The Towne family of remote WA have decided to put their precious pony Pumpkin up for Auction at the Barkly Goldrush Campdraft on the 5th of October to raise money and awareness for Dollys Dream.

Here we follow the progress of Pumpkin, the work the whole family has put into Pumpkin all for a cause very close to their heart

Dolly’s Dream was set up in memory of Amy ‘Dolly’ Everett, who took her life after an extended period of bullying and cyber bullying. Dolly's Dream is focused on developing programs that educate parents on the problem of bullying, its effects and how to deal with it, working with schools to identify and manage bullying behaviour effectively and to build empathy and resilience into children's lives. Dolly's Dream aims to empower people to be able to recognise bullying when it happens, then be brave enough to stand up and talk about it.

Auction day is fast approaching and Pumpkin continues to impress in all aspects of her training!

For those of you who may have missed previous posts Pumpkin is a rising 4 yr old pure bred welsh mountain pony bred by the Moxham Family in NSW. Pumpkin made the journey North to our home as a yearling filly at which time we commenced handling her and have slowly brought her on since! Our children broke her in and she is currently trained by our children (with close guidance from Mum and Dad). She is just gorgeous and is everything you are looking for in a future perfect kids pony, already bombproof, just loves kids, she currently stands at approx 12.1hh and she is coming along beautifully and not putting a foot wrong.....

Pumpkin will be suitable for any discipline from the show ring to mustering and everything in between from campdrafting, jumping, dressage, pony club, gymkhanas and the list goes on...

Please however remember Pumpkin is still a young pony and although she has had a fabulous start and is doing everything correctly she will still need ongoing training, supervision and guidance from an adult in order to maintain her fabulous nature and attitude to ensure she continues to remain an awesome kids pony.........

We will be donating 100% of the proceeds to Dolly's Dream Foundation and the auction will take place on Friday 5th October at approximately 7pm NT time at the Barkly Goldrush Campdraft....

We hope that by donating Pumpkin we can help to spread awareness about the effects of bullying and the devastation it causes to the families who are affected by it.

If you are unable to attend the auction and you would like to register as a phone bidder please contact:
Caila Simpson
Senior Sales Support Officer
Elders
p: (08) 8972 2500
e: caila.simpson@elders.com.au

We will be live streaming the auction, details on where to log in to watch it will be posted soon.....

If you would like further information on Pumpkin please don't hesitate to contact me via FB message me or email at sallytowne@gmail.com and I will be in contact as soon as I can.

Thankyou so much to the team at Elders in Katherine who are donating their time and services to run the auction and Rudd's horse transport who have donated a lift for Pumpkin to anywhere in Australia that they travel to for the lucky purchaser.....

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