Our Ponies

Basil - adopt this pony

Basil is a ride and drive horse owned by Jan Scott and is on loan to Wyfold RDA. Because of his size he is able to pull a larger carriage which is specially adapted to take wheelchairs.  He is extremely friendly and loves people and waits very patiently while a wheelchair is loaded in to his carriage. He enjoys his driving work and likes to go out for rides in the woods.

Benjy - adopt this pony

Benjy came to us in November 2005 when he was 9 years old. He is really friendly and loves people. He has lots of energy and it took him a while to realise that he has to go more slowly and gently in the lessons. He is learning to be a very good RDA pony. He has won several rosettes in dressage competitions and in 2009 competed successfully in the RDA National Dressage Championships.

Bobbin - adopt this pony

Bobbin is a 14.1 bay New Forest / Welsh cross and is 16 years old. He has had a very busy life show jumping and competing and doing many pony club activities. He is very kind, gentle and loving and seems to be very friendly. Bobbin came to Wyfold in summer 2010 and is settling in to his new home and work very well.
 

Charlie - adopt this pony

Charlie is a palomino part Welsh cob. He is very popular because he is always happy. He really enjoys his work and will do anything we ask him to. He has a great deal of character. One day when he was doing a dressage test he jumped out of the arena and stopped with his head in the open window of the judges car. "Hello",� said the judge in great surprise, "would you like some of my pineapple juice?"�

Magic

At 13.1 Magic is our smallest pony.  He was bought from the New Forest at 6 months old by his previous owner and stayed with her for 10 years.  He gives some rides to young children but most of his work is pulling a little carriage for people who find it too difficult to get on a horse.  He looks really smart when he is all harnessed up and ready to go.

Sam - adopt this pony

Sam Gamgee came to us in 2008.  He is a Dales Pony and has a lot of long ‘feathers’ around his feet.  He is named after a hobbit in The Lord of the Rings and it means ‘Hairy Feet’ which is very appropriate!  One of his favourite occupations is finding the muddiest patch to roll in in his field.
 

Strauss - adopt this pony

Strauss is 15.2 and is our largest horse. It has to be said that he is not the prettiest horse and tends to look very grumpy but he is a lovely horse to ride. When he trots it feels as if he could go on for ever. One of the first people to ride him when he first came to us said "He makes me feel very safe." Good we thought, that's just what we need.

 

Trooper - adopt this pony

Trooper is a 15.0 hand piebald cob and has been with us longer than our other horses. He has an enormous character and is always thinking up cunning little schemes to annoy us or make us laugh. He has very definite ideas about which riders he likes and often thinks that his way of doing things is best but most of the time he works very hard for us. In 2009 he was awarded his 10 year RDA long service medal.