LONGMEADOW MELISSA is one of our important daughters of the famous BIRLING STARFIRE-

a full brother to my beloved BIRLING EVITA, one of of most beloved mares.

MELISSA has a very long journey behind her- she had to go through moths of quarantine because of the EIA virus

outbreak in Cornwall, until we finally was allowed to bring her home.

Nevertheless this pony is a very beautiful soul- the same like her sister LONGMEADOW GAIL.

A wonderful kind very small mare, grateful for every little piece of love.

I am very happy not to have given up these both mares even it took so long. They are worth it.

Melissa has a beautiful colour! Her face is nearly deep black with a little bit of fire bay - same like the rest of her body-

her coat sparkles dreamlike in the sun- you can't take your eye away from her.

In this exceptional pedigree only the creme de la creme of England was mated!

But is that a wonder? Her famous father BIRLING STARFIRE is a son of this outstanding successful mating

BIRLING GOLDEN CLOUD x BIRLING BLUE FLAME! The same like our wonderful BIRLING EVITA!

BIRLING BLUE FLAME herself is daughter of again an exceptional successful mating:

FANDANGO OF WETHERDEN x BECKY SHARPE - the most important Birling donors and darlings of the Late

SIR LIONEL HAMILTON RENWICK.

The grand sire of LONGMEADOW MELISSA - on her mother's side is TAWNA BUZBY- son of the famous

BIRLING INDUNA. TAWNA BUZBY is full brother to TAWNA CORNISH CREAM- the dam of TAWNA PIRAN, who is

used by the Birling stud.

BIRLING INDUNA is by BIRLING GOLDEN CLOUD - out of FALLACY OF WETHERDEN- the dam of the well-known

FANDANGO OF WETHERDEN.

Her dam leads by MERCY OF LONGACRE back to AVENING CORIOLANUS, sire of CASANOVA OF LONGACRE,

who is also sire of KINGTON POPPY - dam of our KINGTON BLUEBELL.

CASANOVA OF LONGACRE was a famous gene-donor of the well-known KINGTON Stud, where today only a very

small number of ponies still exist.

The sire of AVENING CORIOLANUS is HOOK HILL GLORY- full brother to HOOK HILL SUNBEAM, sire

of BIRLING SUNDANCE, the sire of BIRLING NYALA- dam of our HEAVEN-SENT.

HOOK HILL GLORY leads back on both sides by the Cream Dun stallion CHERUB and ROSALIA

und ROSALIA in the ownership of LADY ESTELLA HOPE (Fairy Stud) and FAIRY LIGHT, this wonderful FAIRY

stallion, who leads back to ODIN and BONAPARTE, back to FERDINAND, a very well-known Cream Dun stallion

from 1928.

This important Fairy stallion FERDINAND was send in 1938 by LADY ESTELLA HOPE together with CUCKOO as a

pair of Cream Dun stallions to the large annual show at Essen in Germany.

This combination carried off all the prizes.

It must have been hard to believe when in 1939 Britain was again at war with Germany after only 20 years.

LONGMEADOW MELISSA is a wonderful mare to keep this outstanding Birling bloodline going.