breeders & producers of sports ponies & riders.

05.06.2011
Abby and Morgan do it again! Won Prelim 19 with 67% and 2nd in Elimentery with 65.6% - only beaten by .3%. Morgan Is to be presented for sale at the IPS-Auction this year at South View on the 18th Sept but with this performance record its going to be a hard decision letting him go!

ABBY and MORGAN win the affiliated Novice 37 at Marianbach today, their first BD outing! 69.2%. Looking forward to doing the JRN at LLanymynech on Sunday then BD again on the 19th,
Robyn and Mary competing at LLanymynech too, Robyn totally enjoying putting the mileage in on Mary.

Spice - Mary's little sister (5 years) is coming on nicely, she'll be ready to compete in a month or 2, They grow up so quick!

Foals born this spring are
Morrigan Dellamitree (Dallas x Abyss) x Morrigan Enigma (Toulon x Quidam de Revel) - Morrigan Charlotte - filly - Lotti.

Morrigan Lucy Too x Llanidan Reaction - colt - Morrigan Jaffar - Jaffa(he's orange!)

Morrigan Charlemain (Dallas Bright Spark x Rocketone) x Morrigan Enigma - colt - Morrigan Donald - Donny.

Jet Run x Llanidan Reaction - filly - Morrigan Chantilly - Chilly

Morrigan Eira (Carregcoch Bleddyn x Morgan Gold) x Morrigan Enigma - filly - Morrigan EiraMai.(Eira is a half sister to Morrigan Palermo - below and also to Machno Carwyn - European Gold jumping)

* PONY CLUB NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS *
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Qualified for Summer Regionals in first two outings.
One outing and 50% qualified for Winter Regionals.
Always placed in top 3 at BD Affiliated Competitions.
Pony Club Individual National Intermediate Dressage Champion
4th in National U25 Championships (also placed 1st and two 3rds)
Regular BYRDS SW Team Member

Congratulations to Laura Halstead for winning the PONY CLUB Intermediate Dressage Championship with MORRIGAN PALERMO after an exciting ride off between section winners. They also led their branch - Blackmoor + Sparkford Vale to team victory. Read about it on

www.thisiswesternmorningnews.co.uk/horses/Pony-Clubs-make-championship-line/article-291383-detail/article.html
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The stud began in 1984 with MORGAN TALPANICA(Mole).Lipizzaner x AA.
The horses were bred for temp + rideability, quickly gaining a reputation for straightforward, sought after riding horses with reliable quality, many customers coming back for more.

By the year 2000, Siobhan, Abby + Robyn were old enough to become involved + they proved to be very keen. Quality,useful ponies being in short supply, we turned our focus to breeding performance ponies. Morrigan Stud has a long established reputation for producing genuine, well mannered, balanced + well schooled ponies. We expect our animals to have:

A. Personality - we like a pony that wants to work, enjoys it + is a nice person.

B. Quality - we want a good looking, well put together pony that has balanced conformation + class, preferably too much bone for a show type; a tough strong sort. We want a pony with Power, Movement and Elegance.

C. Talent - the pony must have good paces, be able to really use itself + have a jump in it; it must really come off the ground, on the flat + over poles.

D. Fit, healthy, + tough - we breed from hardy, healthy types that live out + are easy to do.

Sioban Harris on Morrigan Palermo out of Morgan Gold (Finbarr RID x Arab/Welsh BSJA pony) by Relmo TB
2004+2005 IDHS (GB) junior performance Champion
Generally, the pony must fit in well with family life + perform.
We use all breeds - our criterion is performance. The lines we use are mostly Irish based with plenty of Welsh + Arab + TB mixed in where necessary.

We keep the stock as long as possible, (every 1 has been such a pleasure to produce, we find it difficult to part with any of them) - preferably up to 6yr old or so - bringing them on carefully with as full an education as each individual is comfortable with + capable of. The plan being, when they leave us, they are ready + able for anything. We have more than 1 or 2 satisfied customers. I hope you like our horses as much as we do.

As you can see our Prefix was originally MORGAN but when the Central Prefix Register became more involved in registering horses we had to change it as it was the name of a breed. We had a young lady riding with us at the time called MORRIGAN. Having registered a small number of horses under the name of our farm CEFN GOF + seen what a mouthful people found that, we changed to Morrigan. Over the years we observed the type of horse the average rider needed - something with quality but more emphasis on safe, reliable usability, we aimed to breed an animal that a working person could enjoy + do well with and taking minimal preparation + fuss.

Morrigan Palermo with his new owner
Shona Carson

(P)(B)(I)(S) West Wales Annual Show (TBC) - Mrs Millie Scale
Milinzi Stud, Benton Farm, Houghton, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, SA73 1PE, 01646 600343
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