Welcome to Bathley Hill Farm
Stud.
We
specialise in the breeding and production of Sports and Show
Ponies, utilising only the best English, German and Dutch
Bloodlines creating the perfect ponies, using
only Graded and Proven mares with stallions
who have bloodlines which have been proven and competed
successfully at National and International
levels.
Conformation,
movement and above all temperament are studied in detail to
provide Top Class Ponies for the future
generations.
Many of our foals
and youngstock are available for sale contact us for
details.
Bathley Hill Farm Stud
My thoughts........
My name is Penny and I would
like to introduce myself. I own and run Bathley Hill
Farm Stud and Livery. I strongly believe that there is a
need in the country for British bred sports ponies and
furthermore, a need for greater acceptance and provision for
them in competition beyond "Pony Club" activities, in this
Country we have some of the best lineages in the world and
believe we should utilise them.
Here at Bathley Hill Farm we
have, for a number of years, been involved in a careful
breeding programme to build a strong mare herd that is capable
of providing competition ponies.
Each year we aim to produce
top quality foals. Each mare that we own has been
purchased or bred by us specifically to further the breeding
programme whilst "fitting in" with our herd, we place a strong
emphasis on the importance of horses and ponies being able to
"be" horses and ponies as well as disciplined riding
stock.
The stallions that we use,
alongside the stallions we own or stand at home, are chosen
very carefully to compliment each mare with many factors
considered in their choice. We believe strong bloodlines
and super temperaments with conformation and movement to
match are of the utmost importance.
Throughout the year we
actively show and compete our horses and ponies on the
yard. The frequent shows and gradings are invaluable to
us, both to begin the "Education" of the youngstock and to
receive the outside opinion on our progress. In the
Winter months our thoughts turn to the dressage arenas where
we successfully compete and use the arena to educate the newly
backed youngsters.
We work closely with the
Sports Pony Stud Book (SPSS) and firmly believe the mare lines
are as important as the stallion lines, we have chosen strong
bloodlines for the majority of our mares with good
conformation and temperaments. We present them through
the grading system of the SPSS, however many of our mares have
proved already to have been successful in their own right
having previously competed or being shown.
Each year the youngstock have
held their own against strong competition and we try to take
each youngster out at some point throughout the time they are
"being children" and growing in the field with their friends
so to further their education and give them some life skills
before being backed and presented in the discipline they are
to be aimed at, although most will be backed and presented in
the dressage arena first so as to be working in a correct
outline and have a step out into the big wide
world.
We are a small family run Stud
and know each pony's personality and character caring for each
as an individual to make sure they have a for filled strong
grounding that will give them a solid foundation for
their future owners and riders. In this instance we can
match up ponies with children, as knowing everything
about them we are able to give a very honest opinion
when it comes to the day they are ready to leave
us. We are always very sad to see a pony leave the yard
as we love them all dearly, but it is fantastic to see our
ponies going on to be successful in their chosen career and
love to hear all the news about them.
To sum up we have
a main aim to specialise in the breeding and production of
Sport and Show Ponies in a very forward thinking way,
utilising only the very best British, German and Dutch
Bloodlines to create the perfect ponies for the future
generations.
We are proud to have the
Bathleyhills Prefix and above all else we love our ponies, we
hope you too will one day want to own a "Bathleyhills"
Pony.............
