Pembridge Jamila with Pembridge Jewels

Pembridge Jamilia

by
out of
Pembridge Jewels
(Cleveland Bay)
born 13th May 2002

as featured in Horse & Hound on 11th July 2002:

There has been a unique new arrival at the Pembridge Stud in Pembrokeshire. The four-week-old filly Pembridge Jamilia is the result of covering a Cleveland Bay mare by a stallion of the rare Akhal-Teke breed from Central Asia.

A former grade I racehorse with two ultra-long-distance rides on his CV, Atamekan comes from breed dating back 3,000 years, while Jamilia's dam, Pembridge Jewels, is a representative of Britain's oldest breed of horse.

Improvements to the Cleveland Bay in the 17th century were made by using a stallion thought to be related to the Akhal-Teke, so the cross was designed as an exercise in linebreeding, where stallion and mare share a common ancestor.

Pembridge Jamila	at two days

The experiment was the brainchild of Kate Telford. She and John Coleman run the Pembridge Stud, which has already produced competition horses such as three-day eventer Pembridge Minstrel, also a promising sire.

Two fillies by Atamekan have also been born in Pembrokeshire to Thoroughbred mares. Pembridge Samarkand is the daughter of Pembridge Selena, while Abergwaun Firecracker belongs to Noreen Vaughan, a former producer of show hacks and hunters, including an RIHS supreme champion, and joint-owner of former Grand National winner Nicolaus Silver.

Mrs Vaughan is still breeding chasers and eventers, and Firecracker is destined for a career on the racecourse.

"She's a little corker; very correct in movement and conformation and her mother has a job to keep up!" she said.

For more information, contact Kate Telford or John Coleman (tel: 01646 698787).

Reproduced with the kind permission of Horse and Hound magazine
(This article appeared in the 11th July 2002 issue.)

Pembridge Jamilia	at two days