Dai would like to thank everyone who has been in touch since the Royal Welsh to thank them for their kind words and support.

"It has been an emotional rollercoaster since Pennal Brynmor won the cup but I am absolutely over the moon & so very grateful to the Dycott Stud.  I would like to thank George Mitchell & Clare Granger for all the effort and hard work they put in over the preceeding 10 months preparing Pennal Brynmor for the Royal Welsh Show.  I would also like to thank Chris George, owner of Gwenllan Brynmor, not only for having leased me his stallion back in 2005 but also for being one of the first people to come up to congratulate me after the class on the Wednesay back in July.

Photo copyright & courtesy: Lilian Pruissen showing Pennal Brynmor, bred and owned by D.R Harris


Finally I would also like to say a huge thank you to my wife Sian, who is, in many ways, as responsible for seeing that Pennal Brynmor went to the Royal Welsh Show as Georgie & Clare."

Pennal is a Welsh Cob stud which is managed without compromise and always with the aim of producing an even better animal for the future benefit of the breed. Pennal welsh cobs are bred for type, temperament and movement with the ability and conformation to perform and excel in all disciplines.

Pictured right is the George Prince of Wales Cup, set up in 1908 to help protect the Welsh Cob from being damaged by outside influences that were threatening the purity of the welsh cob at the time. 

Less than 10 years after the Cup was introduced, Rhystyd Lady Horace was foaled and registered with the Welsh Pony & Cob Society.  The breeders were the Rowlands Harris family of Mabwshen, to whom Dai Harris is descended.  Pennal Brynmor's dam, Pennal Lively Maid is the g,g,g,g,g,g daughter of that first mare registered back in 1915, although the tradition of breeding welsh cobs in the Harris family, preceeds even the first Welsh Stud Book.

Pennal Brynmor, George Prince of Wales Perpetual Cup Winner 2009

Photo copyright & courtesy:
Lilian Pruissen

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Henk van Dijk

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Laila Larsen www.aberlour.info

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Website last updated: 14th September 2009

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