All the horses are individual characters and each and everyone is loved as a member of our family. People often ask me who my 'favourite' is; and I always laugh and say Fantasy, Fiasco, Cherimarie, April, Magic, Ribbon, Carolina, Charm, Glisten, Cracker, Bonnie, April, Amira, Mark, Razzle, Lulu, Cherish etc etc etc! I adore them all and they are each so typically welsh in their type and their character. One of the most wonderful things about breeding welshies is the lovely people you meet – some of my 'best friends' are now people I have actually never (or rarely) met but spent hours talking to on the phone, by text and by email. I love the way a mutual obsession with welsh ponies and cobs can bring you together with like minded people from all over the World and UK; how easy it is to talk to people you barely know purely because you both adore your ponies and cobs! We consider ourselves very lucky to have some fantastic 'welsh' friends in America, Germany, Holland, France, Sweden, Czech Republic, Belgium, Denmark and many more! I have even had to brush up on my German and French this year which is always good! Thank you to all the people who have considered my shaggy and muddy welsh ponies and cobs worthy of a visit from some very far flung places - Wales, Scotland, England, Australia, America, Germany, Belgium, France, Holland and more. We love to share the ponies and cobs with fellow welsh fanatics and any visit is always a great excuse for a trip to the pub. I would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has helped me over the years – to name but a few (the list really is endless!): My friends and family for their patience and for helping out when I want to go wandering round the countryside in pursuit of ponies and social life (thanks Mum, Simon and Jo!); my 'landlords' (The Mitchell Family) for keeping an eye on the ponies for me and for their ongoing support and friendship; my farrier (James) for always being there and being so patient with my cheeky welshies; my vets (Clifford George and Chris Freed) for their invaluable advice; Liesl Burt (Wensley Stud) for producing the ponies; Justin Walters and Clare and George for producing the cobs; Harold Zoet (Ysselvliedts Stud) for leasing me the smashing stallion Ysselvliedts Golden Boy; Jan Hazeleger (Centannial Stud in Holland) for letting me buy the beautiful mare Blanche Glisten; Matt and Josie Attrell (Danaway Stud), for allowing me to have the stunning cobs, Danaway Fantasy, Danaway Ribbon, Danaway Desert Storm and Danaway Cherimarie, and also for all the encouragement they have given me over the years; Barry Shepherd (Vervale Stud) for trusting me enough to buy one of his fantastic ponies and for the never ending supply of advice and support; all the stallion owners for letting me use their lovely stallions over the years; Jackie McEwen (Terackie Stud) for sharing the ups and downs of breeding palomino welsh cobs with me;  Jean Smith (Jebeth Stud) for keeping me sane and giving me the confidence to believe in myself and my horses; Ruth Thacker (Farchynys Stud) for starting me on the slippery slope to welsh addiction by selling me the delightful filly Farchynys Cristal; Helen Tattersall (Runshaw Stud) for providing unlimited laughter and support over the years; Helen Vaughan who leased Farchynys Cristal and did such a wonderful job of bringing her on under saddle; Rebecca Jarvis for backing Bennie so brilliantly – and to everyone else (you know who you are!) without whose friendship, support, help and advice I would not be happily breeding welsh ponies and cobs today: THANK YOU! The biggest thanks of all must go to my ponies for being such superstars in the first place, and for all those magical moments I spend with them, and of course to my mum for getting me into horses in the first place!