We enjoyed two busy days at the Breed Show. It was lovely to catch up with so many people we have not see for two years and to see so many ponies we had only heard about.
On Saturday we took our two year old colt Hollybrooke Jupiter (photo left). He was third in the two and three year old stud colt class beaten by two three year olds. That extra year makes such a difference at this age but there were a lot of very complimentary comments about him which promises much for the future.
On Monday we took both Hollybrooke Grace and Hollybrooke Melitta. Grace was not the judges cup of tea this time and was fifth. She has started to change her coat which is often a problem at the Breed Show and didn't quite make the picture she did earlier on in the season. Melitta was a star as always. She won the small yeld mare class. It is a class she has competed in five times and has won on every occasion. The only other time she has competed as an adult at the Breed Show she won the novice brood mare instead. On Monday she followed her class win by being reserve mare champion. Instead of a show picture the photo below shows her being ridden our granddaughter a few days before the show. Having only been broken last Autumn age eleven, it is a role she has taken to brilliantly.

The shows are now starting to return. We were keen to give our two year old colt Hollybrooke Jupiter (pictured left) some experiences away from home as he is still quite nervous. He went to the Breamore show where he had to go in the class with the mature stallions. He was the only young colt entered and came a very creditable third. He coped better with the experience that we had expected. He then went to the NFPEC Show and was placed 2nd in the two and three year old class. He was much more settled on the second occasion but will be so much better when he is really relaxed and can properly show off his amazing movement. Hollybrooke Grace won the four years and over mare class at the same show. It was probably the strongest and largest class she has ever competed in so we were thrilled.
Our foals are growing rapidly and turning into some lovely characters. We are still waiting for the fourth one to arrive and Coffee Crunch seems in no hurry at all. She ran with Skywalker all summer so they obviously decided on a later summer baby!! The latest foal pictures have been added to the Foals 2021 page.

At the end of March we welcomed three new foals in just over a week and all of them fillies. Hollybrooke Ruby and Hollybrooke Grace both had foals by Skywalker. Hollybrooke Debbie had her tenth foal but only her second ever filly. The foal by Hollybrooke Tinker is a full sister to the very successful stallion Hollybrooke Duke.