[Brijjy]

So much so, that I'm off to Burnley in the morning to go and look at buying an 18 month old grey Fell filly! She will hopefully be my endurance project for the future  There's not many folks in the endurance world looking at Fells as a prospect!

[Daisys Mum]

Lucky you, love Fells 

[lachlanandmarcus]

We need a lot of photos

[ellied]

Fells are good prospects for endurance up to mid level at least, like the other large natives they are often underrated but they were bred to go steady all day and Fells temperaments are generally quite feisty so they won't give up or whinge, love the challenge and the 1-1 time and getting out and about. 

Actually I think large numbers of our native breeds get problems (weight/lami/behavioural) because they don't do enough steady work any more and get bored doing the same old schooling circles or lungeing circles or a single hack route every day.. and either switch off and sour or else start messing the rider.

[SallyintNorth]

My neighbour does endurance on Dales ponies and loves them for the job

Agree everything ellied says.  Fells love to work, wish I could do more with mine.

[lord flynn]

not been involved in endurance in the last 3 years but there were plenty of Natives (Highlands, Fells and Exmoors) doing endurance in Scotland-with adult riders so full report please

[funkyfish]

I love Fells. Really miss my old girl.

[Brijjy]

Well I went to Burnley and I bought my new endurance prospect. She's a feisty little thing! Lots of character already for a young 'un. I'll try and get some photos on here.

[lachlanandmarcus]

We're sticking our fingers in our ears and singing lalalala until we get to see the gorgeousness 

[Brijjy]

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[Brijjy]

Her name is Brooksan Celestial Haze aka Cilla!

[lachlanandmarcus]

Am feeling the love for Cilla, she looks gorgeous!!


Lovely soft kind eye. 


You lucky chap!

[Alistair]

Luvin' that!

[SallyintNorth]

What a sweetie!  She looks rather Dales-y at the moment, with that long thin face, Roman nose and large ears - but perhaps that'll change to a broader, flatter, shorter-eared, more Fell-ish head as she grows?

[Brijjy]

She's definitely in the awkward teenage phase at the moment. Very bum high, needs to grow into her ears as she looks a bit like Eeyore! She's pulled a lot of her mane out by sticking her head through the fence at her previous home. She will look more Fell like in six months or so. I've turned her away til the spring so she can be a baby, have some head space and learn off the big girls. We did exactly the same with Jim and he hasn't turned out too bad! To be honest, I'm not interested in showing her. I might take her to a couple next summer but only to get her used to the trailer and to socialise her. So I'm not bothered really what she looks like. Although her dad is a very lovely looking Fell and her mum is a good stamp of a big mare. I'm looking forward to seeing how she grows up.