Welcome to CorleyOak Shetland Stud ....  (last updated 04.11.24)

Updates on individual ponies are in bold font under each pony.

Worcester Shetland Pony Sales 2024!! 

Of course we went and of course we bought three ponies!  Welcome to Wernfeilig Destiny (Destiny), Wernfeilig Natasha (Poppy) and Hermits Crystal (Crystal).  Please see miniatures page for Destiny & Crystal and standards page for Poppy.

Poppy & Destiny are currently out with our herd.  They have yet to be accepted by the herd boss (Bailey) and the others, so are on the periphery together, but enjoying their fresh grazing.  Amy (below) and Pumpkin keep making friendly overtures to them, so it won't be too long before they're accepted in.

Crystal is very timid so she has remained at home with our Standard gelding Jugsy.  Jugsy is very chilled and very friendly, so will hopefully reassure Crystal that we have no plans to kill her!  We're planning to handle her a lot more before she goes out with the herd.  We move our ponies from one field to another quite often, so it's essential that our ponies can be caught, loaded and moved with ease.....

In October 2022, we bought a lovely cremello mare and her filly foal unseen - see above picture.    The filly was by Sharptor Ultimate.  As the filly grew, it quickly became apparent that she could not possibly be a pure shetland  so we had a dna test done.  Sure enough, Sharptor Ultimate was not the sire.  It turned out that her true sire was a buckskin Clydesdale x Irish Draft standing at 16 hands!  The filly's dam, Ghost, is only 39".  We had to get Spirit re-passported and return her original SPSBS passport to the Society.  This proved to be quite a saga as the Scottish Government had never before been asked to remove a pony from its database!

Spirit continued to grow like a weed.  She has a Clydesdale face and lots of feather.   We have no idea what her eventual height will be.  39 inches v 16 hands leaves a lot of room for guesswork.  See Spirit on our "Our Other Horses" page........

We have just sold Spirit to a lovely home in the north of England where she will eventually be brought on as a family pony.

On 26th May 2023, while we were all asleep.  A week or two early, Shallowater India (Indie) produced a stunning buckskin filly.  By the time we checked on Indie, the filly was up and feeding well - one of the easiest foalings we've ever experienced.  Indie has proved to be a natural in the motherhood stakes and both are doing really well. - see Bambi on foals page.

Auric Tattoo, aka "Sonny" who is "Son of Bob" (see bottom of page) passed his voluntary vetting and is now a licensed stallion. He has now gone back to his breeder at the Auric Stud to continue his new career.

The loss of our beloved stallion, Bob, really knocked the stuffing out of us and we pressed the pause button for a while. Then Covid-19 pressed the pause button again for most of 2020/21 We're thankful to have had horses and ponies to look after during lockdown, which give us a opportunity to feel "normal" for a while...... 

On 30th December 2018 our beloved stallion, Bob, (pictured below) passed away suddenly. He was born at home and died in the stable he was born in - actually on exactly the same spot. He was only 10 years old. We are still reeling from the shock years later. It's was a tremendous loss.....

Enquiries welcome: please call us on 07939473980 (Mobile) or email us:- ann.caine@btinternet.com 

We have now bred 28 foals :-
CorleyOak Amethyst (Amy (2024)

CorleyOak In Your Dreams (Bambi)  2023

CorleyOak Midnight Blues (Blue) - 2022
CorleyOak Starlight (Star) - 2022
CorleyOak Gold Mine (Sparkle) - 2018
CorleyOak Every Cloud (Bailey) - 2017
CorleyOak Band of Gold (Andy) - 2017
CorleyOak Spotlight (Topsy) - 2016
CorleyOak Dark Secret (Cocoa) - 2016
CorleyOak Flash Alan (Alan) - 2015
CorleyOak Amba Sunrise (Amba) - 2015
CorleyOak Pearlescent (Pearl) - 2014
CorleyOak Silver Moonstone (Jewel) - 2014
CorleyOak Gladiator (Max) - 2014
CorleyOak Done & Dusted (George) - 2013
CorleyOak Jack Magic (Jack) - 2012
CorleyOak Mille Fleurs (Millie) - 2011
CorleyOak Charismatic (Matt) - 2010
CorleyOak Angelina (Angel) - 2010
CorleyOak Cinsation (Cindy) - 2010
CorleyOak Red Rose (Rose) - 2009
CorleyOak Legacy of Sovereign (Samson) - 2009
CorleyOak Easter Bobby Dazzler (Bob) - 2009
CorleyOak Touch Wood (Hope) - 2008
CorleyOak Champagne (Storm) - 2008
CorleyOak Apatchy (Patch) - 2008
CorleyOak Black Diamond (Diamond) - 2007
CorleyOak Cavalier (Charlie) - 2006

We know where all the home-bred ponies we've sold are or what has happened to them, which is absolutely fantastic.  

We are a small stud, located in the village of Corley in Warwickshire. Our aim is to breed miniature shetlands with excellent temperaments, conformation and free movement.  We also enjoy showing standard ponies.  Due to our small size, the emphasis is on quality rather than quantity!! Every pony has plenty of attention and handling from birth, making them very "user-friendly", well mannered and suitable as a child's pony.

(last updated 31.07.24)