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 *Wedderlie Mardi Gras

 Family Partners Welsh Ponies
  P.O. Box 240
  Riddle, OR 97469
  541-874-3333
  gretchen.aitken@gmail.com

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SHOW NEWS!
Mardi hit the show ring for 2009! He won 11 SUPREME CHAMPION titles, beating his old record of 8 Supremes! We are thrilled!

 

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*Wedderlie Mardi Gras makes the cover!


Mardi is the Cover Stallion for the 2010 Stallion Edition of the Sporthorse Marketplace!


 

 
 

Royal Welsh & Centenary Champion
Two time US National Champion
(National High Score Champion)

*Wedderlie Mardi Gras
2001 Section B Welsh Pony stallion

Imported from Scotland November 2002
USEF & WPCSA permanent measurement cards at 13 hands
>> APPROVED WESER-EMS SPORT PONY BREEDING STALLION <<


 Attention PUREBRED Welsh mare owners!
We are offering a limited time HALF PRICE
breeding special for 2010! Click here for details!


 SHOW NEWS!!!

*Wedderlie Mardi Gras wins
his record breaking TENTH SUPREME CHAMPION
of the 2009 show season!
Between June 20 and August 22: 6 shows, 12 judges, 12 blue ribbons, 11 Grand Championships, 1 Reserve (behind his daughter) 10 Supremes!

But wait -- there's more!!!
Mardi Gras goes to the American Nationals in Tulsa and comes home SUPREME CHAMPION!
A total of ELEVEN Supremes for 2009!

Standing at 13 hands, Section B Welsh Pony stallion, *Wedderlie Mardi Gras combines the absolute best of the Welsh breed -- superb type, exceptional presence, breathtaking flat kneed movement with a huge stride, and correct conformation with a truly lovely disposition. He has plenty of bone and substance, good limbs, exceptional hindquarters with the most wonderful loin and hip, a short back and excellent length of rein. His head is perfection, topped by tiny sage-leaf ears and large, expressive eyes. He has proven to be an extremely prepotent sire, from both purebred Welsh Pony mares, and mares of other breeds.

We are pleased to offer Mardi Gras to a limited number of mares of all breeds for the 2010 breeding season. Take advantage of the rare opportunity to breed to a spectacular Royal Welsh Champion! The Royal Welsh is the largest Welsh Pony show in the world, and few Champions are ever exported. Mardi Gras is also a two time US National Champion (National High Score Winner), as well as many time Supreme and Regional Champion! Mardi has won well over 100 Championships in the US show ring, and we are very proud of his accomplishments! He is also the sire of many champions from a variety of mares! His get are winning in both halter and performance.

LIVE FOAL GUARANTEE - PROVEN QUALITY SHIPPED SEMEN
Mardi Gras has settled well OVER 100 mares via A.I.

We offer a DREAM COME TRUE Guarantee
for foals by *Wedderlie Mardi Gras!

 Now accepting bookings to *Wedderlie Mardi Gras for 2010!
Click here for our breeding contract


Mardi Gras offspring gallery || Breeding Information
Dream Come True Foal Guarantee

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During the 2007 show season, *Wedderlie Mardi Gras won more breeding points than any other Section B Welsh Pony had ever accumulated in a single season of showing!!!


Sire:
Royal Welsh Champion
Eyarth Beau Geste

(Additional photos below)

Boston Bentick Varndell Right Royal
Boston Bodecia
Eyarth Zsa Zsa Eyarth Celebration
Weston Twiggy

Dam:

Wedderlie Marianne
Producer of Royal Welsh Champions
Mybella Victor Radmont Tarquin
Lydstep Bashful
Wedderlie Marina Oakley Welsh Blue
Wedderlie Mermaid

Mardi Gras offspring || Breeding Information
Dream Come True Foal Guarantee

Download Contract

YouTube video 1 (short)
YouTube video 2 (long, includes footage from the 2007 show season)
2009 YouTube video (real time, longe line warm-up before a show)


Now accepting bookings for the 2010 breeding season.
2010 Stud Fee for non-Welsh mares: $800 + $300 booking LFG
2010 Stud Fee for purebred Welsh mares: $1500 $750, including booking, LFG
Click here to view and print our contract
(PDF file)
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  • WPCS & WPCSA registered
  • Weser-Ems Sport Pony Approved
  • All foals eligible for Welsh or Half Welsh Registration with the WPCSA
  • Live Foal Guarantee
  • Proven quality shipped semen - Mardi Gras has settled well over 100 mares bred via A.I. with fresh cooled semen.
  • All Breeds Welcome
  • Multiple Mare Discounts
  • Returning Mare/Client Discounts
  • Assistance in marketing your foal
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    Breeding Information

    Progeny Gallery
    2007 Show Season
    extensive photo gallery and video clips
    YouTube video 1 (short)
    YouTube video 2 (long, includes footage from the 2007 show season)
    What *Wedderlie Mardi Gras has to offer your mare:
    TYPE - Exquisite true Welsh type. Mardi Gras foals are unmistakable, as they consistently have the strong look of their sire. 
    TEMPERAMENT - Kind disposition, with loads of personality and presence. Excellent trainability and willingness to learn. Very people oriented, with the kind of disposition that is easy to live with.
    CONFORMATION - Mardi Gras has a beautiful, well shaped head, large eyes and tiny ears. Long, well shaped neck, clean throatlatch Short back, strong loin, exceptional hip. Sound, correct limbs, with plenty of short, quality bone. Excellent feet. What you see with Mardi Gras is all natural, the result of quality breeding, excellent nutrition and care.
    MOVEMENT- Breathtaking natural movement, extremely free and straight, from the shoulder with a long, flat kneed, reaching stride. Good walk, exceptional trot and beautiful canter. His movement has never been "enhanced" with gimmicks, shoeing or "creative" hoof trimming by leaving his toes long. Because his movement is natural, it is passed on consistently to his foals.
    SHOW RECORD - CONSISTENT and PROVEN! Mardi Gras has more than proven himself in the show ring, winning Champion at the Royal Welsh, the largest Welsh Pony show in the world, as well as winning National Champion (National High Score winner) twice in the USA. He is a many, many time Grand and Supreme Champion. Championships won in the USA number over 100 through the 2007 show season, winning 46 championships in 2007 alone! He is extremely consistent in the show ring, winning over and over again against top competition, under a wide variety of judges. Performance championships in Hunters and Ridden Pony. WPCSA points in: English Pleasure, Hunters, Long Stirrup, Carriage Driving, Pleasure Driving, Western Pleasure and Trail. In 2007, Mardi Gras accumulated MORE breeding points than ANY other National Champion Section B pony!
    PEDIGREE - Carrying the best of Eyarth, Boston and Wedderlie bloodlines, his pedigree is well respected around the world and is proven to pass on quality.
    IMPROVEMENT Mardi Gras has over 100 foals on the ground, consisting of both purebred and crossbred foals. He is proving himself to be an exceptional improvement sire for virtually all types of mares.
    SOUNDNESS - Mardi Gras is both mentally and physically sound. He has never had any health or soundness issues throughout his life. He is a very kind pony, and is extremely easy to live with -- a quality we value very highly in a breeding stallion!
    CONSISTENCY - If you fall in love with Mardi Gras, you WILL fall in love with his foals! He is an extremely consistent and prepotent sire -- strongly stamping his unique type on his foals from many different breeds of mares.
    ALL NATURAL - What you see is what you get! If you look at Mardi Gras and like what you see, you are seeing the results of years of selective breeding for quality. He is not the result of a sweated neck, gimmicked movement or drugs to enhance his looks. Quality is passed on genetically -- those other things are not. We believe in QUALITY -- quality genetics beget quality foals!!! And his foals speak volumes for the quality of their sire!
    We invite you to choose Mardi Gras for the foal of a lifetime!!!

    Click here to browse Mardi's Foal Photo Gallery

     Attention PUREBRED Welsh mare owners!
    We are offering a limited time HALF PRICE
    breeding special! Click here for details!

    View *Wedderlie Mardi Gras in motion by clicking on the video below:

    Mardi's sire, the incomparable Royal Welsh Champion Eyarth Beau Geste, photos taken at home at the Waxwing Stud in Scotland, May 2009 - Photos ©Gretchen Aitken


     

     
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