Llyfr newydd - New book
Book available from www.gomer.co.uk and the Derwen Stud for £8.99.
Mae'r enw Derwen yn gysylltiedig â chobiau Cymreig arbennig iawn, yn enwedig y rhai a ddaeth i'r brig flwyddyn ar ôl blwyddyn, gan gipio Cwpan Tywysog Cymru. Dair gwaith ar ddeg, enillwyd y cwpan gan y ceffylau gwych sydd i'w gweld yn y llyfr hwn, ac yn naturiol ddigon mae'r perchnogion yn hynod falch o'r gamp unigryw hon. Gyda ffotograffau hyfryd, manylion bridio a sylwadau gan arbenigwyr yn y maes, dyma drysor o lyfr.
The Derwen name is synonymous with outstanding Welsh cobs – not least those famous winners of the Prince of Wales Cup. On thirteen momentous occasions, the Prince of Wales Cup was awarded to the outstanding horses featured in this book, and the owners are rightly proud of this unbeaten record. Photographs, pedigree information and comments from eminent breeders and horselovers make this a book to treasure.
Book Review
This book is about the eight different Welsh cobs sent out from the Derwen Stud to win the Prince of Wales Cup at the Royal Welsh Show an incredible thirteen times.
Well.... there are many ways to tell a story, but I feel sure that none has ever been better presented than this one. In short, it is nothing less than a masterful combination of fascinating content material and impressively original design, thus making it a compulsive page-turner.
The text (in Welsh and English as befits the subject matter) is beautifully laid out - crisp, concise, informative and immensely readable. To the text has been added a great deal of unexpected and unique 'illustrative' data and all this has been achieved using the most stunningly imaginative design techniques and effects. For example, the cleverly varied use of colour - as in page background colour, the various fonts and font sizes etc., the plethora of attributed quotes, the many excellent photographs (both professional and family archive - in colour and black and white) as well as numerous delightful and most artistically assembled 'scrapbook-like' memorabilia collages. And so on.....
There are also specific details of each winning cob including its pedigree and various 'stats'.(wonderful stuff!), and as a bonus there is a list of the Prince of Wales Cup winners of the last 100 years.
This book is a real 'one off' and will surely become a collectors item, but don't take my word for it. Judge for yourself."
Signed. Mrs Carole Knowles-Pfeiffer. March 26th 2009