NEWS

The last year has certainly not been a particularly easy one for us here at Kerbeck. In March 2007 Henderson suffered a stroke which has sadly left him blind and nowhere near as mobile as he formally was. This combined with the weather and FMD meant that our show season was naturally rather restricted.

Sarah on Cracker, holding Solo.
Sean on Mystery and Amy on Serenade

Despite the various set backs however, we managed to do reasonably well at a variety of shows and events. We were all very proud when Sarah, Sean and Amy were all placed in the Fell Pony Junior points schemes, they all worked very hard throughout the year to produce the ponies for numerous different activities. Sarah managed to get both Solo and Cracker into the placings!

Thor at his first WHP competion

Thor continued to do well and at the very end of the season won his last two riding classes which he well deserved. He also competed at the FPS Linnels ODE and his first ever WHP competition.

We were very pleased with Raven as he managed a second in a good foal class at the FPS Breed show, and was second at Ennerdale, our local show. He managed a first at Loweswater, whilst big brother Druid was reserve Champion there. Poor Blossom isn’t sure she is cut out for showing though!

Thor and Prince on the set of Planet Mechanics
with presenter Dick Strawbridge and Christine

Prince and Thor have made their film debut on National Geographic channel – a programme called “Planet Mechanics” autograph signing when you visit…

We had a couple of new arrivals, Stennerskeugh Donna, who is currently awaiting her first foal by Huey, she is a very nice grey mare. We also bought Linnel Doublet, now three, he promises to be a very nice ride/drive pony for the future.

Currently it is April, although you couldn’t tell by the temperatures, but we are looking forward to a good summer.

Please keep the news coming in, we will update shortly and hopefully have more photographs. We welcome news of any other Kerbeck ponies out there - we know the whereabouts of several and have regular contact with their owners. We have lost contact with others and would be very pleased to hear from them. Please click here to go to a list of information that we have gathered about our ponies.

We are also very happy to see visitors but would appreciate a 'phone call before the visit to ensure we are not away at a show or event with some of the ponies - click here for contact details.

To visit the Cumbria Bridleways Society website, please click here.

If you would like to know more about the Fell Pony Breed, please click here to visit the Fell Pony Society web site or click here to visit Fell Pony Museum web site.

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