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Royal Three Counties
I’m not sure where to start, I have been rubbish updating our website since Harry (Baby number 1) arrived. Since then we have continued some incredible results including Cheeman getting his hoys ticket in 2017 having not been sat on since olympia 2016. He really is incredible and loves his job. Anyway, back to Royal Three Counties! There is a very fun war between me and Frankie, as lots of people know, #TeamChee and #TeamClassic A really fun bit of rivalry which ended with me actually sitting on Classic although I think Chee man may have been relieved – I still have baby weight to get rid of! So Chee man won his inhand class, expertly shown by Charlotte Leonard, he then went on to stand champion! Completely overwhelmed by this pony he just keeps giving! This left Frankie under a lot of pressure as she was competing in the HOYS ridden, which they only went on to win! Classic and Frankie are off to HOYS, can’t quite believe it! They then went on to stand HOYS small breeds champion and took the silver medal! Days like Three counties are what dreams are made off. Massive thanks to Charlotte and Frankie for doing a fine job! Also to Lucinda who did some pampering! Top job ladies!...
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Brinleyview Camanchee is off to RIHS 2015
Chee was expertly piloted by Gemma Pallett to win both his open classes in South Suffolk Show on the 10th May; gaining both his RIHS tickets in one day! Having only been graded with the BSPA on the 19th of April, and his first ever BSPA qualifier – he really is one in a million! Huge thank you to Debbie Barr and her team, he really is a testament to all your hard...
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Sapphire Classic HOYS winner 2014
Well where do we start?! We have had the most fantastic season anyone could wish for with our two Shetlands, Sapphire Classic and Brinleyview Camanchee. To be fair mum has always said that some judges think (esp non-Shetland judges) that a typical correct Shetland is big and black – and we will always get some who cannot see passed Camanchee’s colour. So her answer was to send both stallions to Debbie Barr. With Camanchee or should we say Chee man winning Royal International and the NFU Mutual championship in the NPS Summer Championships (even being ridden by the judge!) we didn’t think we could get any better. We hoped for a top 5 in HOYS and repeat is best Shetland title of 2012 – so as you can imagine after a foot perfect show and looking fabulous when he wasn’t in the top 11 we were a little disappointed. But Classic and Thomma were still there and the placings were revealed in reverse order, once they got up to second (which was Alice Barr on the dartmoor Okeleat Navigator (owned by David Hodge, Julian Walters & Debbie Barr’s) we didn’t think we were in contention. I think we will all live that moment a million times in our heads when Classic was announced as the winner – in fact it gave me goose bumps writing this! Thomma Shepherd rode him superbly as always. Debbie has done an amazing job producing these ponies for us and Classic has really matured and is going so well. I have to say watching him work in the night before – he has never looked or gone so well. Not sure where his gallop has come...
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"Welcome to Catchpool Shetlands!"
A beautiful shetland pony stud based on the Gower peninsula
About Catchpool
The Catchpool Stud is located in Llangennith, a small village on the Gower peninsula of South West Wales. Specialising in breeding quality Ridden ponies over 38″ now Catchpool Shetlands (as of 2013) and quality miniatures under 34″ now Catchpuddle Shetlands.
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Having neglected the website since 2015, I’ve made it my resolution to keep it more up to date and add more content! Since I had Harry, my first son, updating the website became a thing of the past so now i have the long tedious task of updating a few years worth of activity!
2017, in brief was a quieter year pony wise, as I had my second son, Oliver. We decided to do some in hand with Camanchee and after being disappointed with the inland result in NPS Summer championships, without being sat on since Olympia, Chee went straight into the HOYS ridden with Georgia James and mush to our surprise went on to win the class and qualify for HOYS! That really was our cheapest HOYS ticket to date having not campaigned for it and well Chee was out the field with his mares all summer and when he got home he even when straight back out to be with them! He is such a wonderful pony. We also took him to the SWWSPG summer show where he was supreme champion and his stable buddy, Camelot of Catchpool was reserve supreme!
2018, Chee will be out with his mares and we will take him to a few shows – most likely straight from the field to do some inland as he just loves it so much! Sapphire Classic is down with Frankie Currell and will come out under saddle. Classic loves having a job and is a much happier pony when he’s being ridden and out competing!
2015 Brinleyview Camanchee was Supreme Champion at the South West Wales Shetland Group show on the 26th April with his son winning the large 2/3 year old class, having been graded for the BSPA the week before. He then made his way down to Debbie Barr who took him to his first BSPA RIHS qualifier on the 10th May at the South Suffolk Show, which he won, he also won the D/E/S RIHS qualifier – that is two RIHS tickets in one day!
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Catchpuddle
Having decided to breed standards, from 2013 all miniatures bred by the Stevens Family will now be Catchpuddle and all Standards will be Catchpool. (After all the puddle is smaller than the Pool!!!)
Chris and Lara decided to follow in my footsteps and Catchpuddle Shetlands was founded. Though starting with just two foundation mares ‘Mme d’Isle of Catchpool’ and ‘Diamante of Catchpool’ it is already finding success now with 5 home-bred mares.
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