We welcomed many visitors to the stud during the year. In July forty five Dutch Breeders spent an afternoon with us. They watched a selection of ponies including the stallions performing in hand and loose. John and senior Dutch judge Henk Schoone discussed the ponies conformation, type and movement and the differences between the Dutch and English New Forest ponies. They followed this by visiting the mares and foals and young stock in the fields. They were particularly impressed by their temperaments and we were overwhelmed by their enthusiasm and praise for our ponies.
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