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Welcome to Bathley Hill Farm
Stud.
We
specialise in the breeding and production of Sports 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 Awards - Click On Photo
below For Details
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My
thoughts........
My name is Penny and
I would like to introduce myself. I own and run Bathley
Hill Farm Stud with my partner Andrew. 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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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| 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. |
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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............. |
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Standing The Graded
stallions
WPCS
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