Please disregard.
Look into Evans Cirque du Dralion, he stands here in PA. We have worked with half a dozen of his babies and he gives them a great mind. He is around 13.2 and is bay with white. PM if you would like contact info for his owner.
There are two very nice Welsh pony stallions in the NEDA SSA. One is a Sec. B welsh, Caldlanvalley Manhattan, super nice jump form, nice movement. http://www.nedastallionauction.org/s…php?a=2&b=471
The second is a Welsh Cob, Castleberry’s ReFlexion, he is a big mover and has a great jump as well, check him out at http://www.nedastallionauction.org/s…php?a=2&b=453
There are a few other pony stallions who are participating in this stallion service auction, you should check them out. Pixar is super nice GRP! http://www.nedastallionauction.org/stallionauction/index.php?a=2&b=474
A couple Connemaras and Stibby Me who is more dressage. And Stellar is more dressage also but is very nice.
Thanks Twinlights 
Here is a video of my young stallion Pixar taken on Sunday. It is his first time cantering a course, he has mostly been focusing on dressage training.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XPkogSY9pQ
He measures 14.1 1/2. He will definitely help ad angle to the stifle and length to the neck. I have videos of his foals as well.
There are many good GRP’s available frozen, however Cosmopolitan frozen is supposedly difficult.
Check out the NEDA stallion service auction, it closes this Friday. There are some good pony stallions there.
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Contact Randee Beckman! Otteridge Farm
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Thanks for the thoughts. I had read about the issue with Cosmopolitan (and I think Champion De Luke too, alas) semen, but may be willing to try it if I had a really rockstar vet and the mare was cycling at her best. When she’s at her usual cycle, she’s an easy catch. Unfortunately, for Pixar as an option, I have a pretty hard no for Popeye offspring. While he may be lovely himself, I just can’t get past some less-than-stellar experiences I’ve had with certain Popeyes locally.
Any other thoughts?
I am a welsh cob person and love just about everything Castleberry produces; but, to recommend a welsh cob to breed for a hunter prospect? I’m the first one to say I would be interested in the cross but I march to the tune of a different drummer. I’m sure he has produced to expectation but there’s a lot of true to standard welsh cob blood in the background…you may not get what you want (but probably exactly what I want ;} just sayin’)
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You mentioned your mare produced a large pony out of a crossbred stallion. What was the breeding on the crossbred stallion and how tall was he? Because the breeding on your mare is unknown, there is an issue of not knowing what kind of height is in your mare’s pedigree. Knowing more about the stallion she was bred to might help a bit before anyone can suggest a suitable stallion for your mare.
If you are looking to improve on the mare and breed for a pony hunter foal, I would not breed to a Welsh Cob, as someone suggested. We have a Welsh Cob stallion ourselves. While ours does have two super pony hunters out on the circuit, Welsh Cobs are not what I would consider to be suitable for producing pony hunters. 
I would also be careful with some of the GRPs. While there are exceptions, I find some of them tend to be built more for dressage or jumpers and can be a bit hot and sensitive.
I see exvet and I posted at the same time.
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LOL Daventry, I’m glad someone has my back on theory at least Again and right in their with Daventry as to not diss the stallion suggested but believe in trying to maximize the odds. If you do breed to a welsh cob, please let me know because I would seriously be interested but it’s been almost 25 years since I’ve shown on the hunter circuit and I don’t plan to change that lol…
Hi all - I think I found my stallion. And as some noted, I also wasn’t keen on the welsh cob cross for this specific purpose. Castleberry looks like a lovely boy, but not for this mare and not for this purpose.
I do appreciate the feedback on some of the GRPs being a bit hot and sensitive. I’ve honestly not met too many in person, and the ones I have were bred for eventing and seemed very suitable for that and very much less suitable for the hunter ring. There does, however, seem to be an increasing presence of GRPs and other European import/warmblood-type ponies in the large division.
