The 2001 season

In 2001 we participated in 5 shows.

1. The Youngstock show at Dorthealyst  Saturday the 21st April

  • The yearling colt Valhalla's Camelot by Geler Cymro Du and out of Trevallion Chloe won his class and ended up 3rd in his semi-final.
  • The 2 year old filly Valhalla's Meg Ryan by Llanarth Cadfael and out of Int.Su.Ch. Valhalla's Emily also won her class.

 

2. The Annual National Grading show

In mid-August we had the Annual Danish Grading Show with Mr. Len Bigley (Llanarth) and Ms. Rosemary Philipson-Stow (Pendock) judging.

We showed Valhalla's Hillary again this year, and she repeated her 2000 victory as she won her showclass, the female championship, the Supreme Welsh Cob championship and a new perpetual Cup for the Best Danish-bred Welsh Cob.

With this victory we have now got a remarkable record list as our Cobs between them have won the Annual National Cob championship 12 years from 14 possible.

It happened this way:

  • Rotherdale Heiress (1995) and Valhalla's Erica (1992) won it once
  • Rotherdale Eclipse (1987 & 1988) and Valhalla's Hillary (2000 & 2001) twice
  • Calerux Black Prince (1989, 1990 and 1991) and Valhalla's Emily (1993, 1994 and 1997) each won it three times

Of course we are very proud of this, and we will work hard to see it continue. But it gets harder and harder every year, as our friends and competitors are also improving every day because they are importing and breeding stock of excellent quality.

This year we are very pleased to note the success of the Lindberg Stud (see a link in the Links section) in Northern Jutland. They have bought some nice mares, and won with one of them (Rotherdale Nerys) this year. And they bought a promising colt from us three years ago. He is Valhalla's MacBeth and we were very proud to see ham graded in Class I as the first Cob stallion we have bred to go this far. He also won the Youngstock championship and was reserve for the Male, so he will no doubt have a future in the limelight!

 Valhalla’s MacBeth

Congratulations to the Lindberg Stud !!!

 

3/4/5. The Autumn Foals shows

In September we showed our foals three times:

  • 1st September: The Funen Foal Show
  • 8th September: Foal Show in Sunds; dr. Wynne Davies MBE was judging !!
  • 15th September: Show at Tuse Naes, Zealand

We ended up winning all three Overall Supreme champion titles with Valhalla's Hazel (winning at Funen and Zealand) and Valhalla's Cherry (winning in Jutland).

 

 

Thus the show season 2001 was over and the results were amazing:

We showed 6 Valhalla Welsh Cobs and had 6 victories

+ 5 championships