Welcome to our new-look web site.
We have nine foals this year, six colts and three fillies, You can see them on our foals page! We also have a 3 yr old gelding and a yearling filly for sale - please see our Youngstock pages for details.
Please note that our e-mail address has changed. You can now reach us at jessieparry@btconnect.com
Jess and Joe, June 2008
History
Eyarth Stud was founded in 1968, shortly after I left school. I had been inspired by the Welsh ponies I saw at the Weston stud, and decided that breeding Section Bs was what I wanted to do. Thanks to my dad’s eye as a stockman, and my mum’s drive and enthusiasm, our ponies have enjoyed success in many fields – showing in hand, under saddle, dressage and riding. I am also delighted to say that our ponies have been exported all around the world, and have been very successful for their new owners.
The stud is located at Clegyr Mawr, near Melin-Y-Wig, in the upper reaches of the Vale of Clwyd. Clegyr is a working farm; we have a pedigree herd of Welsh Blacks and 300 head of sheep. The land range of the property is between 700 and 1100 ft.
We started the stud on a very small scale when Dad bought the mares TanLan Swynol, and later, Crossways Champagne and Coed Coch Bettrys. In those early days we leased stallions such as Ardgrange Heritage and Sintoncourt Perilustre, and we registered the first Eyarth ponies - Eyarth Bettula and Eyarth Dubonnet in 1970. This was also the year that we acquired the filly Leighon Glamour at the Fayre Oaks sale. Glamour’s fourth foal for the stud, a colt, Eyarth Celebration (Kelly) by Keston Royal Occasion, was to prove the greatest influence on the Eyarth blood-line.
Eyarth Celebration
Kelly was the first colt that we retained for our own use. He gave us our first win at the RWAS when, as a yearling, he was top of his class, reserve champion youngstock, and reserve male champion. Before that, as a foal, he was unbeaten wherever he was shown. Kelly’s most successful year in the show ring was 1987, when, on loan to Tom Best and David Blair of the Waxwing stud, he was overall native champion and reserve supreme champion at the West Midland Stallion Show, supreme at Glanusk and champion at Lampeter, champion at the Royal Highland and the National Pony Society as well as reserve champion at the Great Yorkshire Show.
His influence on our bloodlines is beyond measuring, but he and his progeny have also influenced the Section B look in Holland, Sweden, Canada, Australia and the USA. Kelly is still with us, as a grand old man of 29! He takes life a little easier now, but we think he's earned it. We are incredibly grateful to him.
In 1979 we bought the 3 year old filly Weston Twiggy from the Edwards family shortly before their departure for Australia. We never showed Twiggy, but again, her influence on the look of the stud as it is today can not be doubted. Twiggy produced no less than 16 foals for us, many of whom are now champions. Her pairing with Eyarth Celebration produced many show winners for us, notably Eyarth Arabella and Eyarth ZsaZsa.
Weston Twiggy
Eyarth Arabella
Arabella was Twiggy’s first foal by Kelly. When put to Hilin Caradus she produced E. Cordelia, dam of E. Windflower, 3 time winner at the RWAS, standing supreme in 2002, and mountain and moorland champion at the Royal of England Show in 2003. Arabella was also crossed with Carwed Charmer (son of Hilin Caradus) with great success. Their sons include E. Sama (now at the Weston Park stud in Australia), Eyarth Tayma (now with our good friends Dewi and Eirian at the Hilin stud), and Eyarth Tigra (at the Bamborough stud in Australia) all of whom are champion stallions in their own right.
