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Copper Beech Farm's 2021 Award Winners
We had a very successful show season with 5 ponies winning WPCSA National Awards in halter.  Copper Beech Cold Brew (co-owned with Jim Ferson) and Copper Beech Cardiff were Champion and 3rd place respectively in Section A Colts; Copper Beech Summer Wine and Copper Beech Spanish Sherry were Champion and 3rd place respectively in Section A Fillies; and Copper Beech Danny Boy was Reserve Champion in Section A Geldings 3 and Over.  In addition, Severn China Doll won her Dam Legion of Merit (LOM). Her 3 "legs" were Copper Beech Irish Lace, Copper Beech Turkish Coffee, and Copper Beech Spanish Sherry.   

In addition, we had three ponies debut in performance.  Copper Beech Turkish Coffee carried Margaret Hartman to National Reserve Champion in Adult Walk Trot Equitation. Severn Rainbow started competing in ADS recognized Preliminary Level Combined Driving with Claire Lacey driving and and finished the year as WPCSA Champion Open Division Preliminary Level Combined Driving (CT, ADT, and HDT). Finally, Copper Beech Marigold started her Combined Driving career and ended the year  as WPCSA Champion Open Division Training Level Combined Driving (CT, ADT, and HDT).
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Copper Beech Cold Brew
shown by Susie Weigand


WPCSA Champion

Section A Colts

WPCSA SE Region Champion
Section A Colts

Maryland Pony Breeders Champion
Section A Yearlings


EWC Reserve Champion
​Section A Colts
Copper Beech Cardiff

WPCSA 3rd Place

Section A Colts

WPCSA SE Region 3rd Place
Section A Colts

Maryland Pony Breeders 3rd Place
Section A Two Year Olds


EWC 3rd Place
​Section A Colts
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Copper Beech Summer Wine

WPCSA Champion

Section A Fillies

WPCSA SE Region Champion
Section A Fillies

Maryland Pony Breeders Champion
Section A Two Year Olds


EWC Champion
​Section A Fillies
Copper Beech Spanish Sherry

WPCSA 3rd Place

Section A Fillies

WPCSA SE Region Reserve Champion
Section A Fillies

Maryland Pony Breeders Reserve Champion
Section A Two Year Olds


EWC Reserve Champion
​Section A Fillies
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Copper Beech Danny Boy

WPCSA Reserve Champion
Section A 3 and Over Gelding

WPCSA SE Region Champion
Section A 3 and Over Gelding

Maryland Pony Breeders Champion
Section A Gelding


EWC Champion
​Section A Gelding

Copper Beech Turkish Coffee

Ridden by Margaret Hartman


WPCSA Reserve Champion

Adult Walk Trot Equitation

WPCSA SE Champion
Adult Walk Trot Equitation

EWC Reserve Champion
Adult Walk Trot Equitation

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Copper Beech Marigold
driven by Judy Hartman



WPCSA Open Champion
Training Level Combined Driving (CT, ADT, and HDT)



​Severn Rainbow
driven by Claire Lacey



WPCSA Open Champion
Preliminary Level Combined Driving (CT, ADT, and HDT)
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Severn China Doll LOM
Teyford Cadog x Hobby Horse T.T.'s Gold Doll LOM
​Cream Mare born April 10, 1999


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​Severn China Doll was the first broodmare we purchased and she became the matriarch of our farm.  China has had a total of 10 registered offspring, four of them for us.  Her three daughters, Copper Beech Irish Lace, Copper Beech Turkish Coffee, and Copper Beech Spanish Sherry, earned her 3 "legs" with 568, 418, and 388 points, respectively. Her son Copper Beech French Linen earned 123 points before being sold as a weanling to Canada to become a herd sire. Her daughter Severn Satin Doll earned 22 points before being trained to drive and sold to a beginner as a backyard driving pony.  China now has two grandsons, both of whom won National Championships as yearlings. China has a true Welsh pony disposition, basically sensible but not shy about expressing her opinions.  Most of her showing was in her later life with a foal afoot earning her a total of 324 breeding points. The highlight of her show experience for me was when she was 20 years old.  China was showing her age and had placed last in most of her classes until the last show of the season.  For some reason she was feeling her oats and went into the ring acting like a 2 year old and looking 10 years younger.  She won first place in a class of nice mares that included that year’s National Champion Mare. It was a perfect way to end her show career. China is retired now and spends her days hanging out with her daughters and telling them how they should be raising her grandfoals.

Copper Beech Farm's 2020 Award Winners

Corona Virus caused most of our shows to be cancelled and there were no national WPCSA rankings.  But, we really enjoyed the few shows we were able to attend.  The highlight of our year was Severn Hollyberry Bow earning her final points in both halter and driving to win her Individual Legion of Merit (LOM). This is quite an accomplishment for a driving pony and we are very proud of her.   We also did quite well in the Maryland Pony Breeders Yearling Futurity.  Copper Beech Spanish Sherry won 1st in the Section A Division, 3rd in the Hunter Breeder Fillies Division, and Reserve Champion overall.  Copper Beech Cardiff was 2nd in the Welsh Section A Division.  The highlights of our very limited WPCSA shows were Copper Beech Danny Boy winning Supreme Gelding at PC#2 and both our boys winning their respective WPCSA SE Regional Championships. We also got to one Combined Driving show (Teddy Bear's Picnic CT) where Severn Rainbow debuted at Preliminary level with a 3rd place and Severn Hollyberry Bow placed 2nd at Training Level.
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Severn Hollyberry Bow LOM
Scenes from her last show.  She was in a cheerful mood all day and won her final class to put her exactly at the needed 1500 points.  She's earned 760 points in halter and 740 points in driving.
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Copper Beech Spanish Sherry
Maryland Pony Breeders Yearling Futurity
1st in Welsh Section A Division
3rd in Hunter Breeder Fillies Division
Reserve Champion
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​Copper Beech Danny Boy

Supreme Champion Gelding at PC#2
​WPCSA SE Regional Section A Gelding 2 & Under



​Copper Beech Cardiff

Maryland Pony Breeders Yearling Futurity
2nd place Welsh Section A Division
WPCSA SE Regional Section A Colt​
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Severn Hollyberry Bow at the Teddy Bear's Picnic CT

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Severn Rainbow at the Teddy Bear's Picnic CT
Copper Beech Farm's 2019 Award Winners
Copper Beech Farm bred ponies are starting to hold their own in the show ring.  We focused on breed shows this year and had three WPCSA top four ranked ponies: Copper Beech Danny Boy was National Champion 2 and Under Section A Geldings; Copper Beech Spanish Sherry was National Reserve Champion Welsh A Filly (second only to Severn Savannah who we sold halfway through the show season); and Severn Hollyberry Bow was 3rd placed nationally in 12.2 hh and under Pleasure Driving.  Severn Rainbow only got to a few shows but she was 4th placed in the SouthEastern region in 12.2 hh and under Pleasure Driving.

The highlight of our show season was the VA Spring Fling where Danny Boy was double Supreme Champion Gelding and Holly was Reserve Supreme Champion.

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Copper Beech Danny Boy

WPCSA Champion

Section A Two and Under Gelding

WPCSA SE Region Champion
Section A Two and Under Gelding

Maryland Pony Breeders Champion
Section A Gelding


VWPCSA Champion
​Section A Gelding

Copper Beech Spanish Sherry

WPCSA Fourth Place
Section A Filly

WPCSA SE Region Champion
Section A Filly

VWPCS Champion
Section A Filly

Maryland Pony Breeders Champion
Section A Foal
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Severn Hollyberry Bow

​WPCSA Third Place
Pleasure Driving 12.2 & Under

WPCSA SE Region Reserve Champion
Pleasure Driving 12.2 & Under

Eastern Welsh Circuit Reserve Champion
A/B/C/D Pleasure Driving

VWPCS Reserve Champion
A/B/C/D Pleasure Driving



​Severn Rainbow


WPCSA SE Region Fourth Place
Adult Pleasure Driving 12.2 & Under

VWPCS Reserve Champion
A/B/C/D Carriage Driving​
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Copper Beech Danny Boy and Severn Hollyberry Bow showing off their Supreme sashes.
Copper Beech Farm's 2018 Award Winners
Copper Beech Farm hit another milestone this year with the debut of our pair (Severn Hollyberry Bow and Severn Festive Bow) in both open and Welsh breed shows.  In addition, Severn Rainbow, driven by Claire Lacey, made her debut showing single in both open and Welsh shows.  Rainbow had a great first outing by winning the James River Classic ADT Single Pony Training Division (and the High Score Training Dressage).  She just beat out her sister Severn Hollyberry Bow who was second overall and second in dressage.   Both the pair and Rainbow were nationally ranked in the WPCSA breed classes with the pair earning the National Championship in Multiples Pleasure Driving and Rainbow earning 4th place in the very competitive 12.2 and under Pleasure Driving Division. 

Copper Beech Danny Boy rounded out our nationally ranked ponies by earning a fourth place in Section A Colts while Copper Beech Marigold just missed a top 4 rank by earning 5th in Section A Fillies.  Marigold also had the distinction of helping her dam Severn Periwinkle win her Legion of Merit (LOM) by serving as a leg with 332 halter points.
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Severn Hollyberry Bow
Severn Festive Bow


WPCSA National Champions
Multiples Pleasure Driving

WPCSA Open Champions
Carriage Driving Pair
Combined Driving CT Training Level Pair




Severn Rainbow

WPCSA Fourth Place
Adult Pleasure Driving 12.2 & Under

WPCSA Open Champion
Combined Driving ADT Training Level Single

VWPCS Reserve Champion
A/B/C/D Pleasure Driving
A/B/C/D Carriage Driving​

Eastern Welsh Circuit Reserve Champion
A/B/C/D Carriage Driving
A/B/C/D Pleasure Driving
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​Severn Hollyberry Bow

​WPCSA Open Reserve Champion
Combined Driving ADT Training Level Single

Eastern Welsh Circuit Fourth Place
A/B/C/D Carriage Driving
A/B/C/D Pleasure Driving



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​Copper Beech Danny Boy


WPCSA Fourth Place

Welsh Section A Colt

WPCSA SE Region Reserve Champion
Welsh Section A Colt
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Copper Beech Farm's 2017 Award Winners

Copper Beech Farm hit a milestone this year with two WPCSA National Champions in the Halter Division. In addition we had our first ever award winners in the open division with Severn Hollyberry Bow winning a Championship and Severn Festive Bow winning a Reserve Championship in the Combined Driving Division.
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​Brookside Starbuster

WPCSA National Champion

Welsh Section A Stallion

Supreme Champion at PC #1


Reserve Supreme Champion at VWPCS Spring Fling





​Copper Beech French Linen

WPCSA National Champion

Welsh Section A Colt

Supreme Champion at Maryland Pony Breeders Midsummer Madness


Reserve Grand Champion at Maryland Pony Breeders Annual Show
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​Severn Hollyberry Bow

WPCSA National Champion
Open Combined Driving – CT, ADT, HDT

WPCSA SE Region Reserve Champion
Pleasure Driving 12.2 & Under

VWPCS Champion
A/B/C/D Pleasure Driving
A/B/C/D Carriage Driving​

Eastern Welsh Circuit Champion
A/B/C/D Carriage Driving

Eastern Welsh Circuit Reserve Champion
A/B/C/D Pleasure Driving



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​Severn Festive Bow

WPCSA National Reserve Champion
Open Combined Driving – CT, ADT, HDT

WPCSA SE Region Champion
Leading Rein

VWPCS Reserve Champion
A/B/C/D Pleasure Driving
A/B/C/D Carriage Driving​

Eastern Welsh Circuit Reserve Champion
A/B/C/D Carriage Driving

WPCSA SE Region 4th Place
​Welsh Section A Mare

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2017 Training News

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Sisters competing against each other.  Severn Festive Bow (Freyja) is in the front with Severn Hollyberry Bow (Holly) behind.  Freyja made her debut in the show ring this year with Claire Lacey ably driving her to three end of year high point Reserve Championships.  

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Sisters working together.  Holly and Freyja learning to drive as a pair.

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Copper Beech Turkish Coffee turned 2 yo and started her path to becoming a driving pony.

Copper Beech Farm's 2016 Award Winners
Copper Beech Farm had another successful showing season with three mares ranked in the WPCSA top 10 national winners for Welsh A breeding classes in addition to the awards listed below. Copper Beech Irish Lace was 5th, Severn Rainbow was 6th, and Severn Hollyberry Bow was 8th.
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​Copper Beech Marigold

WPCSA National 4th Place

Welsh Section A Filly

WPCSA SE Region and Eastern Welsh Circuit
4th Place

​Welsh Section A Filly

Maryland Pony Breeders 3rd Place
Welsh Section A Foal
​Severn Hollyberry Bow

WPCSA SE Region Champion
Pleasure Driving 12.2 & Under

VWPCS Champion
A/B Pleasure Driving

Eastern Welsh Circuit Reserve Champion
A/B/C/D Carriage Driving

Eastern Welsh Circuit 3rd Place
A/B Pleasure Driving

Eastern Welsh Circuit 4th Place
Welsh Section A Mare
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Copper Beech Irish Lace

WPCSA SE Region 3rd Place

Welsh Section A Mare


Maryland Pony Breeders 3rd Place
Welsh Section A mare


​​Severn Rainbow


WPCSA SE Region 4th Place 
Welsh Section A Mare

Maryland Pony Breeders 4th Place

​Welsh Section A Mare
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​Copper Beech Turkish Coffee


Maryland Pony Breeders 4th Place
Section A Yearling
In addition to their individual awards, my three Bow sisters earned a Legion of Merit (LOM) for their dam Alliance Decorator Bow.  This was particularly impressive since they are her only foals.
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Alliance Decorator Bow with Rainbow.

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Severn Hollyberry Bow and Severn Rainbow

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Severn Festive Bow

Copper Beech Farm's 2015 Award Winners
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Severn Hollyberry Bow


WPCSA SE Region Champion
Pleasure Driving 12.2 & Under

Eastern Welsh Circuit Reserve Champion
A/B Pleasure Driving

WPCSA National 3rd Place
Welsh Section A Mare

WPCSA SE Region, Eastern Welsh Circuit, and Maryland Pony Breeders Reserve Champion
​Welsh Section A Mare





​Copper Beech Irish Lace


WPCSA National Reserve Champion

Welsh Section A Filly

WPCSA SE Region and Eastern Welsh Circuit Champion
​Welsh Section A Filly

Maryland Pony Breeders Reserve Champion
Section A Yearling
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​Copper Beech Turkish Coffee


WPCSA National 3rd Place

Welsh Section A Filly

WPCSA SE Region and Eastern Welsh Circuit Reserve Champion
​Welsh Section A Filly

Maryland Pony Breeders Reserve Champion
Section A Foal


​Severn Rainbow


WPCSA National 4th Place
Welsh Section A Mare

WPCSA SE Region 3rd Place 
Welsh Section A Mare

Eastern Welsh Circuit 3rd Place

​Welsh Section A Mare
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Severn Festive Bow


WPCSA National 3rd Place
Hunter 12.2 & Under

WPCSA SE Region Champion 
Hunter 12.2 & Under


WPCSA SE Region 4th Place 
English Pleasure 12.2 & Under



​Severn China Doll


Maryland Pony Breeders 4th Place
Welsh Section A Mare


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Copper Beech Mirth

WPCSA National and SE Region 3rd Place

Welsh Section A 2 & Under Gelding

VWPCSA Reserve Champion
​Welsh Section A 2 & Under Gelding

Maryland Pony Breeders 4th Place
Welsh Section A 2 & Under Gelding
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