Non Profit Gelding Day - Victoria 

             
4th July at 12.00 PM
55a Liddicoat rd
Creswick, Victoria, 3363
Contact Lee - PH 03 53451130 or 0438 295282

A $25.00 non refundable deposit to be paid at least 5 days prior to the Gelding Day to book your spot.
Pamtab@bigpond.com

Conditions of Gelding
In the event of ponies leaving after gelding if any complications ponies are to be taken to the Maryborough Vet Clinic, or you can take the pony to any other Vet but it will be at your cost. If the colts testicles are not down you will get your deposit back, if you do not turn up on the day you will lose your deposit. Deposit can be by direct deposit or money order made out to Lee Bartholomew. Please contact me if you have any queries.

We hope to make this a annual event, and cold drinks, tea and coffee will be supplied. Please come and meet new people other breeders enjoy the day (as we know the poor colts won't).

Shetland Pony Enthusiasts of Victoria ~ News

Following our General Meeting it was decided to hold our Annual Shetland Show on the 20th & 21st December 2008 (Christmas Show) at the Bendigo Showgrounds, this will incorporate a full programme with Saddle, Harness, Child Hander, Open Led, Coloured Classes and Geldings, Foal Futurity classes (covering 2007/2008) and Foal Maturity Classes (covering 2007/2008)

The Show was originally booked for the Geelong Showgrounds but with further investigation we decided unanimously that the current prices for exhibitors are excessively high therefore the venue was transferred to the Bendigo Showgrounds. If anyone would like clarification with any of the above please do not hesitate to contact me via email scentron@bigpond.net.au. Programmes for the show will be printed at a later date in the Shetland Newsletter and APSB Show Schedule.

Sally Centrone
Secretary - Shetland Pony Enthusiasts of Victoria

Thorpeville Shetland Stud Sale

             
 The Thorpeville Shetland Stud Sale was held in Myrtleford, Victoria on Saturday 12th April, 2008. 96 registered Shetland ponies were presented for sale to an eager crowd of Shetland enthusiasts who had travelled from all across Australia and even New Zealand to attend. There were ponies on offer to suit all buyers, from young geldings to senior proven broodmares, and a range of lovely colours including the Stud's prized blue roans by imported sire, Clothie Zobell. The valued imported bloodlines of many of the mares created strong bidding on many lots and all ponies offered on the day were sold.

Top price for the sale was the lovely young piebald mare, Thorpeville Bewitched, pictured above, (Darrewin Santee x Thorpeville Baylee Jane) who sold for $940. Also attracting the attention of bidders were the four full sisters Thorpeville Tanya, Thorpeville Chelsea, Thorpeville Miss Expensive and Thorpeville Tamarah, all by Lordonvale Mistral out of Thorpeville Tabatha who sold for $910, $725, $800 and $275 respectively. In addition, Thorpeville Chelsea's 2004 chestnut filly, Thorpeville Champagne was the top priced filly of the sale at $775. The top priced stallion was Paluka Masterpiece pictured below.

Note: all prices listed are the knockdown prices and were subject to an additional 10% GST.

Photos courtesy of Sherbrooke Photography. Sherbrooke Photography also have a DVD of the sale available.

Shetland Pony Festival 2009 - Lerwick (UK) 

             
Shetland Welcomes Visitors to attend the Shetland Pony Festival, 15th-23rd August 2009
The Pony Breeders of Shetland Association are pleased to announce the formal launch of the “Shetland Pony Festival” which is taking place in August 2009 and invites all enthusiasts to register their interest now.

This unique festival offers the budding Shetland pony enthusiast an opportunity to visit the home of the pony and join us in a week’s celebration. Morgan Goodlad, Chair of the Shetland Pony Festival organising committee said ”We aim to host a trip of a lifetime for Shetland pony breeders and enthusiasts".

We hope to offer our visitors an excellent package to take part in our festival, whilst exploring the island, and giving visitors the chance to sample the best of Shetland culture and world-renowned hospitality. For the first time, the Shetland Pony Stud Book Society Breed Show will also be hosted in Shetland on Saturday 22nd August.Highlights during the week include:

• A welcoming reception
• Stallion evaluation day
• Stud visits throughout Shetland
• Shetland Pony Seminar, “Past, Present and Future”
• The Shetland Pony Stud Book Society AGM
• The Shetland Pony Stud Book Society Breed Show
• Evening reception and dance with Traditional Shetland music
• Closing lunch and reception and Shetland Pony Grand National
• Optional weekend in Unst, Britain’s most northerly island

If you are interested in attending this event, travel and accommodation packages will be available. Importantly we are keen to establish interest levels now, as Shetland is a very popular summer tourist destination.

To register your interest in this event, please visit www.shetlandponybreeders.com and complete our online survey and sign up for our e-news service. Otherwise, call Fiona Dally on 01595 744964 to register your interest and to let us know if you are interested in travelling with ponies to attend the Breed Show.

Further package details will be available once initial interest levels have been established, so don’t delay in getting back to us as soon as possible. To find out more about Shetland, please visit www.visitshetland.com. 
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Dor Australian breeders wishing to attend please contact:
Margaret Wright for information Ph 02 67696442 anytime.
Email -  yeolodge@yahoo.com
Janis Young for flight information Ph  07 54970819

Small Shetlands Group - Stallion Tender 

The Small Shetland Ponies of Australia group are holding a stallion tender as their major fundraiser for 2008. on offer are services to five lovely quality under 8.2hh Shetland stallions. Some of these stallions do not stand at public stud so this is a wonderful opportunity to access these bloodlines. Information about the stallions and the tender process is available on the Small Shetlands website at www.smallshetlands.org and can also be downloaded below.

The stallions available are: Plum Lane Makin A Splash (Vic), Possum Hollow Lairds Glory (Vic), Shanusti Laird (Vic), Pentland Tresco (NSW), and Poniewood Magic Jubilee (SA)

Tenders open on 1 May, and must be lodged no later than 5 pm on 30 June 2008.
Please Note that the minimum bid is $400 and a $50 handling fee per stallion

Stallion Tender Information

For more details contact Leanne (03) 56640049. Or email: info@smallshetlands.org

Small Shetlands Group - Next Meeting & BBQ

Our next meeting will be at Wangaratta,
FRIDAY 11th of APRIL 2008 at PAINTERS ISLAND CARAVAN PARK,
Pinkerton Crescent, Wangaratta. 6pm BBQ, 7pm MEETING.

The group decided to take advantage of the fact that many of us would be attending the Thorpeville Stud Auction, and to give Northern Victorian subscribers the opportunity to attend a meeting close to them.
Some of our subscribers have booked Cabins and Camping sites at Painters Island Caravan Park, so we invite everyone to come and join us for a social BBQ (BYO everything) and a drink or two (if you like!!!!), followed by a Meeting at approx 7pm. We will be located around the BBQ Area, shouldn’t be too hard to find us.
Our group will also have an Information Stand at the Auction on Saturday.

For more details contact Leanne (03) 56640049. Or email: info@smallshetlands.org

APSB TAS Branch Fundraising Raffle

             
$2 per ticket
Drawn May 31st
1st prize: Quilt value $150
2nd prize: Mobile phone value $100
3rd prize: Mobile phone value $60
4th prize: Looped hoof knife value $50
5th prize: Roberts feed voucher value $15

for full details see www.freewebs.com/apsbtasraffle
or contact Alison Scott, PO Box 53, Deloraine Tasmania on 0363624467 or 0408 559 882
 

Dunthomas Shetland Stud News

Dunthomas Shetland Stud proudly introduces:

Wells Highclass (imp)

4 years,  10.1/2h,  Black,  Born 10/7/2003
 

Dunthomas Shetland Stud has imported this top quality stallion from Scotland. He arrived in Australia on the 4th of August, 2007, but due to the Equine Influenza outbreak he has had to remain in New South Wales at Chris & Helen Chugg's Diamond B Farm at Glossodia. Highclass has to remain there due to EI quarantine rules that require him to be quarantined at Glossodia and again at the NSW/QLD border. The Chugg's are in training for the Beijing Olympic games and can't go into quarantine. It wouldn't be fair to stop all horse movements for them for two weeks.

I have always loved the Wells Stud and wanted one of their ponies. And now I have what I always wanted in this lovely young stallion. I can't wait to see his foals on the ground by 2009. I will be accepting outside mares to Highclass in the near future.
 

Janis Young - Dunthomas Stud
Phone: (07) 54970821 or  (07) 54970819      Fax (07) 54970816
111-119 Bruce Court, Rocksberg, QLD, 4510.
Email:  kjyoung.07@bigpond.com

Thorpeville Shetland Stud Auction

             
Thorpeville Shetland Pony Stud are holding an UNRESERVED Auction on 12th April 2008 at Myrtleford, Victoria.
100 Ponies will be offered.  Included are;
• Shetland mares/fillies with fully imported breeding including Blue Roans
• A variety of coloured mares/fillies
• Over 30 geldings
Ponies will range from stock under 8.2hh up to 10.2hh.
 

Thorpeville Shetland Pony Sales List                Important Information

For photos of the mares and stallions please visit www.shetlandponies.net
Contact Mavis McConville 03 57 521 231 or
Alandi Durling 03 57 271 401

Warrumbungle APSB Online Show

             
The Warrumbungle APSB Online Foal Show is on again this year.

We are fortunate enough this year to have Horse Shows Magazine on board as our major sponsor.
This year the Ultimate Foal wins $100 plus a write up in Horse Shows Magazine

Entries open the 1st April and Close midnight 31st July
Entry Fee : $3.00 per foal per class

This year there have been some changes to the rules, please read them carefully.
Also there has been some changes to the website that should make it easier for browsing the entries.
Hope to see your foals entered.

Please visit our Online Foal Show Website at  www.freewebs.com/foalshow

~ Stallion Tender 2008 ~

             
The Victorian Branch of the APSB intends to run a Stallion Tender for the 2008 breeding season. Funds raised through the Stallion Tender will be used for the benefit of all our members.

CALLING ALL MARE OWNERS
If you are considering breeding from your mare this year why not bid on one of the gorgeous stallions to be offered through the Stallion Tender? Bidding for the stallions will open on 1 May and close on 31 July 2008 with winners advised shortly thereafter. More information, including the list of stallions on offer will be published on the APSB website as they become available.

CALLING ALL STALLION OWNERS
Please donate a stallion service for the 2008 season to your Victorian Branch to help us make this Fundraiser a success. Our aim is to be able to offer service fees to stallions from each breed so please help us to help you.
 

Stallion Tender Conditions                Stallion Nomination Forms

Please contact:
Ruth Feltoe on 5428 5560 or via chrisfeltoe@bigpond.com 
Joy Jones on 5628 7513 or at 95 Tonkin Road, Labertouche 3816

Woodview Shetland Stud

Woodview Shetland Stud would like to announce the launch of their new redesigned website at www.woodviewshetlands.com. Please feel free to drop by for a visit and view their lovely Shetland Ponies.  Don't forget to sign the guestbook! Woodview Stud currently have a large selection of ponies available for sale, all of which can be viewed on their website.

If you have a Shetland Related website that you would like to promote, send in the address for inclusion on our News/Links page.

New Miniature & Shetland Pony Forum

The newest forum on the block & dedicated to the Miniature Horse, Miniature Pony & Shetland owners, breeders & showies etc. Sections include:

General
Breeding
Feeding
Adverts (buy/swap/sell)
Advertise your stud & or business
Breed society details

Feel free to join with us, & start chatting.    http://magicalminis.forumup.com.au/

Harviestoun Pharoah (imp)

News from Gleneagles Stud (NZ):

It was with real regret that Pharoah's trip to Australia this season had to be cancelled because of the Equine Flu epidemic. All deposits were promptly refunded in full. I cannot imagine what it is like for all of you trapped in this hideous flu situation.

I am currently considering sending Pharoah to the AI station to have semen collected; the other alternative is to reconsider sending him to Australia for the 2008 season. His stud fee will likely be reduced because of the hardship many pony breeders will be facing.

Thank you to all of you who enquired about Pharoah for stud. Your response was terrific and the quality of your mares impressive.

Pharoah's yearling colts will shortly be advertised both on the Shetland Sales website and on the NZ Shetland Pony Society website - www.shetlandpony.org.nz

I wish all of you and your ponies a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year 2008.

Kindest regards
Sue Jackson
Gleneagles Shetland Pony Stud (NZ)
panzerrott@xtra.co.nz    +64 9 238 8311

Shetland Pony Enthusiasts of Victoria ~ News

Hi Everyone,
Sorry to disappoint everyone but the Annual Shetland Show that had been postponed until the 8th & 9th March 2008 has also been cancelled. The APSB has cancelled all Group Shows until the end of March 2008, due to the Bio Security problems associated with holding these events. Therefore our Annual Show will not be held until the 6th & 7th December 2008

Updated Information – Foal Futurity & Foal Maturity classes for 2007

Due to the cancellation of our 2007 Annual Show we will endeavour to cater for those ponies that were eligible for the Foal Futurity and Foal Maturity at the Show.

Therefore, for the 2008 Annual Shetland Show there will be two sections

1. Foal Futurity 2007 (ponies eligible for the 2007 show)
2. Foal Futurity 2008 (ponies eligible for the 2008 show)

As advertised, earlier if there are enough ponies entered in the Foal Futurity that would be eligible for an 8.2u section then we could possibly spilt the classes so please enter all the unborn foals to be eligible, if you need any further clarification please contact me via email scentron@bigpond.net.au

Sally Centrone
Secretary - Shetland Pony Enthusiasts of Victoria

Shetland Pony Enthusiasts of Victoria ~ News

The Vic All Shetland Show due to be held on the 1st-2nd of December at Geelong has been postponed due to the equine Influenza Outbreak (see below). It is hoped that the show will be able to be rescheduled for early 2008 at Geelong or possibly at an alternate venue such as the Bendigo Showground if availability is a problem. Further meetings are planned in the near future to discuss options and any further news will be posted both here and on the Shetland Sales Forum.

Other SPE news is that they are considering splitting the Foal Futurity and adding an under 8.2hh Futurity if sufficient numbers. So if you are interested in this class being offered, please lend your support by contacting the committee or leaving a notice on the forum so committee members can see it.

Also SPE of Vic Calendars are now available for sale for $7@ and $2 postage - send cheque made out to Shetland Pony Enthusiasts c/- 24 Bellbird Drive - Wantirna 3152 (03 9801 3849)
Any questions or queries - please contact the SPE of Vic on the contact details above, or post in the forum and we will try to assist.

New Shetland Promotion Group

A new group is being formed for the promotion of Shetland ponies in the 8.2hh & under category. Small Shetland Ponies of Australia hope to promote classes for 8.2hh & under Shetlands at Agricultural and breed shows throughout Australia. They are currently seeking expressions of interest from Shetland Enthusiasts, and will be publishing a diary and calendar to raise funds for the groups development and for class sponsorship.

For more information please visit their new website at www.smallshetlands.org or download a subscription form.

Small Shetlands Promotional Group  - 

Project Hope: Drought Affected and Neglected Horses

Project Hope does fantastic work in saving and rehabilitating neglected and abused horses and ponies. However the severity of the prolonged drought means that they are being absolutely inundated at the moment, especially after their latest appalling case of neglect involving an Arabian stud at Kyneton. I know that everyone is struggling with the drought but if you can, please contribute to Project Hope to help them with this important work. Contributions can be monetary, feed, purchasing raffle tickets/merchandise, or by becoming a member.

The situation facing Project Hope with the Kyneton horses is very severe. To read their case story please visit their website at http://www.phhwv.org.au/kyneton.html. Monetary donations can be made by cheque, direct deposit or Paypal - http://www.phhwv.org.au/donations.html

The Project Hope banner linked to their website will remain on the opening page of the Shetland Sales website to allow people to easily contribute to their organisation. Please help if you can.

If you would like to submit your Shetland news, please email: