Prosecco's Spirit (Spirit) - At the very top is a picture of Ghost (Penelope's Prosecco) with her foal, Spirit (Prosecco's Ultimate Gold) in late 2022.  Below is Spirit in December 2023.  Bit of a difference!

As Spirit grew, it quickly became apparent that she was NOT a pure-bred shetland pony.  A dna test revealed that Sharptor Ultimate was NOT her sire and the real sire was in fact a Clydesdale x Irish Draft horse, 16 hands high!  The centre picture is Spirit as a yearling - already about four inches higher than her dam.

We had to return Spirit's passport to the Shetland Pony Stud Book Society and have the filly re-passported.  She is now "CorleyOak Prosecco's Spirit" and continues to grow like a weed!!  We have no idea what her eventual height will be!

Totti Noble (Badger)

Badger is a dark bay tobiano. Goodness only knows where his official name comes from. It's obvious how he got his nickname though as his forelock is black and white!

Badger has a kind, loving nature and is very eager to please. He is pictured above at his very first show where he was placed 3rd. He has been shown a lot since and always does well.   When not showing, he is a family pet - very much loved and never going anywhere!

No Angel (Taz)

Very sadly I had to make the decision to have Taz humanely euthanased by our vet in November 2022.  She was 28 years old and it appeared that her digestive system was packing up.  She was too beautiful and elegant to spend a horrible winter dropping weight and languishing in a field (she would never stable!!) so the decision, which broke my heart, was made.  Taz is buried on our land and her memory buried in my heart.  21 years of loving and caring for her.

Taz is a 16 h Anglo-Arab chestnut mare who sometimes lives up to the chestnut mare reputation so she's well named!

(The Taz nickname is after the Tasmanian devil!).  Taz is highly strung and a one-woman horse. Definitely not a horse for the faint-hearted!!  However, she is bombproof on the roads and an absolute pleasure to hack out on, which is what I wanted her for! She is elderly now, so not ridden, but still much loved (and cosseted) and she will be for the rest of her days.

Harry (BEFORE!!!)

Known on Facebook as "Sir Harold of Corley", Harry is a black tobiano colt (since gelded).  He was rising two in the picture on the left. We "rescued"/bought him from a very bad situation in January 2014 when we answered an advertisement for a ride and drive gelding rising 3! He was neither!! He was also too small for us, in a pitiful state and only 20 months old, but we couldn't leave him where he was, so we paid for him and brought him home.

On the left is Harry the first time we ever saw him. The picture speaks for itself! At the time he weighed less than one of our standard shetland ponies!

Harry was quite hesitant at first and also pretty poorly, but he has made a good recovery and is now very confident in our company.

Harry (IMPROVING!!!) - about 16 months later and a lot of TLC

Below is Harry on Sunday, 19th April 2015 winning his class at his first ever show. (He won both classes he was entered in! We were so proud of him) Just shows how far he has come in just over a year.

We think he'll be a stunner when fully mature

Harry (Summer 2016) - a handsome 4 year old

Harry still has some maturing to do. We think his dreadful start in life delayed his development, so it will be a while before he turns into the chunky cob we're expecting, but he can have as much time as he needs. Considering how badly poor Harry was treated, it hasn't stopped him turnng into a trusting, loving pony.

Harry is now known as "Dirty Harry" due to his love of rolling in mud!  Must get an up-to-date picture.  He's a monster of a cob now!

Last updated 19.01.24