Supreme Champion Bill Gow Trophy

Sheila McLellan of Kiltie Farm donated this trophy to the All Breed Pony Show in 1992. 

In 1974, Pony Pages, edited by Pat Clay, printed the following: 

“During the month of February 1963, Reg White and myself were sitting around in the used car office where we worked. It was about 20 below and there were no customers, so we were discussing horses and ponies. Reg mentioned that he would like to own a nice driving pony. I said that I would also so we decided to go together on one. We had heard that Mr. Adam Berreth of Bieseker was selling some of his ponies and we knew Berreth’s Delight, known as Buddy, was for sale.

            When we went to see Mr. Berreth to make him an offer for Buddy, I saw Monarch’s Leo and fell in love with him right away. The next thing we did was to make a deal for Monarch’s Leo and Berreth’s Sylvia, a yearling filly, when we went out to pick up Buddy.

This was the start of Gow and White Stables. Next we bought Helensea Golden Sylvia from Dr. Day in Edmonton and Penrose Sham from Merle Steir and we started raising Welsh ponies.

In 1968, we split the ponies. I registered my name as Gow’s Pony Farm and Reg registered his as White’s Pony Paradise.

Since purchasing Monarch’s Leo he has been Grand Champion Pony at the Calgary International Horse Show three times and Reserve Grand Champion twice. He was Grand Champion at Red Deer once, Grand Champion Pony at Didsbury four times, three times at Olds plus being Grand Champion of The Show at Olds in 1967. At Lloydminister he was Grand Champion three times, at Lethbridge he was Grand Champion twice. He was retired from the show ring in 1973.

I am now down to just a few Welsh ponies – Monarch’s Leo, Gow’s Golden King who was Grand Champion Welsh Pony at Calgary in 1974, Berreth’s Blue Bud, Jay Cee Acres Blue Moon, Jay Cee Acres Twinkle and two 1975 foals – Gow’s Golden Tinkerbell and Gow’s Golden Charger”.

Stewart Campbell Junior Welsh Champion Trophy

This trophy is donated by Kathleen Alves, Kobur Welsh in memory of her grandfather.

The Quorn Ranch of Stewart Campbell began with three Welsh ponies purchased in 1964. These were imported Section A mares that the E.P. Ranching Company Ltd. had on offer at their dispersal sale. These mares carried some of the best UK bloodlines including Downland, Craven, Bowdler, Cui and Revel.  They were also among the top priced ponies at the sale.

Stewart purchased the imported palomino stallion *Pendock Puccini from Bill Simpson of Maryland.  Puccini was a son of the great Welsh stallion Coed Coch Madog and his dam was of the Craven line. Interesting enough, Puccini was the grandsire of Stewart’s Section B stallion, Heathwood Gold Coin.  Puccini sired seventy-one foals during his breeding years in North America and Gold Coin sired forty-four ponies during his lifetime. The third stallion purchased was also a Section B, “ Rosedale Flamenco” who carried very strong Downland bloodlines. Flamenco sired fifty foals. At times they had upwards of sixty ponies running on the ranch. There are not many Welsh studs have produced the number of quality Welsh ponies, both Section A and B, that the Quorn Stud has. Even today Quorn bloodlines are valued in many breeding programs and the ponies were well noted for being outstanding children’s mounts.

In 1991, Stewart stated, “The A/B rule change in 1982 hurt us for awhile, especially in the show ring. The small B’s of A type were not accepted but now, people, including judges, realize that B’s can be small and are quite acceptable if they have good B type and don’t look like Mountain ponies. On the whole it is a good rule, encouraging people to breed a definite type, either Section A or B. Maybe now the A’s will get back to their original Mountain Pony look.”

Stewart wished that they had started raising B’s earlier and would recommend them to anyone seriously thinking of raising ponies in Western Canada.

“It is hard to find serious buyers for Section As, and most of them still expect a $50 pony. Bs are more useful here on the ranch, gentle enough for young visitors and big enough to carry an adult. Start off in a small way with quality, not quantity and don’t expect to be n instant success. It is a great hobby because it gets us out of the city for healthy exercise and family fun.”

From Canadian Welsh Recollections edited by  Donna Hunter and Pat Clay

This prestigious trophy has been presented at the All Breed Pony Show, Westerner Pony Show and Parkland Futurity. Winners have been:

1993    Pajon's Royal Cameo Ring (foal)                       Pat Clay

1994    Pajon's Jjimminy Cricket (foal)                          Pat Clay

1994    Pajon's Royal Cameo Ring (Yearling)                 Pat Clay

1995    Pajon's Fairytale (foal)                                     Pat Clay

1995    Kiltie's Baroness (yearling)                                Sheila McLellan

1995    Pajon's Royal Cameo Ring  (2yr old)                   Pat Clay

1998    Kiltie's Classic Glyn (foal)                                   Sheila McLellan

1996    Pajon's Fairytale (Yearling)                                Pat Clay

1996    Kiltie's Baroness (2yr old)                                  Sheila McLellan

1997    Pajon's Snow Fairy (foal)                                   Pat Clay

1997    Kilties Classic Glyn (yearling)                              Sheila McLellan

1998    Pajon's Royal Ringmaster (yearling)                    Pat Clay

1999    Pajon's Royal Promise Ring                                Pat Clay

1999    Pajon's Snow Fairy                                           Pat Clay

2001    Pajon's Heart Throb                                           Pat Clay

2001    Pajon's Lightheart                                              Pat Clay

2002    Flare's Royal Signature                                       Pat Clay

2003    Elizan Barby Doll                                                 Kathleen Alves

2004    Alvesta Silver Hallmark                                        Brian McClelland

2005    Morton's Prestige                                                Kathleen Alves

2006    Shell-Crest Dusty Gold                                      Eric/Shirley Brand

Stan Young Memorial

Senior Welsh Champion Trophy 

This trophy was donated by Shelley Snyder, Shell-Crest Farm in memory of Stan Young, one of Alberta’s first pony breeders.   This prestigious trophy has been presented at the All Breed Pony Show since 2002. Winners have been:

2002                Erin’s Pride and Joy                            The Marston Family

(2 judges)        Young’s Country Esquire                      The Marston Family

2003                Pajon’s Royal Anniversary Ring             Pat Clay

2004                Pajon’s Royal Lightheart                       Monty Gwynne

2005                Pajons’ Royal Lightheart                       Monty Gwynne

2006                Pajon’s Royal Heart Throb                    Pat Clay          

2007                Classic Royal Kiltie                               Vanessa Quartly

Bill Pratt High Point Award

The Pratt family was in an ideal situation to raise ponies, not only did they live on acreage west of Calgary but they had seven children wanting to ride. They started with some ponies from the EP and Quorn Ranches in the late 50’s. In 1961 they started breeding ponies to their Arabian stallions, Count of Calling Horse and Seahorse Prince D’orsay. Using the prefix Welsara, over the years they raised, trained and sold many ponies. Not only did they have their own ponies, they also worked with a lot of the Quorn ponies, which were then sold at the Calgary Spring Horse Sale. Milli now looks back on those days with great pleasure.
A purebred Welsh pony purchased from the EP Ranch was *Penrhos Penny A678 – imported from Peter Jones and Sons – and she had one purebred colt for the Pratt’s. This was Willie S, foaled in 1964 who was sired by *Pendock Puccini. Another early broodmare was Call Girl.
Steward Campbell gave Quorn Big Rock A1413 (alias Smokey) to Judy and those two were one of those magical combinations of rider and pony. Also Jell Zell’s son, Tyler was very successful in the show ring with his pony Welsara Mabel.
Bill himself was a huge influence on the Calgary scene. He was President and Chief Operating officer of the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics where he managed the construction of the new sports facilities and raised funds to support the Games. Bill was the General Manager for the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede for ten years, his contributions to the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede for ten years made it a landmark of the Canadian cultural experience. In 1991 Bill was awarded the Order of Canada.
In 2001 the first Bill Pratt High Point Award was given and the winners have been:

2001 Kirby Bell riding Oakie
2002 Alana Longman riding Brynarian Eiddwen Comet
2003 Robin Donais riding Brigadoon
2004 Darice Gwyn riding Pajon’s Royal Ringmaster
2005 Katilyn Cooper riding Wings of an Angel
2006 Hope Enders riding Sweetheart
2007 Emily Martin riding Performing Cameo