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And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written.
"How beautiful are the feet of those that bring good news!"
Romans 10:15
January 2010
Big
news here at Westwood Welsh!
We have sold Fox Cry Nicodemus he will stay with his longtime trainer and friend Elly
Schobel.
We are keeping Westwood Prophesy.
Prophesy is Maryland Pony Breeders 2009 Champion B foal and
Reserve Champion hunter breeder foal.
1st at Warrenton, Loudoun and 2nd at Upperville. We have big plans for this colt,
He is such a sweet colt with beautiful movement! We hope he continues to meet our expectations.
more news.......Our
Melody has been getting a steady workout from Lori and Holly is taking to the idea she is a sidesaddle pony. If it was
not for all the winter fuzz I would post photos. Rose has a new friend Kyra who makes her look oh so good! We
are excited about show season! I hope to be able to stay on top of the updates.
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October 2009
October has
just started and we are so busy. We have a few more shows to go. I thought I would stay ahead of the game. yeah right ! So
here is a little news.
We took Melody to her first show under saddle. She truley was a star. She needed more of
a warm up to have her settle a bit she missed a lead but we were so happy and proud of her. She is going to a
show on the 11th and will be shown by both a Jr. and Adult so with a good warm up under her belt we should have some
good news to report. I just adore this mare! What a great brain she has. Everyone here is doing well and we are so busy!
Praise God!
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September
2009
Sorry we had to skip right over August. This has been a busy year. Maryland State Fair was exciting
as always.
Westwood Prophesy was double Jr Champion Colt.
We must also thank our wonderful friends that came and
busted butt for us.
Big news for us this month as we have gone partners with Adele Bailey of Fox Cry Farm on a lovely
mare her name is Tantallon Classic Elegance. She is a 14 hand Bay mare with big, bold beautiful movement. We thank Adele
for letting us in on this lovely mare.......the best part is she lives here with us and I get to play everyday with her.
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| Earth Melody 4th in a large class of beautiful mares |
| Westwood Prophesy |
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| Double Jr. Champion colt |
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| Westwood Silver Pearl MPB Champion Mare |
July 2009
Maryland Pony Breeders
WOW we had a great show at
Maryland Pony Breeders!
We decided to show Westwood Silver Pearl (at the last minute) she was looking
so good! Westwood Silver Pearl was Champion A mare under Judge Susan Stevens. Then it was time for out two section B
weanling fillies. The class was huge! It was yr and under fillies. There were only 3 weanlings in the class, the rest
yearlings. Judge Kimberly Blanche Wagner placed Westwood Sunday Best 1st and Westwood Glory Hallelujah 2nd .Westwood Sunday
Best was Jr Champion Filly. Westwood Prophesy was Jr. Champion colt under Judge Stevens and resv. under Judge Wagner.
We also showed David and Bonnie Trotts filly LSF Fancy That by Fox Cry Nicodemus. Fancy was 1st and 2nd in her class
.Half Welsh fillies 2 and under (she is a foal). Fancy was resv. Jr Champion under both judges. Fancy was 1st in MHSA
hunter foals with Prophesy 2nd. It was a wonderful show! We love our Pony people ! We love our Ponies!
~~~A special
thank you~~~
Michelle Uloa, Kayleigh Fretwell,Sammantha Tompkins,Cheyanne Bigley, Brianna Uloa, Lindsay Smith, Rachael
Brown, Bev Shenton, Nancy Irwin, Minnet, Bonnie Trott, Ray Uloa and my husband for the many trips down to
the show. We could not have done it without you all !
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| Cheyanne and lu lu (1st Showmanship) |
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| Bri and Daisy |
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| Westwood Sunday Best Jr Champion B Filly |
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| Rachael and Oliver Twist |
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| Bri and Westwood Sunday Best |
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| Weswood Glory Hallelujah and Kayleigh |
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| Westwood Prophesy (Jr. Champion B colt) |
1st at
Warrenton Pony Show
A special thank you to Oliver Brown for handling Westwood
Prophesy. Oliver did an amazing
job and Prophesy loves him. (I think they have bonded)
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June 2009
I have
just been too busy playing with babies to update the website. We have a lot of news to share. We started this year at the
PC Show in BelAir it was Westwood Prophesy's first time out. He was double Jr. Champion colt and Resv. Grand! WOW we just
love this guy. Prophesy then went to PC #2 ad was double Jr. Champion B colt again. ( and it was full of some super
nice yearling colts) Prophesy , only a weanling had his work cut out for him. The next stop was Upperville, Prophesy was 2nd
and we are so proud of this guy. I call him my favorite which is subject to change daily but because he is so entertaining.
He makes me laugh all the time (ok) most of the time.
     Devon 09
Devon
was a blast for us! Westwood Glory Hallelujah placed 6th in the foal class. This filly was so well behaved her
first time off the farm. What a sweet foal she is. We adore her! We want to thank everyone for all the help and support.
~~~~~~~We would like to thank Oliver Brown for the wonderful job he did with Glory Hallelujah and Prophesy at Devon and
Upperville~~~~~~~~~~
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| Westwood Glory Hallelujah |
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May 2009
We are excited the days are counting down until Devon! Westwood Glory Hallelujah
handled by Oliver Brown and her dam Fox Cry Raindrops on Roses will be heading to Devon. We are very excited about
this filly.
April 2009
April has come and is almost gone but not without news to share.
We took our Westwood Prophesy to his first show. What a great little man he is! Prophesy is not even
two months old. We started him off with a body clip two weeks before . A schooling session here and there. He had a 1st
bath and a first trailer ride he was amazing like he has done it everyday. He went into the class with Mom and was just
perfect he never made a wrong move. We are so Proud of him.
Westwood Prophesy was Double
Jr. Champion colt and Reserve Grand Champion.
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March
2009
The babies are coming! Some of the babies have arrived~ please check out the foals. This is a
super nice group of babies !!!!!!!!
We are blessed for sure!
The babies are here!
Shawn Bigley is now a
WPCSA Aproved Judge!
January is almost over and we are awaiting the first Nick foal.
Check back
as we will be posting the babies as they hit the ground. We are also up for name suggestions (just send us an email).
We are excited to see what our beautiful mares produce with Nick. It's like Christmas everytime one is born.
Melody is coming along so nice, what a great mare she is. We will be posting some new photos of her too!
(with all her new friends)
 January 2009
Happy
New Year to everyone! We are just 3 weeks away from our first Nick foal. The excitement is building. We have all
been thinking of baby names. Gazon Blue or Gazoo as she is known to her friends is our first foal due 2/5/09 then our
Westwood Wish is due 2/20/09 ad she is huge looks like three of them in there. I will try and add a photo of this. March
5th 2009 our Fox Cry Raindrops on Roses is due. Then March we still have Westwood Fancy's Pride and Westwood
Silver Pearl. If anyone has any name suggestions we would love to hear them.
Our new girl Melody is just
awesome and is working toward her sidesaddle career. We have her working three to four times a week when weather permits. Our
own Emily Smith has been spending some quality time on Saturdays with Melody, while her daughter rides her Sugar Annie.
Melody has been nothing short of a blessing and we just adore her.
We will be giving each foal a page as they hit
the ground. Thank you one and all who purchased the December 2008 Equine Journal what a wonderful story written on our
Fox Cry Nicodemus and he is in great company! A must read! Those can be purchased from Dover Saddlery .
God Bless each and every one of you, have a happy and healthy and wealthy New Year!
*Note - for all of you asking
I will tell Elly your looking for Nick News!
  November
2008
*Hot off the press! Please pick up the December issue of the Equine Journal. Fox Cry Nicodemus is in
Great company in a great article. Please pick up a copy!
The latest news for Westwood Welsh is the
purchase of a new mare, Ola's Earth Melody she is by *Carolinas Red Fox out of a Farnley Bellringer mare.
This mare is so sweet. She is going nice undersaddle. Our plans for her are to breed her to our Fox Cry Nicodemus
in 2009. Check out Melodys page (here by popular demand) thanks to all of you that visit our website.
*See more of Ola's Earth Melody
October
2008
Congratulations!~~~ for Del Mar Farm
on the purchase
of the Beautiful *Friarly Gwendolyn and her 2008 section C filly ( we are waiting for the name) and the 09 in utero Fox
Cry Nicodemus foal We are excited for them this should be an outstanding foal.
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 September 2008
This has been the most amazing Devon!
Philipians 4:13
I can do everything through him that gives me strength.
Let me start by just
thanking God for prayers answered and for blessing us with such wonderful
friends. Most of you know Nick came
home to finish up his breeding. Elly decided if I could keep him in shape she would drive up ,ride him, then take
him back to the SC. Nick was not ridden in almost 4 months. Tuesday AM we took Nick out for a tune up , a clean
up, and out he went. That pony never missed a beat placed 8th in his suitability for 4 yr olds , and for any of
you that are not aware that is like a blue anywhere else. The next class on Wensday was the Stallions undersaddle
WOW what a class of WOW! Nick was 7th in that and I can't stress WOW enough. Or as Klause would say ENOUGH!
The most excitment for me came when we showed in the 4 and over Stallions in hand. I took one look at those Stallions
and said yes you guessed it WOW. We showed , took Nick back to his stall. I went to see how many were left in
the class to show still about 4 or 5 left and the volunteer watching the scoreboard ( by the way she was wonderful) said do
you know your Nick is on the callback list? I said" WHAT! " I could not leave that scoreboard.
I watched as each of the remaining Stallions went in. We watched the scoreboard he dropped a placing.
Now Nick in 6th place still on the callback list. They announce as soon as all the scores are in we will update the
callback list. Then we hear .... The list stands! We will proceed with the presentaion as soon
as our last Stallion is in the ring. Oh in case you are wondering, we were the last Stallion .
Running as fast as I could to get Nick into the ring seeing 5 big beautiful warmbloods and then Nick trotting into the ring.
WOW what a thrill. They called his name for 6th place and the cheers came from everywhere. I wanted to say it
was magical but we shall say it was Heavenly! It will be hard to match these memories. Nick won the NASPR
class. We also showed the two yearling fillies in the Breeders group and Get of sire (Thanks to Dena Radosevic
and Margaret Ragan) for bringing Westwood You Wish 3hrs to the show for us. (They are the most wonderful
people) Thank you! The babies received the nicest comments. I must also send out a huge
thank you to Elly she drove that long distance and put out 200 % for us. Nick and Westwood Welsh are lucky to have her
! I must say it takes a special trainer to take a 12.1 hand Stallion and show him in a world of big beautiful
Giants. Please take the time and look at our beautiful photos from Devon. Thanks to everyone who made Devon an experience
to remember. A huge thank you to Nick's fans ! I can tell you first hand he loves it
We are pretty sure this has never been done by a 12.1 hand Stallion at Dressage at Devon before.
Elly Shobel The Homestedt on Fox Cry Nicodemus
Dressage Daily about Nick
| Elly Schobel rides at a whole different level |
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| Westwood You Wish owned by DenMar Farm |
Check out Westwood You Wish at Den Mar Farm
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WPCSA has just notified us that Shawn Bigley is now a Provisional Judge
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| 2008 Maryland State Fair |
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2008 Maryland State Fair Reserve
Supreme Champion Thanks to Everyone that came out to cheer him on. Thanks to our friends Hershel and Karen, as always
a job well done! Congrats to all our pony friends that had such a wonderful show!
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| Itish Tulip Show Double Supreme Champion |
We decided while Nick was home we would sneek him off to a few Welsh shows. We took him
to the Irish Tulip show. I of course asked Hershel to show him for us and what a wonderful job he did. Nick was
supreme under Kathi Lindholm and Tina Beamer. A huge Thank you to those Judges! We think they did an awesome job.
To our friends Hershel and Karen thank you so much for all your help and to all those people who cheered him on. Nick will
be going to the Maryland State Fair on the 29th of August and will be in the expert hands of Hershel. Please come out
and cheer them on! A great big hand for Rob and Thea of Irish Tulip for going above and beyond and putting on such a nice
show. Thanks for all the hard work you guys do so everyone can gather points. (Except me Thea who just went
for fun!) Fun we had! There were so many nice ponies there. Hope to see everyone at the State Fair !
Keep in mind this boy covered 24 mares live cover and one the day before this show. He has been a busy boy!!!!!!!
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July 2008
We have had a very exciting
July. Elly brought Nick home to cover his last 4 mares for 2008 and we decided to take him to Maryland Pony Breeders
show. It was a great show! Nick was Supreme Champion under Judge Connie Moore. Nick had a huge cheering section.
Thank you everyone who came out to see and cheer Nick on! The Grand Champion class was great Nick's filly Westwood You
Wish owned by Dena Radosevic and Margaret Ragan won her class under both Judges and was Jr Champion filly under Judge Connie
Moore so in the Grand there stood Nick and you Wish. We had so much fun! We will be posting some new photos
be sure to check them out!
| Maryland Pony Breeders 2008 Supreme Champion |
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| Fox Cry Nicodemus |
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| Maryland Pony Breeders 2008 Supreme Champion |
More photos of Maryland Pony Breeders 2008
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| Maryland Pony Breeders 2008 Futurity |
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| Westwood Unforgetable and Paul Maye |
| Our Girls |
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| Cheyanne and Rose 2nd in Showmanship! |
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| Maryland Pony Breeders 2nd in Showmanship |
| Abbey Greene and Rose |
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| Maryland Pony Breeders 2008 Leadline |
June 2008 has been busy so
far. Bel Air Welsh Classic was a great start. Rose was named Champion and Reserve Champion Section B mare.
Penn-Mary
Del Champion and Reserve Champion section B Mare . I schooled Rose for her Western classes , (as you all know)
NO ONE! rides my Western Pony (except me) . Joyce Heinz is the only other person I trust with my Western Mare I
decided to have her show Rose. They looked Amazing. I am always riding and can never see how good she looks.
This pony is such a blast! She loves to work. She gives her all. I just love this pony. Joyce had a blast! We can't
thank her enough for the beautiful ride. (we know it is all the pony) but she did have to get the buttons right. Thanks
to the whole crew here at Westwood Welsh. Now for the breed class photos.
    Westwood Welsh would like
to thank everyone that made this show so successful. Hershal and Karen, they always do an awesome job with Rose.
Rose and Hershel click together so well, and when the Beautiful Farnley mare picked up the other Championship Karen stepped
in and was quite the showman. The Amazing braiding of Suzie Weigand. How she does it I will never know. She had
a better idea of our classes then we did. We came in the next morning and like magic she was all braided and looking (yes
amazing). We must also thank Joyce Heinz for many years I have had Joyce braid, show in hand, this was the first time
she ever sat on Rose. And what do we get.........Champion! Now for my girls that I just don't
know what I would do without, Kayleigh Fretwell , Sammantha Tompkins, Lindsay Smith, Cheyanne Bigley. A
huge congratulations to Emily Smith she took our Rose into the English Pleasure division placed 6th in working, stake It was
Emily's first show ever!!!!!!!!!! Great Job by all !!! A huge thank you to all that came out to see our girl go! Thanks
for cleaning all that silver too Bev~I am so sorry if I messed up the spelling on anyones name. A huge thank you to
Janice Thompson for most of the beautiful photos on our website. Janice takes the most beautiful photos ever..........except
the home page shot of Westwood Wish my very favorite photo done by Kathryn Southard.
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May has been a great month
for Westwood Welsh. We took our beautiful Westwood Unforgetable (Mia) to the yearling filly class at Devon.
Mia made the top 10. We were so proud of her. Mia has always had her buddy Westwood You Wish to show with and
this time she had to be a big girl. She handled it like the show pony pro. We all just love Mia she has the greatest
disposition. We are very proud of her. Here are some photos we would like to share.
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| Mia at Devon |
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| Westwood Unforgetatble at Devon |
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| Photo credit Janice Thompson |
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| Westwood Unforgetable |
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| Westwood Unforgetable |
I would like to thank everyone
that made Devon possible and such a success. (I will put up a full thank you list after I get everyones name spelled
correctly. We all Love our Mia and she is a wonderful pony and she has made us very proud. Fox Cry Nicodemus is
in Kentucky will Elly Schobel. I will update but Elly called so excited yesterday I will update that information soon.
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Tuesday Feb. 12th 2008
We lost our beloved Arabian Stallion,
Friend and Family member
RSA Grand Prix
24 years old
We will miss him dearly.
Thanks for the many wonderful memories.
We will meet again in Heaven.
RSA Grand Prix
1984 - 2008
Our Beloved Friend since he was a yearling.
February 2008
Westwood You Wish
Fox Cry Nicodemus x Westwood You Wish
Section B Filly
Has been purchased by our new friends
Den-Mar Farm Welsh Ponies
Margaret Ragan and Dena Radosevic
Sunderland, Maryland
Watch for Westwood you wish and the Mayes in the Show Ring this year!
December 2007
December 2007 came and went so fast. We had a wonderful time with some old and New friends.
Christmas was amazing. We have been blessed with some of the best friends. We hope that everyone
had a happy, healthy holiday. We are all waiting for show season to start.
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| Westwood Unforgetable ASPR First Premium Premier 8.5 |
November 2007 So much news to report. The last two months were a blur, they went
by so fast. Nick and Elly started
off in Raleigh NC with a bang. Nick won his breeding class and all of his undersaddle
classes. Southern Hospitality
Breed show in GA was next. Nick scored a 77 in hand, won his undersaddle, and
Materiale and the Championship. Dressage at Devon was the last show of the
season. Dressage at Devon is about the last place you will see a 12.1 hand
pony showing but if you were there what a wonderful thing it was to see. Nick
and Elly lit up the ring. They placed top 10 in each class shown. WOW! We had the honor of Bettina Drummond and Elly Schobel present our two Nicodemus girls in the Get of sire and Breeders
Group We placed 9th in the Breeders group. The girls were a real hit. As they were being shown they played (It's a small world) October 20th 2007 Watermark Farm ASPR Inspection We started the day with Westwood you Wish and Westwood
Wish Kayleigh and Sam showed these girls in the morning the off to Homecoming
they went. (What were they thinking) The afternoon it
was time for Fox Cry Raindrops on Roses and Westwood Unforgetable. Rose was handled by Klaus Shaneberger and I handled (Mia) Westwood Unforgetable. WOW what an awsome day for the Westwood
ponies. Westwood Wish scored a 7 and a first Premium Westwood You Wish scored
a 7.6 and a first Premium (I must say not a bad job by our two young handlers) Of
course they had a good teacher. Fox Cry Raindrops on Roses scored a 7.9 and the star of the day Westwood Unforgetable scored an 8.5 First Premium Premiere and was Site Champion Fox Cry Raindrops on Roses was Reserve site
Champion.
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| Fox Cry Nicodemus and Elly Schobel Dressage at Devon |
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