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Preservation Breeding The Past & The Future

   

 
Genetic diversity in domestic animals is revealed as distinct breeds, each with different characteristics and uses. Traditional, historic breeds retain essential attributes for survival and self-sufficiency -- fertility, foraging ability, longevity, maternal instincts, ability to mate naturally, and resistance to diseases and parasites. As agriculture changes we need to be able to draw on this genetic diversity for a broad range of uses and future opportunities. Protection of endangered farm animal breeds is the only way to save their genetic potential for the future. Once lost, genetic diversity is gone forever. It can never be recovered. The need to save traditional, historic livestock is urgent. Throughout history, each generation has taken its turn as steward of the genetic trust. The current generation, however, is in danger of bankrupting the trust. Each day, some breeds move closer to extinction, breeds are challenged by genetic loss from crossbreeding programs.    The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy
Genetic diversity is NOT breeding to stock with blood from outside breeds nor is it "mixing" lines. That practice does NOT improve genetic diversity it disintegrates it. A limited mitochondrial study on an individual pony will demonstrate the relationship between it's breed and any others used to produce it. That is why the WPCS studbook was closed to outside breeds and that is why piebalds and skewbalds were eliminated from the registry even though the breeders of the day knew nothing of modern genetics.
Read these articles.
Reference Stallions
       
    Criban Victor - Welsh Foundation Sire of Section B
       
       


Sup Nat Ch
GlanNant Bard

* Ponies Sired by GlanNant Bard:

Treasure Me (Cross Creek Sterling Silver)    

Casmaran Welsh Legacy

GlanNant Mariner

Grandson - Maranatha Tapestry

 Casmaran Magic Spell

Cross Creek Silverlief

Believe in Magic (GlanNant Skipper)

Millbrooks Mestophyles

GlanNant Sunray 

       

 

Sire of Merit BRISTOL VICTORIO

BRISTOL LAST TANGO

LOM GlanNant Cadence

       

 


 


Coed coch ballog
 


Coed coch blaen Lleuad

 

       
Reference Mares

 

 

   

Coed Coch Prydyddes

Lithgow Wishnik

Vanity Duntulm's Two Step

       
   
Our 'guard' puppies, Christa and Chewy
 
Short Stirrup and Dressage Ch. CROSS CREEK COQUETTE

INFORMATION

The Welsh Pony  (book)- Private printing for Charles A. Stone 1913

....... there were too many doors left carelessly open. The larger pony of  the lower lands was becoming mixed with Cardinganshire cob; and some owners were guilty of letting half-bred Shire colts have the run of the hills.   In time the only safe place for the mountain pony would have been the  topmost crests, but for an event of happy effect upon his destiny. This was the organization of the Welsh- Pony- and Cob- Society in the Royal  Show Yard at Cardiff. Lord Tredegar was the first president, and after him the Earl of Powys. King George became a patron, and the society aquired an impetus that proved it had not been born too soon. The formation of a Stud Book was the initial practical business of the Society, and its first volumes derive special value from the fact that Wales has always tended to the patriarchial system, and her traditions, whether of horses or families, can be relied upon. There have always been wise and prudent breeders in the land; men who could, in some degree, counteract indifference and hold to ideal aim....... Nature long ago accomplished her best for the Welsh pony, and while he was practically an isolated type it was easy to maintain her standard. But with multifarious breeds and half-breeds in proximity, the carelessness of man was beginning to undo her work, and Wales might have followed Ireland in the deterioration of her pony stock and the loss of a fixed type, if the Society had not actively intervened........ Finally, after many difficulties, unwearying effort, and a constant display of good nature, the committee secured the passage of the Act and put an end to what one of the overworked members, exasperated to humor, termed the "unlimited liability sire system."      by Olive Tilford Dargan, Printed privately for Charles A. Stone : 1913

This book is part of the Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine and can be read or downloaded here:

http://www.archive.org/details/welshponydescrib00darg

WPCSA - US

Rules, By-Laws, Incorporation, Forms, Information

WPCS - UK

WPCS Pamphlet How to Judge a Welsh Pony (Breed Standard)

WPCS Information and Link

Links

Welsh Breeders           Other Sites              Farrier            Hay for Sale            Legacy Breeder              

 Criban Victor sire of Section B            Judging         Breed Standard, Description, Conformation, Movement

 

Preservation Breeding   -    The Past & The Future                                                     

*Why is genetic diversity important? The American Livestock Breed Conservancy
*Inbreeding & Linebreeding by Adele Rockwell 1974
*Michael Bowling, Geneticist

*Welsh Pony Book 1913

 

KNOW YOUR BREED (w/pictures)   Breed Standard & Description, WPCSA Show Rules, WPCS Judging

 

Articles from Pony Publications - 1970's - 1990's

The Welsh Pony World 1974,  National Welsh Pony Yearbook 1976, Welsh Roundabout 1979, 1987, 1988, 1992, Ponies Magazine 1988, Pony Journal 1981

History of Welsh Ponies and Cobs        Ancient History       History Articles Pg 1       History Articles Pg 2

 Photo Gallery of Influential Welsh Ponies & Cobs          More Information, Growth and Training, and more  

 University of Ky General Horse Judging Manual

The Excessive White Issue - Articles, Information, Opinions      Newsletters

New Jersey Pony Breeders and Owners, Inc.

American Crossbred Pony Registry (partbred Welsh),   All Pony Show Prize List,
All Pony Dressage Show Prize List, Members, etc.

 
   

2009 Section B Colt
Cross Creek Coup de Grâce

Cross Creek Ember

 
 

You can be a legacy breeder. . . . . . . .

Most breeders have short term goals. Their breeding program is to produce a foal better than the sire or dam, one for a fad or market. It ends there, and compares to a cross-breeding program. For example, in one generation a breeder can produce, by breeding opposite qualities, a show winner with 'quality and refinement'. But then, in each passing generation, the animals lose the very traits that made them unique.

Every breed registry is subject to political pressure and conflicting interests. Talk to breeders and they will tell you their concerns about the future of the breed. These are not theoretical musings, these things are happening now. Every breed registry is feeling the pressures of change.

On the other hand, each breed has legacy breeders, those that are dedicated to a breed's original standard and will not change. There are certain things that legacy breeders do, things that are not mystical or secrets handed down from past generations. They are sound breeding principles that are common knowledge, but ignored by most breeders. They are principles that are shoved aside through politics and fads, economics and personal whims.

Legacy breeders breed by the standard. That seems too simple to be true. They breed to good qualities, not away from bad. There are no surprises in a legacy breeder’s barn, he continues to breed good qualities to good qualities to the point where his foal crop is predictable. At that point even his culls are better quality and truer to breed type than the best of other breeders. Legacy breeders study pedigrees, family lines and individual ponies. They know family lines and the traits passed on by those lines and where they came from, the genetics that carry on. The genetics that do not change the breed. The genetics that breed true to the standard. *In many Welsh lines thorobreds show up within the first eleven generations ie: crossbreeding, thus loss of bone, Welsh type, body type, movement and pony quality.

Every registered breed has it’s own breed standard, and to the legacy breeder this standard is revered. Legacy breeders appreciate the breed’s unique character, and are dedicated to preserving these qualities. It would never occur to a legacy breeder to "improve" the breed. Legacy breeders believe in the breed and will not change for any judge, for any market trend, for any amount of money. . . .

YOU too can be a legacy breeder.

Preservation breeding is an attempt by many animal breeders to preserve bloodlines of animals, either of a rare breed, or of rare pedigrees within a breed. One purpose of preservation breeding is to protect genetic diversity within a species, another is to preserve valuable genetic traits that may not be popular or in fashion in the present, but may be of great value in the future.

The observable phenomenon of hybrid vigor stands in contrast to the notion of breed purity.
However,
indiscriminate breeding of hybrid animals may also result in degradation of quality.

 

 Based on and reprinted from Welsh Ponies & Cobs magazine of WPCS

At one time, the hills of Wales and the borders were alive with hill ponies; herds of wild, hardy animals left virtually to fend for themselves, ensuring that only the hardiest survived. Mother Nature’s doctrine of “survival of the fittest” led to the evolution of the Welsh Mountain Pony into an agile, hardy, fit, strong, intelligent and beautiful animal.

The enormous contribution that the hill breeders have made to retain the traditional characteristics of the Welsh Mountain Pony is now being recognised it is a must that we retain these irreplaceable animals. Indeed, it is essential to try and maintain the tradition of keeping these ponies on their natural heath to ensure that these invaluable characteristics are not lost over the years.  At some Hill Sales you will see breeders seeking out these bloodlines.

It is believed that the Hill Pony Improvement Societies became established as a result of the Commons Act 1908.  However, some Hill Societies pre-dated The Bill and may have acted as an instigator to The Bill itself. The early Welsh Stud Book reported that The Right Hon. Earl Carrington, G.C.M.G., President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, received a deputation on the subject of protection and improvement of the breed.  Lord Kenyon led the deputation and the meeting eventually resulted in the Act of Parliament, intended to assist with the improvement of Hill Ponies and their breeding. The Act itself still stands today, enabling control of the ponies, especially entires, roaming common land to ensure breeding standards are maintained.

However, in the late 20th century, the decline in numbers of the Hill Ponies became apparent to many of the Hill Breeders and The Welsh Pony and Cob Society Council Members. The Welsh Pony and Cob Society subsequently asked Betty French to carry out a survey on The Welsh Mountain Pony. Betty was assisted by her husband Brian and carried out the enormous task.

 

A precise of the survey:

by Elizabeth French

[From the "Hill Ponies of Wales Newsletter" Issue 1, April 2005]

You may ask “Why this survey”?  Well, the hill ponies are our heritage, our ponies and cobs are admired all over the world, they have descended from the forebears of a gene pool of these hardy ponies on the hills, their survival is imperative for us to have a gene pool of these ponies. The purpose of this survey was to present the figures to The Rare Breeds Trust and for the application for Rare Breed Status and as a result the hill ponies are now on "The Rare Breeds List"

Many members thought the hill ponies were safe and that there were at least still 2000 breeding mares on the hills.  The survey showed that this was not so and that registered breeding mares of four years old and over were down to the very low number of less than 800 - this puts them into the category of “At Risk”.  Although the numbers have a built in ten per cent allowance for ponies not as yet visited, it was noted that of all the thirty areas visited only one hill breeder has increased his herd due to the renewed interest of the family.

To the year 2000 there had been a decline of the hill ponies by 25% over the previous eight years. Foot & Mouth was devastating and because of the hardships the decline of hill ponies has continued.

The general interest of all members was very positive and to further this interest Betty has over nine hundred photos and two hundred slides and is prepared to give talks and presentations to emphasis the importance of retaining the feral Welsh Mountain Pony in its natural environment.  The three years of gathering the information was a never to be forgotten project. Betty had the help and friendship of Hill Breeders, without whom it would not have been possible to make this survey a success.  She says "The whole experience was reward in itself, therefore this survey did not incur any cost to the Society, and through this survey, the hill ponies have received recognition from The Rare Breeds Trust."

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