Die Highland-Ponys Der Queen Sollen Helfen, Lebenswichtige Mittel Für Die Graskrankheit Zu Sammeln

2023 Autor: George Kingsman | [email protected]. Zuletzt bearbeitet: 2023-05-21 05:32

Highland-Ponys, die der Queen gehören, gehören zu denjenigen, die in einem Wohltätigkeitskalender die Hauptrolle spielen, um wichtige Mittel für und das Bewusstsein für die Graskrankheit zu sammeln.

Heald Town Highland Pony Stud, das sich im Besitz von Carolyn und Melody Ashcroft befindet, erstellt seinen Jahreskalender zugunsten des Moredun Foundation Equine Grass Sickness Fund (EGSF), für den sie letztes Jahr über 4.200 £ gesammelt haben.

Der Kalender 2021 wird die Heald Town-Hengste, den siebenjährigen Ghamjon Ernie und den vierjährigen Glenmuick of Coynach, sowie einige der Fohlen des Gestüts umfassen. Es wird auch wieder einige Highland-Ponys der Queen aus dem Balmoral Stud zeigen, das von Sylvia Ormiston verwaltet wird.

„Wenn die Sperrung es zulässt, werde ich Ende des Monats fünf Tage in Balmoral verbringen, um die Ponys in ihrer natürlichen Umgebung zu fotografieren und die Arbeit zu erledigen, für die sie auf den Hügeln gezüchtet wurden“, sagte Melody gegenüber H&H.

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“highlands are an absolute pleasure to photograph. their temperament really comes through, they are so strong and powerful, but such kind ponies with what i would describe as old souls.”

melody said she was “over the moon” about the amount of money raised last year and was delighted to be supporting the charity again.

“people still don’t know enough about grass sickness, so doing the calendars isn’t just about the money, it’s about raising awareness of the disease and helping people to understand what it is,” she said.

“last year when the calendars went on sale we had so many people get in touch asking us about the disease and asking for advice so it’s nice to be able to point them to the right people at egsf for help.”

melody said grass sickness has a huge impact on so many in the equestrian community. a gelding bred by melody, heald town drumlin owned by samantha kay, was lost to the disease in 2019 and two of balmoral stud’s stallions, lord and hercules, were put down in 2018.

“we still don’t know what causes it and there are still so many cases that go unreported or unconfirmed,” she said.

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“after the loss of drumlin, and the balmoral ponies, we really wanted to pay tribute to them and give something back by contributing towards finding a cure one day.”

a public vote will decide which photographs will star in the calendar, opening on heald town’s facebook page on 1 august.

“we really like engaging with the public on the calendar. this is the sixth year we’ve done it, the third for egsf, and people get really excited about it,” said melody.

“we hope to start selling the calendars on 1 october and they will remain at £12 including postage.”

kate thomson, of egsf, said: “i am delighted to work with melody again on the calendar, last year’s was an incredible success. the highland pony breed has had some terrible losses to grass sickness, including very valuable breeding stock, and it is fitting that we can work together on this project.

“we hope to soon appoint an ‘equine grass sickness fellow’ to work here at moredun. the fellow will take a systematic look at all the research done to date to establish exactly what is known to date, and will work with experts across all scientific disciplines to shed new light on the disease. the proceeds from the calendar will be absolutely critical in supporting this new project.

the calendars will be available to buy online from heald town stud and the egsf website or from edinburgh’s royal dick vet and the balmoral castle gift shop.