I confess, I had already found him on your website
I google search his name from time to time to keep track of where he goes of I can.
Mischief, or Tyki as we called him at home, was born in April 2003. His mother was a sweet natured bay and white mare, about 13.2hh ish, called Rosie. His father was a lovely cob stallion called Rocky. He was owned by a gypsy chap called Les Orchard near Exeter in Devon. Rocky was by a stallion called The Lion King
http://www.gypsyhorses.com/Horses/lionking.htm who was sold to the States for an insane amount of money (he sadly died a few years back under anaesthetic following a relatively simple operation
). Tyke was a slightly mental foal, he was spooky and reactive, shy and difficult. He couldn't have been more different to his half brother Tonka. I still have Tonks and he is more than a bit special
Tonks is a seriously laid back dude and is my soulmate.
My ex-partner decided to sell Tyke as a two year old in the spring 2005. He took him to Appleby Fair (for which I could have cheerfully killed him). Later that year (around October) a lady in Wales got in touch having bought him and traced me through his passport. She had a few cobs and a welsh stallion, and bred cobs at her farm in South Wales. I think her name was Karen. She kept Tyke for a few years, bred several foals from her mares with him, and I think she broke him to harness. She definitely worked him, though I don't know whether he was ever 'put to' a carriage or not. She sadly died of cancer around 18 months ago, maybe two years, and although he stayed in South Wales for a while, her herd was eventually dispersed. At that point I lost track of him. So it's only two years or so that he's been in a field doing nothing, but I'm not sure how many hands he has passed through in that time.
He is a very well bred pony, so the grading result doesn't surprise me
he has a number of siblings (well half siblings at least) that are cracking cobs. This is one of his half brothers, they share a sire
http://www.mccartneystud.com/mccartneyshighlandprince.htm and Cookie stands at stud near Exeter in Devon. And then there is my boy...
Firienwood Juggernaut
He is 15hh or just a shade over, and is a total superstar. He is my soulmate and won't ever leave me.
I'm very glad that Tyke has found a nice home and that you have fallen in love with him
he deserved to find a nice home where someone would love him for who he is
