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Our stud was formed in
1978 upon the dispersal of the world famous
Coed Coch Stud.
The four of us who worked at Coed Coch as stud grooms( my father Shem
Jones; "Big" John Jones, now of the Nantdywyll Stud, John "Bach" Jones
and myself ) were each given a mare to start our own studs, and I was
very honoured and fortunate to be given
Coed Coch Lili,
who was a three year old filly at the time.
Lili had been
gravely ill as a yearling and we had become very attached to her
whilst nursing her back to good health, and therefore when it was
decided to disperse the Coed Coch ponies, we asked if it would be
possible to purchase her privately, knowing there would be no way we
could have afforded to buy her on the open market due to her
exceptional breeding (her mother, Coed Coch Tarian was the highest
priced female on the sale, bought for £4200). Fortunately for us, the
executors of the Late Lt. Col Williams-Wynn's estate decided they
would give her to us as a gift. This was like winning the Lottery for
us. We were also given the choice of using any one of the stallions we
pleased to cover her, so we chose Coed Coch Barrog, knowing that he
had produced good stock from Coed Coch Pryd mares in the past. This
pairing proved very fortuitous as the following season
Nerwyn Cadno
was born, thus starting our own stud in earnest.
We now have around
twenty-five ponies at the Nerwyn Stud - including
two
stallions,
mares,
foals
and youngstock.
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