News
08-03-2020
Bellisimo Eldorado graded with a first premium at the NWPCS Stallion Show
We are very proud to announce that the 10-year-old Bellisimo Eldorado has been approved as a studbook stallion during the follow-up inspection of the dutch NWPCS. Eldorado was sold as a foal to Piet Geelen from the Heide Stud where he stayed until the age of 9. Here he bred several beautiful foals which unfortunately were never has been shown.
Fortunately at the end of 2019 he came in the capable hands of John Lambers via Harold Zoet , who prepared him to perfection for this show!
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We bred Eldorado out of the beautiful Idyllic Elena (Pendock Legend x Idyllic Princess Leah), She has been with us for three years and gave us some fantactic foals include Bronze Medal winner Bellisimo Enjoy! In 2012 we have sold her to Sweden which was probably the most stupid mistake of my breeding career! We are really happy that Eldorado will staying with John for the 2020 season so we can use him over some mares
17-09-2019
Littlewern Inky used as outcross for our mares
During the 2019 season the faboulous stallion Littlewern Inky has runned with our mares. This beautiful son of Ruppera Challenger and out Littlewern Iolo was kindly on loan from his owner Marcel Barneveld. Inky is half brother to 2010 RWAS winner Littlewern Indian Queen. At the welknow Rhesfair Stud of Mr. Stephen Williams Inky has bred several championsso we have high expectations about this cross with our mares. Both Idyllic Persona and Islyn Heulwen are in foal to him. Really looking forward to the foals!
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Special Thanks to Marcel and Ellen Barneveld who gave us this great oppurtunity to use this fantastic stallion, He's such a sweet stallion!
30-6-2018
NWPCS County Show Putten
For the nwpcs county show Putten we have entered our 8 year old broodmare Idyllic Persona. She was not produced for any shows since she has been shown at the Spring Show in Belgium 2017. Now with a beautiful colt foal at foot by Thistledown Special Agent she really looked amazing!
She became 1st in her class broodmares 8 years and over and later went to be Reserve Adult Champion Section A and was invited for the dutch national show in august!
5-6-2018
Bellisimo Vayenne sold to Abervalley Stud
Due to change of plans we have sold our two year old homebred filly Bellisimo Vayenne to our friend John Lambers from the Abervalley Stud where she will be shown and carry on as a future broodmare. Vayenne is a daughter to profilic winner Idyllic Senator and out of Perlhof Amber who is by Vennebos Pretty Gamble..
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We wish John all the best with this stunning filly!
3-5-2018
NWPCS Youngstock Show South
At the first NWPCS stallion and youngstock show we produced our homebred filly Bellisimo Poppy, She behaved very well and ended up on a fifth place in such a large and strong class of 11 fillies.
Very pleased with this result.
29-11-2017
We say goodbye to Thistledown Special Agent
Next friday we would say goodbye to the most amazing stallion we've ever had around the yard, such a little gentleman.
This stallion has got the most wonderful character and it was a real pleasure having him this season.
He has covered three mares from us, Idyllic Persona (Heniarth Quip x Idyllic Privalova), Idyllic Mariposa (Idyllic Entrepreneur x Sunwillow Moree) and Islyn Heulwen (Lacy Brigadier x Lacy Heather Bee).
We are really looking forward to our 2018 foals!
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Many thanks to Sandy Anderson - Thistledown Stud for letting me have this fantastic stallion.
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13-10-2017
Two lovely fillies retained as future brood and show mares
We feel so lucky that we got three filly foals this year, Two by Idyllic Senator and the other one by Thistledown Iceman.
As we admiring both of our Idyllic mares as foundation mares of our stud we decided to keep both fillies out of these mares for the future, they both would make lovely show and broodmares and got the types we aim to breed.
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Bellisimo Pinkie Pie by Idyllic Senator and out of our champion mare Idyllic Mariposa is closely linebred to Idyllic Entrepreneur who is a son to the legendary Pendock Legend. This double cross of Entrepreneur has worked out very well. Pinkie Pie pictured below left.
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Bellisimo Poppy is our other filly which we have kept. She is also by Idyllic Senator and out of the beautiful Idyllic Persona by Heniarth Quip out major winning medal mare Idyllic Privalova by Pendock Legend. We are very happy with both fillies and have high expectations about their future. Poppy pictured below right!
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27-09-2017
Great success for Thistledown Special Agent
We entered Thistledown Special Agent for his first show in Holland.
He went well and became Reserve Champion Section A, Reserve Adult Champion and Overall Reserve Supreme of the International Hamaland Show 2017!
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19-06-2017
All foals arrived safely!
We are very pleased that all 2017 foals has been born safely!
Glad to have three fillies this year, Two by Idyllic Senator and one by Thistledown Iceman!
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Idyllic Persona (Heniarth Quip x Idyllic Privalova by Pendock Legend) Gave birth to a stunning grey filly by Idyllic Senator. Think one of the most beautifull foals she ever bred so far! We have called her Bellisimo Poppy, This special filly will be retained !
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Idyllic Mariposa (Idyllic Entrepreneur x Sunwillow Moree by Sunwillow Galong) Gave birth to a very typey and elegant filly by Senator!
We are over the moon with this superb filly out of our favourite mare! This is going to be a fabulous filly, We give her the name Bellisimo Pinkie Pie , One of the characters of My Little Pony, This is the start of our own Little Pony line as Mariposa is one of the characters as well. She will be retained too!
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Last bot nut least our love and pride Islyn Heulwen (Lacy Brigadier x Lacy Heather Bee by Blackhill Picalo) has gave us a lovely filly by Thistledown Iceman, We called her Bellisimo Hyflyn, We are so happy that Heulwen has give us a filly.
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All mares are covered now by Thistledown Special Agent!
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29-04-2017
Bellisimo Marshall champion at WPCV Spring Show
The 29th of April we went to the annual WPCV Premium and Stallion show with our yearling colt Bellisimo Marshall by Spoorzicht's Hilfinger and out of Idyllic Mariposa by Idyllic Entrepreneur. . He became 1st in a big strong class and later Youngstock Champion Section A and Reserve Overall Champion A under Mr. Wyn Jones (Nerwyn Stud). Very happy with this great results.
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28-04-2017
Proud to present Thistledown Special Agent
We are very pleased to announce that Thistledown Special Agent arrived safely at our stud!
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He will be joining us for the 2017 season to cover all of our mares!
Already bred some top class foals include the 2017 foals at the australion Arcadian Stud of Mrs Susan Sheeran and Mr. Harry Cooper.
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Special Agent needs no introduction, He is a major winner in the showring include his wins at the International Show in Holland 2009 superbly produced by Marc and Anita Aerts from the Voermanhof Stud Belgium!
His show debut will be continued this season..
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Special Agent has got the most beautiful breeding lines being by Waxwing Victory which is a son of Cantref Glory and Waxwing Hannah, Daughter to Revel Hetty and dam of major winners Waxwing Hurricane, Waxwing Hillbilly, Waxwing Herrod and many others.
The dam of Agent is Thistledown Xtra Special by Maestir Vallient (Pendock Legend) and out of the beautiful Sunwillow Xtra whom is a daughter to one of my favourite mares ever Sunwillow Quest and by Waxwing Hurricane!!
Our special thanks to Sandy and Georgina Anderson for trusting us with this fantastic stallion and Alan Pearce (Glyncoch) for his super transport services again!
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See stallion page for more information
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10-04-2017
First 2017 foal arrived!!
The 10th of April Islyn Heulwen (Lacy Brigadier x Lacy Heather Bee) gave birth to her very first foal in Holland.
We bought het over the summer at the welknown Islyn Stud and we are so happy that Heulwen gave us a big strong filly by Thistledown Iceman (Thistledown Snowstorm x Thistledown Weeping Willow).
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Her name will be called Bellisimo Hyflyn!
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Photo's to follow!
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We still expecting two more foals this season, Both Idyllic Mariposa and Idyllic Persona are in foal to Idyllic Senator!
18-04-2017
Annual Spring Show Welsh Belgium
For the annual Spring Show from Welsh Belgium in Heusden-Zolder we entered our yearling colt Bellisimo Marshall, bred by Spoorzicht's Hilfinger (Brynrodyn Bonheddwr) and out of our beautiful Idyllic Mariposa by Idyllic Entrepreneur x Sunwillow Moree. He did very well on his first outing and he became 1st in a big strong class of 6 yearling colts.
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More information about this colt could be found at the youngstock page!
12-12-2016
New purchase for Bellisimo
Bellisimo recently has invested in the future with the purchase of a beautifull colt!
His name is called New Challenge Stargazer, He is a son of Idyllic Senator and out of the very special Thistledown Della Rose by Blackhill Picalo out Thistledown Verity (Maestir Valient x Waxwing Valencia).
We are very happy with this lovely colt, Think he could be a great future stalllion for our mares.
More information can be found at the youngstock page.
29-10-2016
R.I.P Bellisimo Cwinley
29th of october we have had to say goodbye to our love and pride Bellisimo Cwinley, This beautiful daughter of Idyllic Senator sadly passed away due to a bacterial infection through her organics. She will be greatly missed..
8 9-2016
New arrival at Bellisimo
We are totally spoilt with the purchase of the beautiful Islyn Heulwen, This big and scopey mare was bought by us during this summer at the welknown Islyn Stud in Wales.
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Heulwen is a full sister to the famous Islyn Hafoc which sadly passed away during the 2013 season.. Hafoc has won several championships as a youngster, He was 1st at the Royal Welsh as a foal and won the RWAS Winterfair and went to be Supreme Champion Foal, Later he have won many Silver and Bronze medals and was champion at Cheshire County, Lampeter Stallion Show, Stafford County, Supreme Clywd WPCA and many more.
Heulwen is by Lacy Brigadier (Lacy Justyn x Idyllic Pavlova) and out of the great Lacy Heather Bee (Blackhill Picalo x Lacy Little Be).
Heather Bee was the foundation mare of Islyn Stud and brought them many champions as Islyn Hudol and Islyn Harmoni.
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She is in foal to Thistledown Iceman who is by Thistledown Snowstorm (Blackhill Picalo x Thistledown Snowqueen).
The Dam to Iceman is Thistledown Weeping-Willow (Waxwing Halcyon x Yaverland Woodlark)
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We are having high expectations of this beautifull mare and hope she will give us as nice foals as she did for Islyn so far.
It was a rare oppurtunity to buy this top class mare, we would like to thank the Jones family for all their help.
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Islyn Hafoc
Islyn Heulwen
8-6-2016
All 2016 foals arrived safely!
All 2016 foals arrived safely, Last week Perlhof Amber gave birth to a beautiful grey filly by Idyllic Senator. This season 4 fillies and one colt and we are very happy with the quality of this years foals!
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All section A foals will be retained!
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Please have a look at the foal page for more information.
28-5-2016
welsh pony and cob show Heusden-Zolder Belgium
For the annual Welsh pony and Cob show Heusden-Zolder belgium we have had entered our mare Idyllic Persona (Heniarth Quip x Idyllic Privalova).
This was her first outing since she is with us, She went very well and looks amazing.
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She became 3rd in a strong novice broodmare class.
We are very pleased with this lovely mare and really looking forward to her foals at our stud!
23-4-2016
First 2016 colt has arrived!!
After three fillies in a row this time a lovely colt arrived, Our champion mare Idyllic Mariposa (Idyllic Entrepreneur x Sunwillow Moree) gave birth to a big and strong colt foal by Spoorzicht's HIlfinger (By Brynrodyn Bonheddwr), We absolutly love this colt, he is full of presence and seems to be a great mover!
Really happy with the arrival of this great foal!
16-4-2016
Idyllic Senator arrived at stud
Our 2016 stud stallion Idyllic Senator arrived safely at our stud, We are very happy with the arrival of this gorgeous stallion!
Senator needs no further introduction, He will be running with our mares during the season to cover all of them.. Our filly Bellisimo Cwinley is sired by Senator and we are really pleased that we expect one more foal by him this season.
More information about Senator could be find at the "stallion" page.
14-4-2016
Idyllic Persona gave birth to her first foal at Bellisimo
The 14th of april Idyllic Persona has foaled a grey filly by Brynodyn Safari
Safari is beautifully bred by Penual Mark and out the gorgeous Brynodyn Scarlet (Picture below).
Her name is called Hoekhorst Penelope, Last season we bought Persona from the Hoeke Family and she was covered already with Safari, so this lovely foal belongs to Michel Hoeke. We would like to wish him all the best with Penelope!
Persona will be covered with Idyllic Senator.
10-3-2016
First foal of the season has arrived!!
What a great start of the 2016 season with the arrival of Bellisimo Cwinley.
The 10th of march Pendock Camomile gave birth to her very first foal, A lovely grey filly by Idyllic Senator (Idyllic Entrepreneur x Roseisle Cherry Surprise). We called her Bellisimo Cwinley.
We are totally spoilt with this top class filly, We love her type and looks, especially her beautiful head and eye, A dream came true.. We expecting one more foal by Senator the end of may out of Perlhof Amber by Vennebos Pretty Gamble (Knodishall Geriant x Nerwyn Pert by Nerwyn Cadno). Senator will be joining our stud for the season the beginning of april to cover all our mares!
More information could be found on the "foal"page.
Idyllic Senator stud stallion 2016
We are very pleased to announce that the famous stallion Idyllic Senator will be standing at stud during the 2016 season!
Idyllic Senator is bred by the RWAS Youngstock Champion and two times Cuddy Qualifier Idyllic Entrepreneur (Pendock Legend x Idyllic Cracklyn Rose) and out of the gorgeous Roseisle Cherry Surprise (Roseisle Pandytudyr x Synod Cherry Blossom). He is only 6 years old but sired some top class ponies already including the 2015 RWAS Reserve Youngstock Champion Hoekhorst Cinderella and Hoekhorst Eloise who was winner at the WPCV show Houten in a very strong two year old class..
We have covered two mares with Senator this season, we are really looking forward to his 2016 foals, He will be joining our stud later this season, can't wait to have this wonderful stallion at home, our special thanks to my best friend John Lambers for give us this great oppurtunity! More information about Senator can be found at the stallion page!
Bellisimo Stud doing special purchase
Bellisimo recently did a very special purchase, we have had the unique opportunity to buy the five-year old grey section A mare Idyllic Persona, whe are the Hoeke family very grateful for that! Persona grew up with Mariposa, we have seen her at our visit to Idyllic Stud in 2010 but she was not for sale then, later she went to her new owner in UK who has shown her at the EWPCA foal show where she became 1st and took the foal championship. Persona came as a yearling to Michel Hoeke where she grown up and gave birth to two beautiful foals. She is a daughter of Heniarth Quip, (DukesHill Magnum x Sunwillow Quest) whom is a half-brother of the multi-champions Heniarth Quinnell, Heniarth Question & the famous mare Sunwillow Yasmin, All out of Sunwillow Quest.. The mother of Persona needs no introduction, this is the top class Section A mare Idyllic Privalova (Pendock Legend x Knodishall Pandora) Privalova is a full sister to the Royal Welsh Champions Idyllic Fonteyn & Idyllic Pavlova which is mother to the successful stallion Lacy Brigadier and which has produced Idyllic Cracklin Rose, the mother of Idyllic Entrepreneur. A top bloodline already proven on several big studs in UK to breed well including Lacy Stud, Islyn Stud, Heniarth and Idyllic Stud. We have full confidence in this pretty A mare and we are happy that we can bring together these two sisters again!
Persona is currently in foal to Brynodyn Safari (Penual Mark x Brynodyn Scarlet).
Idyllic Persona
(Heniarth Quip x Idyllic Privalova x Pendock Legend)
Idyllic Privalova
(Pendock Legend x Knodishall Pandora x Georgian Shandy)
Int. Welsh Pony & Cob Show Diepenbeek BE
On Sunday, July 26th we turned to Diepenbeek (BE) for the annual Crijtfeesten, a kind of Farmers Day including a British show.
They already invited us a few times to come the show so this year we have something entered, this time Dycott Jessie J , She was 1st & Reserve Champion section C closely behind the later Overall Supreme champion, very happy outcome for this beautiful youthful C mare.
New Adddition to the stud
Recently we bought the four year old Section A mare Perlhof Amber, She is bred by the beautifull Vennebos Pretty Gamble who is a son of Knodishall Geriant (Revel Jeeves) and Nerwyn Pert by Nerwyn Cadno. We really looking forward to start breeding with this gorgeous mare, she has got the most lovely type, conformation and character, She will be covered with Idyllic Senator by Idyllic Entrepreneur out of Roseisle Cherry Surprise by Roseisle Pandytudyr.
Pendock Camomile arrived
Recently we lay our hands on the 10-year old Pendock Camomile, born in the same stables as the famous Pendock Legend.
She is a daughter of Creeting Scout (Llwynan Flash x Gemstone Ruby), and comes from the beautiful Pendock Cowslip (Revel Jeeves x Pendock Columbine x Twyford Juggler) Cowslip, one of the most amazing mares ever born at Pendock, She is a 3/4 sister to Legend. Camomile has a very beautiful mother line which we have high expectations in breeding, however, this mare never have had a foal, she remained until her 8th with her breeder at the Pendock Stud before she fell into the hands of Jo Cullen whom her successfully showed. We are very pleased that we can add this gorgeous mare to our stud, Many thanks to Jo Cullen for giving us this great oppurtunity!
Pendock Legend.
(Revel Jeeves x Pendock Lilac Time x Twyford Juggler)
Pendock Paige Boy born in 2012, pictured as a yearling.
(Pendock Mirage x Pendock Flowergirl x Creeting Scout)
Sired by Mirage who is 3/4 brother to Cowslip, and his dam is halfsister to Camomile, also by Creeting Scout.