History
The Keyi Welsh pony stud was established in 1983 when we purchased Madaroma Dulcet from Mrs. Soster at the Madaroma stud. The stud started breeding Welsh ponies in 1985 after we purchased Weston Fernando from Victoria. Jack Edwards imported Weston Fernando to Australia when he relocated the Weston stud to Australia in 1979.
Weston Fernando and Madaroma Dulcet were a very successful combination for us. 5 of their 10 offspring won classes at All Welsh shows. All Weston Fernando's stock inherited their sire's excellent limbs. We have retained 4 Fernando daughters at the stud.
We were so pleased with the quality of Weston Fernando's stock we imported Carolinas Mistlethrush from Mrs. Bachman at the Carolinas stud in the United Kingdom in 1993 to put over our Weston Fernando mares. Mistlethrush has proved to be a great sire of brood mares. We have retained 8 of his daughters. They all have his great movement and the "roundness" we were hoping he would put into our ponies.
In 1998 we purchased Kirreway Play-fair from Janet Evans. Play-fair proved to be a very commercial stallion. We have retained a daughter and a number of other broodmares at the stud have him in their bloodlines.
In 2001 we purchased Weston Park Congo from Janet Evans at the Weston Park stud to put height and elegance back into our stock. We consider he has done a grand job.
In 2008 we purchased Pontsteffan Simwynt from Robert Jones in the United Kingdom as a colt foal. We consider he has the conformation, movement and style to take us to the next level. We expect his first foals in 2011.
Current operation of the stud.
The Keyi stud has around 30 ponies (including foals).
Our stallions are Carolinas Mistlethrush and Weston Park Congo. Carolinas Mistlethrush stands to outside mares. Weston Park Congo does not stand to outside mares.
We breed between 4 and 8 foals a season, depending on the how good the season is. All our foals are handled early and are regularly wormed.
Ponies from the stud have been very successful in the show ring. Since 1988 (when we started showing) 21 ponies bred by the stud have won classes or broad ribbons at the NSW and Victorian All Welsh shows. Even though we rarely show at Royal shows, 9 ponies we have bred have won at these shows.
Last edited on 27-08-08