Casmaran and Cross Creek

and

Sara Loeffel Bloomer
973-670-2578
welshponiesandcobs@hotmail.com

PHILOSOPHY

Train horses to be trusting and responsive, and to demonstrate acceptable behavior in all performances.

EDUCATION

Kenny Harlow's Cerification Program Instructor: Kenny Harlow, John Lyons® Certified Trainer, Cedar Run Ranch, Cumberland, VA

Colorado State University, AI Certification, care and management of breeding stock

EXPERIENCE

Independent Breeder/Trainer/Instructor.
July 1992 - present

Manage Casmaran Stud and Cross Creek Farm breeding, training and showing programs.
Instruct students in various performances.

Showing since 1976

D COBS
B PONIES
FOR SALE

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Lessons and Training

Denise Marie Loeffel
973-875-7677
denisemarieloeffel@yahoo.com

I was born in 1947 and received my first pony for Christmas in 1953. My father, in his parental wisdom, brought home a Shetland Pony stallion, whom I named Flicka (little girl). I will blame my love for all equines on my father who grew up with and loved animals. Long before I got Flicka my parents could not pass a "Pony Ride" ring without stopping to give me a ride, and my favorite place to visit was my father's Aunt Lil who owned a horse.

Me at Aunt Lil's house

Introducing "Flicka" to my dog Christmas Eve 1953 in the living room.

In 1957 my cousin got a pony which they called "Pancho". Pancho was a chestnut Welsh gelding, and because we visited at least once a month I got to spend a lot of time with him and fell in love with Welsh ponies. From that time on I read everything I could get my hands on about Welsh ponies ....... the description, the breed standard and the care and breeding of ponies and horses in general.

As I grew up I never lost my love of horses, the one thing I wanted for myself was to have them when I got married. When my family finally moved to Sussex County in 1969 the first thing I did was go out and get an unregistered Welsh pony mare, she was actually a purebred but the farmer who had Severn Minuteman and several imported mares had long given up registering them. Now I had a reason to research ancestry and the purpose for which Welsh were bred, and to apply all I had read about the Welsh breed to my mare. Shortly my cousin gave me a purebred gelding for my daughter Laura, and I bought my first Section B mare Kressley's Talaria. I spent hours and hours researching their bloodlines, comparing them to the standard, and training myself to recognize their conformation faults and strengths.

When I became pregnant with Sara I would go on trail rides with Laura ....... and would ride down the road singing Home on the Range. The most important thing I taught both of my girls was "safety first" in handling the ponies. Having begun a local Welsh Newsletter 'Pony Prints' and being the NJPBO Secretary kept us very involved with our ponies, which has continued to this day.