June 2024
Royal Highland Show - 19th June 2024
Carlung Highland Ponies had a lovely Royal Highland Show this year and were delighted with 2yo colt Carlung Ben Nevis who came home with Reserve Male Champion, Male Youngstock Champion & the Pitscandly Trophy for best 2yo/3yo Stallion!
Highland Pony Society Breed Show - 7th July
What an amazing Breed Show this year for Carlung Highland Ponies !! As a breeder it is the ultimate honour to win the Supreme In-Hand Championship and this year it happened with 7yo stallion Carlung Winston!!
Absolutely over the moon & for his new owner Brian Williams.
March 2023
National Stallion Show : 4th March
We had a lovely day at the National Stallion Show our first show of the season. Arya of Carlung at her first show outing came home with a red rosette qualifying for the Highland Pony Society Youngstock Championship.
Royal Highland Show : June 2023
With all the HPS Centenary celebration displays at the Royal Highland Show this year it was certainly a fantastic show. Carlung ponies once again did us pround coming home with 2nd prize placings for broodmare Venus & 2yo filly Arya.
Highland Pony Society Breed Show : July 2023
Once again held at the beautiful location of Strathallan Castle we had a lovely day & were delighted to come home with first prizes for Venus of Carlung & her filly Charisma in the Broodmare & foal classes.
Highland Pony Society Youngstock Championship - CSHPC Summer Show
We were delighted when 2yo filly Arya of Carlung qualified for the Highland Pony Society's Youngstock Championship once again held at Strathallan. Although unplaced we were still delighted to be there.
December 2022
2022 seems to have flown by so quickly so it's time for an update before 2023 arrives !
At the beginning of December we said goodbye to our lovely 4yo gelding Carlung Xephyr who left Carlung to go to his lovely new home.
This years foals have now all been weaned and settling into life being handled and introduced to the next step in their education.
July 2022
Highland Pony Society Breed Show :
We had a lovely day out at Strathallan Castle which with once again glorious weather is a lovely setting. Venus of Carlung came home with 2nd prize in the broodmare class and her foal Ben Nevis 3rd.
June 2022
Royal Highland Show 2022 :
April/May 2021
We welcomed the arrival of seven new foals this year with one colt and a record six fillies ! Delighted with them all, details can be found on their own page Foals 2021
Highland Pony Society Breed Show : 22nd August
It was lovely to be back at the Highland Pony Society's Breed Show once again held at the lovely venue of Strathallan Castle.
At his first proper outdoor show we were delighted with 4yo stallion Carlung Winston coming home with 1st prize & the best stallion award.
Royal Highland Showcase : 17th June
With the cancelling of the 2020 Royal Highland Show due to the pandemic it was lovely to have our first show outing in 2021 at the Royal Highland Showcase!
We had a lovely show taking two broodmares Querina & Ruby of Carlung. We were delighted to come come with 1st & 2nd prizes for both followed by winning the Female Championship with Querina of Carlung.
October
Two year old colt Carlung Xephyr has been awarded his Highland Pony Society Stallion Licence.
We said goodbye to our yearling filly Yva of Carlung (Vanaffric of Forglen x Koren of Carlung) who left for her lovely new home with a family in Germany.
May
Our 2020 foals all arrived safely and we were delighted to have three fillies and three colts, details of which can be seen on their own page Foals 2020
March
National Stallion Show - March 2020
Once again held at Morris Equestrian Centre in Ayrshire, we had a great start to the showing season which unfortunately due to the pandemic was our last show for 2020!!
We were delighted to come home with the Overall Highland Pony Championship won by 3yo stallion Carlung Winston !
November
Autumn has now moved on to winter and the foals have now all been weaned with those that have been sold leaving us to move on to their new homes.
July
6th July :
We said goodbye to our 3yo filly Verity of Carlung who left for her lovely new home.
June
Royal Highland Show 2018 :
Carlung ponies had a very good show this year ! 3yo filly Venus of Carlung came home with a 2nd prize and the Barrie Trophy for Best 3yo Filly Bred by Exhibitor. Yeld mare Querina of Carlung was second in a strong class.
We were delighted for Alan & Carolyn Munro when their 3yo colt Carlung Valour won the Male Championship followed by Reserve Supreme Champion. Valour was sold to them last November and this was his first show outing !
April/May
All the 2019 foals have arrived & with the good weather all have had a great start. Details and photos of the new arrivals can be seen on the Foals 2019 page.
February
Despite the arrival of snow Carlung ponies are all wintering well.
November
We said goodbye to our newly licensed 2yo colt Carlung Valour (Reynelladene x Carlung Feargus) who left Carlung for his lovely new home.
October
The foals are all now weaned and those that have been sold are now getting ready to go to their new homes !
28th October :
We said goodbye to Carlung Xander who left for his new home at the weekend.
August
Highland Pony Show : Blair Castle
We haven't shown at Blair for a few years now so decided to take Querina of Carlung for the Yeld mare class & 2yo filly Venus of Carlung for a long overdue visit.
Classes are always very well supported and we were pleased to come home with a 2nd prize for Venus and a fifth place for Querina.
May
12th May : Quantro of Carlung has had her first foal, a lovely yellow dun colt by Carlung Jed
7th May : Tower Briar Rose has had a lovely strong yellow dun colt by Carlung Feargus
2nd May :
Stephanie of Carlung had her first foal, a lovely colt by Auchnahillin Scarba.
April
The first Carlung foal of 2018 has arrived ! Poppy of Carlung had a beautiful colt by Vanaffric of Forglen on the 30th April
March
11th March - National Stallion Show
Held at the new venue of Morris Equestrian Centre in Ayrshire, the Stallion Show is always our first show of the season. We were delighted to come home winning the Highland Pony Championship with Querina of Carlung & first prize & best youngster for 2yo filly Venus of Carlung.
July
16th July : Kittochside Heavy Horse Show
Held at the National Museum of Rural Life, we had a lovely day out at Kittochside Heavy Horse with 6yo Querina of Carlung the overall Highland Pony Championship.
May
27th May : Drymen Show
We had a very pleasant day out at Drymen Show this year and were delighted when our 5yo mare Ruby of Carlung came home winning Reserve Champion.
16th May saw the arrival of a beautiful colt for Koren of Carlung by Carlung Jed
April
5yo mare Ruby of Carlung has been newly backed & we're delighted with her progress.
Foaling 2017 has started at Carlung with the arrival of a beautiful colt foal on the 22nd April for Nymph of Carlung by Carlung Jed.
23rd April saw the arrival of a filly foal for Gigha of Carlung by Carlung Jed
March
We said goodbye to Carlung Urik at the beginning of the month who left for a lovely new home in Aberdeenshire.
August
The Breed Show was once again held at Brechin Castle & despite the damp weather there was an excellent turnout of ponies. All credit to the HPS for organising & running a super show.
Carlung ponies had a fantastic show & we were delighted to come home with the Reserve In-Hand Championship with Lauren of Carlung. Her daughter Querina was placed first in her in-hand class - Yeld Mare Performance & then went on to win her Nursery Novice Ridden class. Carlung Kilbride (Bud) was 10th place in what was a very strong HOYS class and then went on to win the Junior Ridden section with Zara.
Home from the Royal Highland Show & wow what a fantastic show we had !! We were delighted when our 8yo broodmare Nymph of Carlung was awarded Female Champion & Reserve Supreme Overall winning the Margaret Forbes-Sempill Memorial Plate for best mare & foal, The Lady Phoenix Rose Bowl (Female Champion) & the Joan McQuattie Perpetual Challenge Quaich (Reserve Overall Champion) !!
Yeld mare Lauren was fourth in her class.
© Susan Wardrop 2024