The Lan Garth Story

About Us

We are based on the Welsh border approximately seven miles from Monmouth, and have been breeding horses for nearly 60 years. We started with Welsh cobs and ponies and now specialise in performance horses based on the Welsh Part-Bred. 

The stud was started by Mrs Dorothy Evans and her daughter, Mrs Deidre Powell, in the 1963.  They were then joined by Judith Powell, who enjoyed being the Young Ambassador for the Welsh Pony & Cob Society in 2006. She is the main rider for the family stud. Mrs Evans was awarded a honorary life membership of the Welsh Pony and Cob Society in 2007.

Our horses are carefully bred to give talent and  kind nature, each given time to mature and grow into successful athletes competing in many different spheres. Several part-breds have been exported to the USA on their UK successes. Leading us to consistently win Welsh Part-Bred awards for our progeny. Lan Garth Stud has won the Breeder award for The Welsh Part Bred Group for several years in a row during the 1990s and 2000s. They select and breed Thoughtbreds crossed with a Welsh cob to produce competition horses which have competited internationally in Italy, France and America.Lan Garth Triple and Rainbow Lad both stood as stallions at Lan Garth Stud, bred from winning pedigrees and continued to produced winning progeny for the stud.

Which successes such as Lan Garth Darcy who competed in The European Eventing Championships in Italy in 2008 representing Great Britain,with Lan Garth stud been recognised for breeding quality talented horses.