are still
produced from this cross. In the past the WPCSA also accepted Section C ponies with Section B blood but that is no longer the
case. There were also crosses with Iberian horses, which led to the development of the Powys horse, which was also a foundation for this type. Other breeds also influenced the Section C, including the Norfolk Trotter, the Hackney and Yorkshire Coach
Horse. Cob type ponies differ from the section A and B ponies in that they have a straight profile with large, expressive eyes.
They have clean limbs with silky feathering, and have sound feet. Their movement is high-stepping but with good reach in the
shoulder and impulsion from the hindquarters. They have a round barrel and compact back with good muscling. The Welsh Pony
of Cob Type is considered to have a more independent character than the Section A or Section B. They are easy keepers and
have excellent endurance. Today, the type is used mainly in harness for competitive driving.
Influential stallions on the Section C and D bloodlines include:
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Cymro Llwyd: foaled in 1850, by an Arabian stallion and out of a trotting mare
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Alonzo the Brave: foaled in 1866, tracing his ancestry through the Hackney breed to the Darley Arabian
Trotting Comet: foaled in 1840 from a long line of trotting horses
True Briton: foaled in 1930, by a trotting sire and out of an Arabian mare
The Welsh Cob (Section D) is the largest-sized animal within the Welsh pony and cob breed registries, and is no shorter than
13.2 hands. Under some organization rules there may be no upper height limit, others require they not be over 14.2hh. Though
they are the tallest and stockiest of the Welsh sections, the head remains full of pony character, with large eyes, and neat ears.
The legs may be relatively short, also akin to pony proportions. Mature stallions have somewhat cresty necks, those of mares are
generally leaner. Like the section C, they have powerful, extravagant action. Grey coloring is rarer in the section D cob than
other types of Welsh ponies, but bold white markings are common. Today, the Section D is best known for use in harness driving, but they are also shown under saddle and in hand. Like other Welsh ponies, Cobs are also exhibited over fences as hunters
and jumpers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_Pony
Welsh Mountain Pony (Type A)
Welsh Pony (Type B)
Welsh Pony of Cob Type (Type C)
Welsh Cob (Type D)
Patch Program Pictures from July 24th
Our last Patch Program was on leading a horse.
Mrs. Ashford talks about what we are learning today.
Katie reads out of the Pony
Club Manual
Sammie and Azieza decorate
their wallets.
We decorated wallets to put our Pony Club $ in.
Teegan leads Patches.
Hannah shows that she can
put a halter on.
Kristen helps Azieza work on
the puzzle.
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Mr. Dvorak shows us how to lead a pony.
Sammie and Azieza wait their
turn.
Working on a puzzle sheet.
Hannah shows Taylor how to
hold a lead rope.
Rachel and Ashlyn work together to solve the puzzle.
Emily and Libby have finished It’s fun to hunt for horsey stuff to buy in our Pony Club store!
their puzzle!
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Pony Club Volunteers at the OC Fair
On July 30th, Some Royal Riders Volunteered their time to take care of some mares and foals at the Orange County’s Fair’s Maternity Barn, from 4:30pm-9:00pm. They had to make sure the horses had enough water, clean up their stalls, answer questions
from viewers, and take some of the horses out for exercise. There were three Mare and Foal pairs to look after: Lady and Princess, two pinto Miniature Horses, Lakota and Pink Bary, two white and gray Miniature Horses, and the two ponies Star and Aspen,
Star the mother was a bay and Aspen the foal was chestnut. It was lots of fun hangin’ out with these adorable horses!
Princess taking a
nap
Katie, Kristen, Davis,
Ashlyn, and Rachel
came to help.
Pink Bary taking a
nap
Lakota eating
Lady eating
Pink Bary sleeping in
her Pink Blanket
Lady and Princess
eating
Star and Aspen
Lady eats while Princess itches her leg.
Princess and Lady
Lady and Princess
Davis with Pink Bary
Mrs. Endressen organized this fun trip.
Katie and Kristen in
Pink Bary’s Room
Rachel & Bri
Ashlyn leads Lady
Princess nursing from
Lady
Princess and Lady
eating
Ashlyn and Rachel
We took Lady and Princess out for some exercise.
Katie and
Princess
Standing by the horses
Standing with the
horses
Making sure the foal
doesn’t eat dirt
Chasing after the
horses
Rachel and Brianne
Pink Bary
It was lots of fun!
Running with the
horses
Ashlyn, Davis, Kristen, Pink Bary is so cute!!!
and Katie
Davis and Lady
Kristen, Ashlyn, and
Katie
Royal Riders
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Pony Club Comes to Yorba Linda
North Orange County’s very own Pony Club is here! Become
a part of the Royal Riders Pony Club. Pony Club is an international club geared toward educating our youth and guiding them toward becom-
Sharon Kaak
18207 Shook Lane
Yorba Linda, CA
92886
ing better horse riders. Pony club will encourage our young horse lovers to become
even better citizens in our already strong community of horse lovers.
Phone: 714-606-7136
Fax: 714-274-7136
E-mail: [email protected]
This year promises to be full of new experiences. Each month we will have an
unmounted lesson and two (or more if you want) mounted lessons. In the last
year, we have already hosted Pony Play Days for our members, represented our
OC PONY CLUB
club in our local parades, made our own homemade horse treats, and participated in a Pony Club Rally and Camp. In 2009 we are hoping to participate in
The Perfect Club for Pony Lovers
even more rallies and clinics, as well as to experience some local field trips. We
welcome you to join us! To learn more go to: www.ocponyclub.org
Our website is:
www.ocponyclub.org
Is there a horse breed you’d like featured in the newsletter? If so, contact Kristen
at: [email protected]. Also, send your photos and ads to me.
Hey Pony Clubbers: Check this link out of the Shetland Grand National! http://www.horsechannel.com/horse-exclusives/shetland-grand-national.aspx
Happy Birthday!
Katie
10 on August 7th
Avery
14 on August 27th
Halina
August 18th
Suggestions, Comments, or Questions: Email Kristen at: [email protected]
Newsletter Managing Editor: Kristen D., age 12