Episode 7. Bert Morland

Bert Morland is a judge and breeder of the Lunesdale Fell ponies who have won shows at the highest levels. On todays show we’re going to go into the finer points of breeding with Bert who’s credentials in the show ring tell you that anything he doesn’t know about breeding Fell ponies isn’t worth knowing.

This podcast was recorded in July 2021

Bert Morland is a judge and breeder of the Lunesdale Fell ponies who have won shows at the highest levels. On todays show we’re going to go into the finer points of breeding with Bert who’s credentials in the show ring tell you that anything he doesn’t know about breeding Fell ponies isn’t worth knowing.

Show notes

  1. Early days working with General Purpose ponies

  2. Joe Baxter the stallion walker, Storm Boy and Master John

  3. Ted Benson

  4. Pit ponies in the 1950’s

  5. Heltondale Sonny Boy

  6. Lunesdale Rebecca

  7. Line breeding

  8. Finer points of breeding

  9. Conformation

  10. Stallions

  11. Round bone

  12. Semi-feral herds

  13. Harness racing

  14. Dales ponies

  15. Olympia

Filmed for the Fell Pony Breeders Association in 2010 with a grant from Heritage Lotterry

Lunesdale Rebecca

Stallion walker Joe Baxter who farmed at Threlkeld with his Fell Pony stallion Master John 2883. Joe Baxter is holding the Lady Yule Cup and the prize ticket which shows part of the date of the Fell Pony Stallion Show on either the Tuesday or Thursday in May in probably 1955, Master John was also Champion at the Stallion Show in 1958, 1960 and 1961.

Tom LLoyd