About Us

Shawdene is a large estate nestling in the rolling Berkshire hills not far from Newbury, owned by Mrs Genevieve Mather.

For many years we have had a great deal of success with hunters and riding horses at county level. Having become so involved in the showing world and because of our love of Shetland ponies, it seemed a natural progression into showing & breeding miniatures. Shawdene Stud was founded in 2005.

Having grown up in Scotland Mrs Mather learnt to ride on a shetland, as did her son, on the famous Dougal (Pictured to the left). Dougal died in his thirties and quite by chance we came across another black shetland, also named Dougal, who also lived well into his thirties.

To start our breeding, we have put together a lovely band of brood mares and have had great success with them in the show ring. Our objective has been to produce ponies of good type, substance and movement and we hope to achieve this by leasing in well bred stallions such as Kerswell Muscat and Blackertor Solar Black.

We hope you enjoy looking at our site. Visitors to the stud are always welcome by appointment.

Click here to contact us.

Please Note: There will occasionally be stock for sale.

- Home - About Us - Show Results - Mares - Youngsters - Foals - Contact Us - Archive -

Site designed by Stuart Newton.

Photography courtesy of Gemma Percy.