Paul Metcalf with Urwins Storm
On todays show we’re talking about driving, about riding, about showing and we’re also going back in time to when my guest first started handling ponies in the 1950’s
Paul Metcalf is the breeder of the Rye House Fell ponies. Paul is also the Vice Chair of The Fell Pony Society
This podcast was recorded in April 2023
Paul Metcalf with Greenholme Dec
Bethan Lewis driving Greenholme Dec with backstepper Paul Metcalf
Anne Metcalf at the NPS Summer Championships 2022
Show notes
Bringing Silage down in a black cart with a Shire/Dales cross
Greenholme sixpence
Pauls yard and the grazing regime
Getting ponies fit for showing and attracting the judges eye
The sport of carriage driving and driving Fells
The Duke of Edinburgh’s team of Fell ponies
The 3 phases of a Carriagedriving competition
Col. Sir John Miller
Welsh cob Flying Comet
Call the herd home
Making the best of your pony for showing
Hunter horses and looking the part
Horse of The Year, Olympia and the Fell Pony Breed show
Mares v geldings
Fred Todd master horseman
Grooming for Anne Varley pony tandem
The role of a groom
NW driving club in the 1980s
What makes a good driving pony
The importance of dressage in a 3 day event
Fools breed horses for wise men to buy
Choosing a stallion
Deep bodied ponies for long legged jockeys
Duke of Edinburgh award for carriage driving
3 quick questions
