Mares
PENTLAND GOLDEN RAPTURE
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/pentland+golden+rapture
(Musk Lavender Tailor x Pentland Golden Risotta)
D.O.B.: 11:11:2003
Blue Dun 9.2hh
See her colt by Beyond Blue Armani on the foals page!
A delightful, very pretty pony, with a pert ‘in your face’ personality, Philiadelphia was born in 2003, and is a blue dun Shetland Pony mare from the renowned stud of Mrs. Betty Myers. Philiadelphia stands at 9.2hh and has the Shetlands abundance of mane and tail. She bred her first foal in 2007, a lovely little bay filly by Brosha Troy (bay) . Little Razz has her fathers colouring and delightful head, but all her mothers personality and that abundance of thick, heavy mane.
Philiadelphia ran with another dun Shetland Pony, Beyond Blue Armani, last season for a 2009 foal. See the resulting colt foal on the foals page.
To date Philiadelphia has been involved in 2 street parades, two television show appearances (A Brady Bunch on A Current Affair, & Talk to the Animals), pony rides at a child’s 5th birthday party, and countless walks about the main streets of Creswick. Even when heavily pregnant, she still liked her daily stroll down the street to meet people. She loved the attention!
PENTLAND COTTON CANDY
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/pentland+cotton+candy
(Pentland Pinto Boy x Pentland Candyfloss)
27:11:2004
Bay & White Skewbald
9.3hh
Had 1st foal by Beyond Blue Armani
See Foals page - Stunning little filly!
Q, as Pentland Cotton Candy is known as at home, is a 9.3hh bay and white skewbald Shetland Pony also from Betty Myers’ Pentland Stud in Ballarat. Q foaled to Beyond Blue Armani November, 2008.
Like the dun Shetland Pony mare, Q is also well known about our home town of Creswick. She has been in a street parade, has also appeared in the television shows with Brady Halls & Nicky Buckley, has not yet worked at a birthday party, but has done numerous walks down the street. Many like her bold colouring and often ask if her foals will also be as bold. The answer is always YES! Followed by, I HOPE!
Not as pretty as the dun, Q does have the ‘old-fashioned’ type of Shetland head, and is often a favourite because of her calm, gentle personality. Never pushy or boisterous, Q is loved by many for her quiet dignity of manner, and it is hoped her foals will also inherit that gentle nature.
PENELL PARK KATRINA
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/penell+park+katrina
(Brolga Delacombe x Thorpeville Tracy)
27:12:1994
Black 9.3hh
See her filly by Beyond Blue Armani on the foals page!
Stardust, as we call her, has Rodney of Marshwood (IMP) as her maternal grandsire & Emblem of Wetherden (IMP) as her paternal great grandsire, so this mare carries some of the older Shetland Pony bloodlines. She certainly has good bone and substance, so it is hoped she will produce good sized foals for riding and or driving.
Stardust is both saddle & harness trained, and though prone to founder in the past, she ran with the dun Shetland, Beyond Blue Armani for a 2009 foal. It is hoped that, if in foal and having a foal at foot the next year, we can finally break the founder cycle that has plagued her for some years at her previous home.
Already Stardust has joined the team of ponies, with a street parade, walks down the street, a birthday party, and fund-raising pony rides under her girth. A quiet and placid natured mare, I hope to compete her in harness in the future.
KANIMBLA MADELINE
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/kanimbla+madeline
(Millbrae Moomba x Pentland Meggie)
24:10:1994
Grey 9hh
Maddie, as she is affectionately known as, is a lovely natured grey Shetland mare that came to the stud needing alot of work with her feet. Having foundered in the past, her feet had become unmanageable for her previous owners, and they passed her on as a project pony for the stud owner. Whether or not she ever has a foal for the stud in the future, Maddie will have a forever home at Callambene.
PREVIOUS MARES GONE TO GOOD HOMES
PENTLAND LOIS 2ND
(Spring Park Sonny 2nd x Pentland Lillibet)
5: 10:1992
Grey (Black) 8.3hh
See her foal on Foals Page.
Pentland Lois 2nd is a 1992 grey Shetland mare standing at 8.3hh. Living all her life til now at the Pentland Stud of Betty Myers, Lois has had 5 foals under the Pentland stud prefix, 4 female & 1 male, all of which went grey like their mother. Indeed, her daughters had greys, as have her grand-daughters, so it was expected & hoped for a greying Shetland foal to be born when she came to Callambene and was put to Beyond Blue Armani.
On October 30th Lois did precisely that, a little black filly with silvering eyelids was delivered in my front garden. See little Thora on our foals page. The filly, fortunately, has her mothers’ sweet little head and is already becoming familiar with being handled. Unlike her mother, who can be very anti-social when in a larger area, we hope Thora continues to be friendly and ready to approach people.
Lois has gone to a lovely retirement home on the outskirts of Melbourne's eastern suburbs. Her new owner, Jo, will give Lois as much care & love as she needs as the companion of Soxy, another aging pony mare. Have a long life old girl.
