We believe that a great sire is only half the equation.
Meet one of the Brood Mares of Gaslight Farm......

*Randan Absolutely Fabulous
1994 Section A Mare - WPCSA #A-42213
Randan Walter x Coed Coch Aloma
On lease from Sarah and Steve Dickmeyer, EOS Welsh Ponies


When Sarah and Steve Dickmeyer bought their first Welsh pony from us, for their daughter Emily, it never occurred to us that the relationship would blossom into a wonderful friendship, or that this first pony would be the catalyst that would send them on a journey to Wales and the foundation for their very successful EOS breeding program. We saw them annually at the Royal Welsh Show, as they had come to enjoy the event as much as we had. In 2002, while they were attending the Royal Welsh and Centenary shows, Steve and Sarah attended a private auction at Randan Stud. It was there that Sarah fell in love with a lovely Section A broodmare, Randan Absolutely Fabulous, who had a filly at her side and was again in foal. Her intense Coed Coch pedigree as well as her Type impressed Sarah, and by the end of the bidding, the bay roan mare and her filly were on their way to America.


We loved this mare from the day we saw her. "Fineen" as she came to be called, had everything we wanted in a mare, especially the kind, gentle disposition. We were honored when Sarah bred her to our senior stallion, *Ceulan Lwcus LOM/AOE/OD. She produced a chestnut filly from that breeding, named EOS ALL About Fayline because of her fawn-like quality. She produced several more fillies for them by their sire, *Wharley Magic Flute LOM. Fineen was a spectacular producer, one we would have loved to own.


Left: Fineen with her 2006 filly EOS Aphrodite's Kiss, by *Wharley Magic Flute LOM
Middle and Right: Fineen enjoying the tall Oregon grass on the farm, Spring 2011.
After we moved out of southern California to our Oregon farm, we only saw the Dickmeyers at shows. In the Spring of 2010, we received an email from Sarah, offering to lease Fineen to us, since they were not going to be breeding her for awhile. We were stunned at our fortune and jumped at the opportunity. Fineen settled in quite well, and appeared pleased to have a pasture that was green again. Oregon probably looked more like her home in Wales! She settled easily after she was covered. Having only produced fillies for the Dickmeyers and had only one colt in Wales, we were hoping for a filly that we would be able to retain after Fineen returned home after the lease.

In June 2011, Fineen produced her first foal for us... a chestnut roan colt by *Ceulan Lwcus LOM/AOE/OD. Having wanted a filly to retain, we were initially disappointed, but then we really looked hard at this colt. He was big, upright, a gorgeous head and eye, and was full of the "look at me" presence. He KNEW he was special! And then we saw him trot! This was a stallion prospect without question, and needed a special "stallion" name. We named him Gaslight Absolut.

Absolut showed twice as a foal. We often have to scramble to get enough handlers for all of our ponies when we show. Because Fineen was so quiet and easy to handle, we were able to trust her with a novice handler. At one show, Megan Burtness (Bridlewood)and Gerald Verkuyl (Goldhills) kindly lent a hand to help us get all our ponies in the ring. Shown by two very skilled exhibitors, Fineen and her young colt put on a display that was truly breathtaking. Absolut left the arena that day, having won the Reserve Grand Champion Section A title at 7 weeks of age.

Fineen is again in foal to Lwcus and is expected to foal in late 2012. We are hoping for the filly to retain, since we don't know how many more foals this wonderful mare has in her and we want to make sure we have her lines to carry on. Though we would consider selling him to a Welsh show home only, we will likely retain Absolut to show and promote ourselves, even though he is related to all of our Lwcus daughters. He is possibly the best colt we have ever produced.

Highlights Of Fineen's Show career:
2005:
WPCAC Hi Point Champion Section A Mare
WPCSA SW Reserve Champion Hi Score Section A Mare
WPCSA NW Region 3rd place Hi Score Section A Mare
Double Grand Champion Section A, West Coast Welsh Show, Roseburg, OR
Grand Champion/Reserve Grand Champion Section A, WPCAC PCC Show, Elk Grove, CA
2004:
Reserve Champion Section A Mare, CA Welsh Festival

"Fineen" is the dam of the following ponies: (Complete list of the foals she has produced in the UK, prior to importation, is being collected. Page will be updated when information obtained.)

*Randan Absolutely Gorgeous 2002 Grey Mare x Randan Norman 7th place Yearling Section A Filly (97 entries), 2003 Royal Welsh Show, Wales

EOS Absolutely Adorable 2003 Grey Mare x Randan Norman

EOS Adwen 2004 Chestnut Mare x *Wharley Magic Flute LOM Reserve Champion Youngstock, SLWPA Summer Gold Show, CA

EOS Aphrodite's Kiss 2006 Chestnut Roan Mare x *Wharley Magic Flute LOM

EOS All About Fayline 2007 Chestnut Roan Mare x *Ceulan Lwcus LOM/AOE/OD

EOS Acapella 2008 Chestnut Mare x *Wharley Magic Flute LOM

Gaslight Absolut 2011 Chestnut Roan Colt x *Ceulan Lwcus LOM/AOE/OD Retained at Gaslight farm, but will consider sale to a Welsh show home only

Pedigree of *Randan Absolutely Fabulous

Sire RANDAN WALTER Photo taken as a 3 year old in England.	Sire GREDINGTON ANDREAS	Sire COED COCH PLANED	Sire COED COCH MADOG
			Dam COED COCH PELEN
		Dam POLARIS BETULA	Sire POLARIS ROYAL FLUSH
			Dam BETWS RHIAN
	Dam BENGAD WINTER SWEET	Sire TREHARNE SIMON	Sire CLAN DUBAIL
			Dam LLANERCH SUNGLEAM
		Dam BENGAD WELSH POPPY	Sire COED COCH MARLI
			Dam BETWS WIWER
Dam COED COCH ALOMA	Sire COED COCH SALSBRI	Sire COED COCH MADOG	Sire COED COCH SERYDDWR
			Dam COED COCH MEFUSEN
		Dam COED COCH SIARADUS	Sire COED COCH GLYNDWR
			Dam COED COCH SIRIUS
	Dam COED COCH ANWEN	Sire COED COCH PWYLL	Sire COED COCH MADOG
			Dam COED COCH PURWEN
		Dam COED COCH ANWYLED	Sire COED COCH GLYNDWR
			Dam SNOWDEN ARIAN II