Our goal is to raise ponies with good personality, right movement and good conformation.  We sell quite a few kids ponies, so quiet personality is a must in our breeding program. We take  pride in our ponies that we have produced ,we are proud to offer them for sale to good homes. All of  our ponies are athletic, correct and most importantly  have the desire to succeed in any discipline. We are breeding some of the best genetics in our ponies to make them successful in any discipline, such as sport ponies, kids ponies or harness ponies.
All of our sale ponies have been handled extensively,we personally know each ponies disposition and personality. All of our ponies are to be 'safe' ponies, as we do not breed problem ponies.  We handle our foals extensively, the day they are born to make them a safe pony and lots love does help, plus manner training as foals. Our  welsh ponies are wormed on a regular basis, receive their shots and regular farrier work.  All our ponies are handled and worked on a regular basis. Our farm is located northeast of Edmonton Alberta, by a little town called Ashmont, we raise our ponies on 160 acres of land. 

My first Welsh pony was a Welsh cob named Queenie.  She was a great kids pony, five kids would ride her at once and we would play "London Bridge" going under her stomach. Everyone in the family learned to ride on her and even the neighbor kids; no one was ever hurt on her. We would also slide off her rear end, go between her hind legs and front legs. Queenie had a heart of gold and was a very good babysitter for all of us kids.

Here is an articile wrote about our farm by Stan Harder, Stan writes for The Alberta Express

Welsh Pony more than just another horse

Horses-one of the areas in which my expertise can safely be said to be incomplete. Like most cattle ranchers, though, we have owned range horses as well as an alleged welsh pony. And we enjoyed having them.

Being city raised, we were cognizant of creature comforts for our livestock and were on occasion upbraided by well-meaning friends for feeding our horses too generously. The Welsh pony in particular seemed to be inordinately feed efficient. Unless regularly brushed, she would carry a shallow snow-filled ditch in the small of her back for the winter, water having nowhere to go being held in by a roll of fat on either side of her spine, and a rising slope of what those of us in the cattle business would refer to as 'finish' to the rear.

Her saddle seemed to have been fitted originally for a horse of considerably lesser girth since it did not rest all that firmly perched high over her back with substantial underside clearance, somewhat like an inverted 'V' placed over an inverted 'U'.

When a saddle slides down the side of a horse as soon as weight of any amount is introduced into a stirrup, something is clearly amiss. Tighter cinching is no remedy. It was not the weight of the rider who, in this instance, was of exceedingly slight build that caused the difficulty. Clearly our portly pony needed to bear some responsibility for being unable to accommodate a mid-size saddle.

So having once owned a Welsh, I was confident I would recognize this breed if I ever saw another. Not necessarily. Perhaps I had been mistaken in original identification or I may have been slightly misled by a kindly horse dealer who recognized the vulnerability of a buyer greener than the grass we were standing on.

My visit with Roxanne and Collin McCallum of Whiskyjack Ranch proved beyond any doubt the we had once owned was not a modern day Welsh. It might not even have been an-modern day Welsh. The words "sleek", "trim", "balanced" and "beautiful" applied only to one lot of horses-and our pony wasn't in it.

The McCallums are reactive new comers to the purebred horse breeding industry, with Welsh ponies their all-consuming livestock interest.

Real estate agents refer to "curb appeal" in their description of properties as being crucial in creating a positive first impression. The marketing concept applies to any product, with the merchandise in this instance being Welsh ponies. Like the unfortunate art lover who ( to the styled sophisticated art aficionados} declares he doesn't know art but knows what he likes, my amateur knowledge of horses would be the equivalent. So even a casual passing glance readily confirms these particular ponies are indeed quality animals, well bred and equally well cared for.

Speaking with experts in any field can be instructive, and listening to Roxanne expound on their breed-on everything from bloodlines to type to history-is fascinating. The key to marketing any product successfully are a blend of knowledge, sincerity and undisguised enthusiasm. It soon becomes abundantly apparent why the McCallums have a waiting list of buyers for foals yet to be born or even conceived.

In an industry that historically, and at this particularly, has had indifferent marketing successes, seeing an instance where product demand exceeds available supplies is inspirational. The mcCallums have sold their ponies from B.C. to Ontario, and at the 2005 Harvest Festival in St. Paul alone, they were obliged to offer"rain check" requests for 3 ponies they did not have for sale at the time. The McCallums are extremely low key in their marketing efforts, since their immediate objective is to increase production numbers before beginning more aggressive promotion. The Whiskyjack web site advertises their name and inventory statistics, as well as running frequently updated photos, in order to the industry abreast of their program and invite contacts from future clients. They are the only purebred breeders of Welsh in a large chuck of north east Alberta, which is both positive and negative-they have local competition, but they do need to expand their public exposure in order to acquaint prospective buyers with the breed.

Aside from evident quality of product, it is easy to understand why there is a demand for their specific brand of Welsh. There is an overriding sense of integrity and inherent honesty in the McCallum household, a palpable principles of fair trade even at the potential cost of lost income.

The advantages of Welsh as a recreational pony for children and young adults are a convincing combination of numbers of inherently smaller size to compliant temperament.

The McCallums will not place an animal without knowing its end to be ridden by children, there is no way that animal leave their yard unless it has demonstrated, to their own satisfaction, that it is suitable for that purpose.

Welsh are high regarded as crosses for developing sports ponies, jumpers in particular, and one on site at Whiskyjack is truly stunning in the full package.

This summer, the McCallums will be traveling to the British Isles to check out specific bloodlines{at pre-selected breeding establishments} which they expect will benefit their program. Since importing costs are substantial, they need to be certain these are the genetics they wish to introduce into Canada via their own program. That they are clearly prepared to invest substantial sums for the single-minded purpose of product improvement speaks volumes of their long-term intent and dedication.

Agriculture can be a challenging career in the best of times, but to be able to visit with good people who understand their business and know the direction they wish to go is a privilege and a pleasure.

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