Pony Profiiles
Glenmores Winning
H E A R T S by Thalia Gentzel
ter time than now to let Barbara Camp tell you about the excellent foundation stock of British Riding Ponies and Welsh which she imported in the 70s. And today, the phenomenal *Coed Coch Grey Cloud, imported as a weanling, is going strong at 35 in the loving hands of Betty Fox. On a pilgrimage to see this grand old gentleman, I found him being groomed by little girls. On his way to the field, he played a game with Betty, nudging her along with his nose. But with his ladies, Grey Cloud "puffed up like a rooster" as Betty describes him. What a magnificent individual!
At the 1986 Pony Finals held at Commonwealth Park in Culpepper, Virginia a record number of ponies competed - 157. Leader after the larges and mediums was 14 year old Laura Chapot with her renowned Connemara/Thoroughbred mare, Bon Soir, at 1011 points. That held until two smalls went later in the day. Seven year old Hillary Schlusemeyer with Anne Hampton's and her British Riding Pony/Welsh cross, Glenmore Hearts of Fire, laid down a beautiful trip for a total score of 1029! And the next pony to go, Welsh crossbred Swan Song with nine year old Lauren Hough, Hillary Schlusemeyer and Glenmore ended up with 1012, just one point Hearts of Fire ahead of Laura and Bon Soir. This win was from a stellar field - Expresso, Old Fashioned, Tarragon, Farnley Marengo, Silver Star, Buttons 'N Bows, Farnley Love Child, and Gayfields Blue Nile among them! Ocala, Florida trainer Christina Schlusemeyer has had a passion for ponies since she was five years And so Hillary Schlusemeyer, a fifty pound seven old. After hoarding five nickels for a pony ride, she year old, set a new Finals record as the youngest walked 2 1/2 miles across main highways to carry competitor ever to win Overall Grand - and Lauren out her dream of riding. Today Christina is legHough with Reserve Overall was only two years endary in both ponies and horses. Back in 1996, ten older! years after winning the Pony Hunter Finals at age Throughout this era, Hearts of Fire and other seven, her daughter Hillary went on to win the AHSA Glenmore ponies appear in the winner's circle freMedal Finals and the USET Talent Search Equitation quently - there is Hearts' full sister, Heart of Gold Finals. (both by the imported British Riding Pony, *Coed So what does a trainer at the top of her game Coch Grey Cloud, and out of Severn Ruby), who took look for as ingredients in top pony hunters? Horse of the Year honors in 1985 in Small/Medium "First, the jumping instinct is the most important so they can do what we intend them to do. Jumping Greens. In 1988 S/M Green HOTY was Glenmore needs to be easy for them with a stride long enough Halston (*Forge Nimbus X Glenmore Chanel by Grey for it to be simple to get down the lines. They need Cloud) followed in third by Glenmore Pinkie (*Coed this ability - and the temperament to like their job. Coch Benmor X They should be amenable to training, to have an Sister ease of training to become made ponies. Especially Buchannan by in large ponies, they should want to do their job. Sylvia's Comet). Also, ponies should be built right to do it easily, In 1989 with sturdy construction to do tasks from teaching Glenmore Teddy little people to going in the ring at the Washington Bear (Grey International Horse Show. They should be durable Cloud X Noblest and comfortable. Soundness, with good feet, is Teddy-TB) was important so they can be loose and happy. third in Large Then, there is the Romance Factor! These are Green HOTY. show ponies and should look appealing - pretty And these are with nice heads and good conformation. Then it is just a sampling. the people's job for conditioning and a shiny coat, So what betall this so the judges will want to let them win!" *Coed Coch Grey Cloud
Christina says...
Barbara & Betty &
THE GLENMORE PONIES
The first name to be engraved on the new AHSA Medal trophy in 1948 was that of Barbara Pease. Although she never owned a horse of her own as a junior, the Larchmont, NY teenager was "magic on a horse". Fast forwarding several decades, Barbara was married to another fine rider, and driver, Clay Camp - and living in Virginia. Their children Jeff and "Bunny" Bwlch Zephyr, showed pony hunters - one Section A Grey Cloud Welsh mare, Bray's Island Gay Morning showing as "Paper Moon", took home numerous championships before retiring to the broodmare band. Later, trips were made to Europe for driving horses and for British Riding Ponies. In 1973, a special purchase was made, but we'll let Barbara tell the story of her important imports as recorded in the 1979 Welsh Pony & Cob Society of America Yearbook. High on a soft green hill overlooking the sea I fell in love...in love with a man, a farm, and lots of ponies. Colonel Edward Williams Wynn of Coed Coch in North Wales was a gentle man who loved his ponies and the land on which he lived. Most famous for the purebred Welsh, not many realize that the part bred riding pony was the delight of Colonel Edward. It is a rare thing to find a hunter pony showing in
America without some Welsh blood. Far too many of them are the result of guesswork or even accident. The actual pedigree has never been kept with a pony. I am attempting to do this as the British have done for years...to raise a 14-14.2 hunter pony with a pedigree. This is a combination of a strain of small Thoroughbred crossed with the Arab and the sire of of course the Welsh. The crossbred stallion responsible for the best show ponies in Britain was (BWLCH) VALENTINO. His sons and grandsons are the predominate sires of winners today. My first choice was a stallion by a son of VALENTINO, BWLCH ZEPHYR, and out of a classy Section B Welsh mare from the Coed Coch Stud. COED COCH GREYCLOUD was bought as a weanling in 1973 from Colonel Edward and was champion crossbred at Devon as a yearling. A colt from his first crop in 1976, GLENMORE CLOUDY MORNING, won the foal class at Devon and came back this year and was champion colt at Devon. This colt is out of a Section A mare BRAY'S ISLAND GAY MORNING, who won many championships showing as a small pony hunter under the name of PAPER MOON.
Another trip to Coed Coch brought home a stallion of medium size to breed to the large pony mares whose breeding was unknown. This stallion, COED COCH BENMOR, was by COED COCH BEN HUR and out of a crossbred mare COED Y PAEN PRANA. At the same time COED COCH BARRYMORE by BARI and COED COCH SALADIN by SALED were purchased for use on the Thoroughbred mares. At present they are being driven tandem and may put off their stud duties to compete in F.E.I. competition. I feel very fortunate to have such a concentration of the best of the Coed Coch blood, both in the partbred and in the Section A. It was the thrill of a lifetime to visit the Colonel at Coed Coch. I hope I can carry on what he began and that I will do him justice.
Teddy Bear
Liberty Bell
Mrs. L. C. Camp ~~~~~ In 1978, Barbara Camp became the first president of Virginia Pony Breeders Association joining with other like-minded breeders and exhibitors to enhance the improvement, recording of pedigrees, showing, and promotion of ponies of all breeds. This organization thrives today and can be found at www.vpba.com - or you can visit their 30th Anniversary booth while at the Pony Finals! In reading the accounts of outstanding hunter ponies of the 80s you will find numerous Glenmores: Hearts of Fire and Heart of Gold (full sisters by *Coed Coch Grey Cloud X Severn Ruby by Severn Storm), Halston (*Forge Nimbus X Chandelle by *Chantain), Pinkie (*Coed Coch Benmor X Sister Buchannan by Sylvia's Comet), Sally (Grey Cloud X Charlie Brown's Snoopy by King's Cavalier), Teddy Bear (Grey Cloud X Noblest Teddy TB), Best Shot (Nimbus X Farnley Mona), Wait for the Beep (Grey Cloud X Mona), .Storm Warning (Nimbus X Storm Cloud by Grey Cloud), and more. One year at Devon, a hunt team was made up of all Glenmore ponies! Now to explain what you have been wondering about - how Barbara Camp's Glenmore became Betty Fox's Glenmore. A quarter of a century ago at the AHSA Convention two women discovered they had grown up in the same area
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Magical Cloud
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of New York State and had a great deal in common - Barbara was from Larchmont and Betty from New Salem. A fourth generation horse person who had grown up showing, Pony Clubbing, and foxhunting, Betty had started breeding Welsh ponies with the Wallabout prefix when her three children were small. She had Welsh mares and Barbara had a Welsh stallion - so an invitation was extended to look at him in Virginia. "Ollie" (*Rosevean Red Admiral) looked like the dragon in Kookla, Fran, and Ollie! At breakfast the next morning, Barbara explained that the Thoroughbred market in Virginia had changed so a move to Kentucky was planned. Then came the 'miracle'! "I've done my thing with the ponies and you may have them. If you take Grey Cloud, you take the Glenmore name,'" Barbara announced. "Needless to say, it was more than a dream come true to receive Barbara's lifetime work!" Betty explains. So from Nellysford, Virginia to Sherborn, Massachusetts "truck after truck after truck came. Grey Cloud was the very last as it was so hard for Barb, but early on Easter morning, a van pulled up and the driver said, 'I have this big white fuzzy Easter bunny for you!' " That completed a breeding herd of about three dozen. Barbara kept ponies for a grey four-in-hand but later they came to Betty also. Those were two sets of siblings, Storm Watch and Storm Warning (*Forge Nimbus X Storm Cloud by Grey Cloud), and Hollywood and Tap Shoes (Grey Cloud X Dolly Bostwick by *Cui Beau). After her hunter career, Tap Shoes became the dam of Glenmore Sneakers, a 13.1 hand chestnut with eye-catching white by *Glenmure Liberty Bell. Sneakers, a great mover with a great temperament (as all Betty's stallions possess) stands at Betty's farm near Ocala, Florida. Betty has kept the Glenmore dynasties together with *Coed Coch Grey Cloud (Bwlch Zephyr X Coed Coch Llawrig by Coed Coch Berwynfa) at the head. Along with the mare, *Glenmure Gay Romance, Coch Grey Cloud represents the only Bwlch Zephyr blood in the United States. "I try to keep him in all my pedigrees, to bring him back and back and back. At 35, he is in fine fettle although he does have
some arthritis in his hocks.There are three mares bred to him for 2009! " In addition to his Glenmore offspring, renowned broodmares by Grey Cloud must be mentioned. Tease Me Not is the dam of famous show ponies: Are You Kidding, For Kids Sake, For Kids Only, Kid You Not, Kidding Around, Peppermint Pizazz, and Who's Kidding Who. Absolute is the dam of Ultimate and Won to Know. Alison Coluccio had the Grey Cloud granddaughter, Glenmore Jasmine by *Forge Nimbus, and she too was a remarkable producer of show ponies. Another British Riding Pony stallion used at Glenmore wa *Rosevean Fish Eagle by Rosevean Eagles Hill (whose grandsires are Bwlch Zephyr and Count Dorsaz) X Cusop Araminta by Bwlch Valentino out of a Solway Master Bronze mare. Also prominent was the late *Glenmure Liberty Bell (Packwood Peter Pan who was double Valentino X Sinton Mirrobel by Pierrot - TB out of the renowned producer, Criban Heather Bell, Welsh and TB who is also behind the Downland Welsh). Betty is keen on her four year old stallion who has been Zone 4 Reserve Champion in Something Blue Pony Hunter Breeding. Glenmore Scotch Broom is by Glenmore Something Blue X Glenmore Primrose by *Forge Nimbus X Glenmore Chanel by Great Cloud.out of a *Chantain daughter, Chandelle. "He's bay and he's beautiful, an exquisite mover, has a great brain and is a nice boy - a great combination of it all. He's very strong in all of my favorite lines." He is triple Bwlch Zephyr and double *Coed Coch Grey Cloud and *Forge Nimbus, thus continuing lines also favored by Barbara Camp decades ago. On the distaff side, Betty has 14 mares. She tried to keep track of ones she has sold as well and to get them back after their show careers to keep the bloodlines going. Some were show ponies for two of her three children, Elizabeth and Patrick. When Patrick was small he was put on Charlie Brown's Snoopy (by King's Cavalier) to be babysat! Snoopy had already tended kids of her own - Sally, Peppermint Patty, Linus, and Schroeder. Although Patrick went on to show, Lizzie is the one who rode everything and was the pony kid! She had successful careers with Glenmore Storm Warning and Tap Shoes, placing in the standings without endless campaigning. At 28, Tap Shoes, is enjoying matriarch status at the farm. Glenmore Teddy Bear is the oldest Grey Cloud daughter there - after returning from Fairfield, she had her first foal at the age of 25, Glenmore Corduroy by Glenmore Sneakers. As you can see, the Glenmore lines begun by Barbara Camp 40 years ago are still going strong a quarter of a century after the reins were handed over to Betty Fox! Trix