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History
I am a third-generation Shetland Pony breeder. My grandmother, Mrs Betty Myers, founded Pentland Shetland Pony Stud in Ballarat and my aunt, Annette Currie, produces Shetlands and Miniature Ponies through her Twin Acres Stud, also in Ballarat.
I began my stud under the El Jayem prefix in Ballarat, but halted my pony breeding program after getting married. During this time, my ponies were cared for by my long-suffering parents, whilst I moved around the state with my husband for a few years. We have now settled on a property called "Barwon View" on the banks of the Barwon River at Winchelsea, so have re-commenced breeding under this new name.
We have also purchased an Arabian filly, Fenwick Phaedra, as a future broodmare for our new Barwonview Arabian Stud.
News
July 2010 - I have updated the photos on the mares page after some gentle encouragement (yes I was very slack). Sorry that the mares are so muddy and hairy...you will need your imagination to picture them clean and gleaming in summer coats. Some mares are starting to bag up already, so in the next few weeks, all going well, we will have some foals to add to the foals page.
At the moment we only have the one Pentland pony for sale, but some of this year's foals will be available on weaning in May next year, so stay tuned.
Some of the foals we breed this year will have the Barwon View prefix and some will have the Pentland prefix. Annette has also joined a handful of mini Pentland mares which will also carry the Pentland prefix.
Good luck to everyone foaling down ponies in the coming months...this is just the best time of year!
February 2010 - I have updated the photos for the ponies for sale and the stallion page.
Tonka's training is going very well and our daughter loves to have rides around the farm on him and stands on the couch to look out at him when she is inside! Pentland Romany is learning very quickly about being calm around the hustle and bustle of every day life living in the house paddock with Tonka, whilst the two dun geldings are keeping Fenwick Phaedra company.
The stallions have been taken out and all the mares are back at Barwon View, so here's hoping at least some of them are in foal...we will preg-test later in the year to give us a bit of an idea what we have on the way.
November 2009 - Three more Pentland geldings for sale - see them on the Sales Page. I have decided to keep Barwon View Tonka for the time being so that we can finish his training and have a children's pony around for our daughter as well.
We have been to three shows with Phae - with one Supreme led Arabian, one Reserve led female Arabian and one second, competing against 3 year olds, so I think she did quite well considering they looked much more mature than her. I am very proud of how well-behaved Phae has been considering how new it all was, although she was none too keen on judges placing ribbons on her neck!! I also took a Shetland, Barwon View China Doll, to a very hot show at Ballarat and we placed third. That might be the last of our shows for this season as it is very hard work!!
We have also been busy cutting and baling hay, so we have plenty of small square bales of pasture hay for sale. No rest for the wicked they say!
September 2009 - The ladies and gentlemen have been introduced to each other, so here's hoping for next year. We only have two Pentland yearlings left, both of which will be gelded shortly and will make lovely children's ponies, harness ponies or companions.
August 2009 - We are not expecting any of our own foals this season, but have some lovely Pentland yearlings for sale (on the For Sale page), the cuddly Tonka to continue to break in and maybe some showing with our Arabian filly Phaedra, so that will still keep me very busy!
Plans are well underway for the 2009-2010 breeding season with a number of lovely mares soon to be paddocked with four stunning boys - Pentland Pinto Boy (big black and white piebald), Pentland Molasses (big and black), Pentland Andrew (a medium chestnut) and Otway View Ukelelle (a small buckskin). My lovely Pentland Gracie will hopefully visit Wandarra Pippen, thanks to Fiona Wilson at Glen-Arden Stud. So there is potential for some good, big, strong blacks but also some broken coloureds, dilutes and chestnuts. I am looking forward to Spring in 2010 with much excitement!!
March 2009 - Some sad news; my grandmother Mrs Betty Myers passed away on Monday 23rd March 2009. It has been a very sad time for us all. Nana will be best remembered walking the paddocks with her beloved Shetlands, feeding them oats out of her coat pockets! As the inspiration for my love of all things equine, I will greatly miss Nana's advice and wealth of pony knowledge. Thank you to all who have expressed your condolences.
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