We are excited to announce our acquisition of a phenomenally gifted stallion that ultimately represents our breeding philosophy at Wiloma for the past 20+ years. Our goal at Wiloma has been to carefully select and combine lines from the American Saddlebred, Hackney Horse, Hackney Pony and Dutch Harness Horse together to cross back onto an Arabian to produce the perfect HA English Pleasure horse. Pony Express (sired by Mystery Man LR and out of Sea Lodge Lady Joyce) is the perfect representation of all four breeds rolled into one horse. He is a phenomenally gifted individual, an already proven sire, and we are excited to have him in training with Clarke Vesty for the 2024 show season.

Four horses from our breeding program attended the 2024 Scottsdale Show, and all four achieved Top 3 or higher in their divisions! Congratulations to the owners and trainers on your success with WP Corporate Yowza, WP Little Black Dress, WP Corporate Nut Mix, and WP Corporate Hottie – all sired by WP Corporate Image!

We are excited to announce that our Hackney Pony Stallion Kingsley Claim to Fame has been recognized as the Champion Open Hackney Pony Sire for 2023 by the Saddle Horse Report!

It’s official! Our stallion Kingsley Claim to Fame is now the sire of another Reserve World Grand Champion! WP Uplifting and Melissa Moore put on a show at Louisville and took Reserve in the Hackney Pony World’s Grand Championship on Saturday night!

A few years back, it was Cruz’n Susan (also sired by Kingsley Claim to Fame) and Mitch Clark who won Reserve honors in the Roadster Pony World’s Grand Championship! 

Youth/Midsummer Nationals for 2023 was a record-breaking national show for our breeding program at Wiloma. It was truly humbling to watch five (5) #bandybred horses make victory pass after victory pass and garner 1 National Championship, 5 Reserve National Championships and 8 Top Tens.

While we do things very differently with our breeding program, these results show that we’ve been on the right track for a long time – it just took some patience. And while it starts with a breeder, it takes proper training and pairing the right rider to make it to the elite winner’s circle. Thank you to the multiple trainers and young riders who made all of this possible – we are your biggest fans!