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Post by watertray53 on Apr 11, 2011 19:08:06 GMT
Thank you Mr R P-J...... you have access to some fantastic pictures & I am loving this thread! Could you tell me why Gems Signet is in a snaffle bridle , was he still a novice when he won the championship at Royal Windsor ?
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Post by robertparkerjones on Apr 11, 2011 19:12:24 GMT
He won the novice class hence the snaffle bridle, not sure if he was overall champion! I saw him the following year when he was champion at Windsor, Broadward Poletta was reserve to him!!
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Post by brindlerainbow on Apr 11, 2011 19:21:25 GMT
Thank you!!!!! More fantastic pics, please keep them coming if you can!!! Truly beautiful ponies
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Post by alisony on Apr 11, 2011 19:38:15 GMT
RP-J, don't knock the elephant ear johds, I had some..Jacatex best!!! Have to say they lasted years and the more they were washed the smaller the 'ears'!! Please keep the pictures and the memories flowing!
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Post by watertray53 on Apr 11, 2011 19:40:00 GMT
Thank you for answering my question Mr R P-J :0) Please keep the pictures comming...... Is there a chance we could get admin to put a sticky on this thread?
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Post by bubblyxx on Apr 11, 2011 19:46:00 GMT
Oh I am just LOVING this thread. Beautiful ponies - with limb ! Riders that could ride - but also knew a few tricks Has anyone got any pics of Arden Bronze or Nuts in May - a coloured show pony from waaaaaayyyy back!
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Post by watertray53 on Apr 11, 2011 20:09:37 GMT
I have found Nuts & May in my HOYS catalogue 1955. It says skewbald gelding 12.2 5 yrs old. Exhibitor Mrs H Gingell, MFH, Old Tiles, Horningsea, Cambs.
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Post by sanlirra on Apr 11, 2011 20:22:26 GMT
stunning ponies
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Post by ladywell on Apr 11, 2011 20:58:17 GMT
Quote - Does anyone have a pic of Gunnerby Hallmark?
Sure I have somewhere also of Gaulden Gamecock - will have a look tomorrow and see if I can scan them.
What elegant ponies and riders there were years ago - no bling!! And ........ don't know if it is just me - but didn't the riders sit further back and deeper into the saddle?
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Post by brindlerainbow on Apr 11, 2011 21:01:11 GMT
I think I may have a pic of Gunnerby Hallmark.Will look tomorrow as need my beauty sleep now
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Post by lastchance on Apr 11, 2011 21:16:26 GMT
Quote - Does anyone have a pic of Gunnerby Hallmark? No, but I'm pretty certain his pic is in an old BSPS year book - 1983 onwards. I did "meet" him though when visiting the Gunnerby Stud to try (and nearly buy) Gunnerby Quality Street as a newly backed 3 yr old- Hallmark was in the box next door to him, had been gelded by then and was up for sale too. I don't think Hallmark did great things under saddle from what I recall. This thread is fantastic. I don't want it to end
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Post by robertparkerjones on Apr 11, 2011 22:42:33 GMT
I have a picture of Hallmark somewhere! Haven't looked at all my "Pony World" Magazines yet!! Are we thinking Gaulden Gamecock or Gaulden Gamechip??What does it mean putting a sticky on the thread???
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Post by watertray53 on Apr 12, 2011 6:10:57 GMT
PLease, please share the Pony World magazines Mr P-J ..... I would be transported back to my childhood and like so many other members on this thread be riding those beautiful ponies in the ring or down the centre line!
As for a 'sticky', its forum speak for where the administrator can save any thread at the top of the topic page so that it does not move down & eventually disappear. It would mean that this thread could be in Lounge & Snug for anyone to access for ever!!!!
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Post by brindlerainbow on Apr 12, 2011 8:36:21 GMT
Gunnerby Hallmark Solway North Wind These pics are from stud cards that I had from years ago.
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Post by Ziggy on Apr 12, 2011 8:52:36 GMT
Poppy Peacock!! I worked briefly for the Jago's when poppy was riding for them, such a lovley little girl!!
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Post by janeh on Apr 12, 2011 10:34:28 GMT
Love the latest pics. They all look so much better for being fit not fat. I much prefer the side on standing pose for the camera. These days they are head on or at an angle that you cannot see their conformation. There was a phase of gelding stallions to go under saddle ..Gems Signet, Piran John Halifax,Smalland Otto to name a few. Shame I think ,but at the time they were worth more ridden. We are losing the influence of the Arab ....Naseel was beautiful, loads of bone and substance. I found a super pic of him in one of my old Horseman's Year. Will have to give to Watertray to copy in .
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Post by robertparkerjones on Apr 12, 2011 11:46:46 GMT
Some more photos, quality not brilliant on some!!! Mirth, a lovely 13.2 Show Pony Polly Perkins, 14.2 Show Pony, Bwlch Zephyr X Pretty Polly, ridden by Dawn Clarke who nows produces and shows cobs. Sinton Samite, 12.2 Show Pony, by Bwlch Hill Wind, a super type Bubbles, dam of all the Oakley Bubbling ponies Ardencaple, in the pedigree of many ponies today.
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Post by doodles on Apr 12, 2011 11:48:37 GMT
Thank you very much for the pic of Gunnerby Hallmark!
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Post by stumps on Apr 12, 2011 12:13:33 GMT
Look how big the back numbers used to be RP-J these are brilliant photos, shows how much things have changed over the years.
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Post by watertray53 on Apr 12, 2011 14:43:12 GMT
NASEEL H, ARABIAN, 1936 Color: gr Height: 14.1h.
AHSB Vol V, p.66 and G.S.B.
A Gift. Kehailan Ajuz of the Dajani Strain. Bred by Lady Yule, Hanstead Stud, England. Owned by Mrs S A Nicholson, Co. Meath, Ireland. Sire of Riding Ponies, winners at HOYS. Naseel was a classic 14.1h grey, sold as a yearling to Mr Christopher Nicholson as a gift for his wife, he went to Kells in Ireland and stood at stud. Describing Naseel as a riding horse, she wrote in the Spring 1960 Arab Horse Society News, I was thrilled. I had never ridden an Arab horse before, let alone a stallion, and I just couldn not believe the joy that he gave me. Naseel became a successful sire of show ponies as well as purebreds. His sire was Raftan (Naseem x Riyala), bred at Crabbet but owned elsewhere. Naseel was invited to make a special appearance at the Arab Horse Society Show in 1956.
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Post by december1 on Apr 12, 2011 15:10:48 GMT
Hopfully! Bubbles (dam of the Oakley ponies) under saddle at the Ponies of Britain Summer Show, Ascot 1959. Bubbles was by Count Dorsaz AHSB x Catriona.
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Post by december1 on Apr 12, 2011 15:15:03 GMT
A few more:
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Post by december1 on Apr 12, 2011 15:29:16 GMT
More ponies - this is the most wonderful thread.
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Post by lastchance on Apr 12, 2011 17:02:54 GMT
Thanks to everyone whose posted these additional pics. That Sinton Samonite was a lovely pony too.
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Post by alisony on Apr 12, 2011 18:11:17 GMT
Can't see R P-J's pics for some reason but can see december1 pics, thanks for posting the one of Mirth, one of the few that I remember from those long ago days!
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Post by armada on Apr 12, 2011 18:20:58 GMT
Lovely to see a picture of Arden Bronze, I had Arden Copper Bandit on loan for a couple of seasons, such a nice pony. The picture I have of me riding side-saddle at the Holcolmbe Boxing day meet at Rivington in the early '70's is so terribly faded it would'nt scan I dont think. Its been a real treat to see the ponies of yesteryear in all their substance and quality, and seeing some for the first time in these old photos who are the ancestors of ponies we now own. Thank you.
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Post by bubblyxx on Apr 12, 2011 20:17:45 GMT
I was taught to ride by Elaine Horner - so nice to see her as a kiddie on "Bronze" ;D
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Post by suzee on Apr 12, 2011 20:21:58 GMT
I am so enjoying this thread,long may it continue,
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Post by mandmfan on Apr 13, 2011 3:35:10 GMT
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What has struck me most about seeing these old pics again is the contrast between how they were ridden then and what we see today. In so many current day pics the ponies heads are hauled in with ridiculously tight short reins and horizontal curbs, with riders looking like they're literally hanging on the reins to balance.
In contrast these ponies in the old pics are the very picture of elegance and an absolute joy to look at.
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I agree Lastchance. All these ponies look very elegant and very much individuals whereas a lot of ponies today have their heads fixed in a very strict (and often false, overbent outline) and you can see they have all been wearing the same training gear. The riders yesterday seemed happy to let their ponies pose with the horses' heads alert and standing more naturally and the riders' reins loose.
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Post by robertparkerjones on Apr 13, 2011 8:04:38 GMT
Hope people realise the thread has been moved and not deleted!!!!
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