It all started in 1944 when loving parents, Howard & Arris Richardson, bought their first child her first pony. That pony, know affectionately as "Queeny", was Malta and she was #22127 in the American Shetland Pony Club Stud Book. She was sired by #21770 Silver Nevada and out of #19715 Sierra Vista. When purchased she was in foal to #22440 Jolly Crescent and thus begins the story of Royal Pony Farm..............
Howard passed away in 1999 but Royal Pony Farm is still a family affair. Arris still has a large herd of broodmares in residence at the Story City, IA farm that she and Howard purchased in 1958 where son Brian helps out. Daughter Donna Norcross lives just 5 miles away and the Royal Pony Farm herdsires reside at her farm near Roland, IA along with another sizable band of broodmares and the young stock. Youngest daughter Shirley Moore and her husband Robert also raise a few "Royal" ponies at their farm near Amarillo, TX. Click Here to visit Royal Pony farm's Texas branch. |
