The Young Judges Competition is back after a two year break. The Young Judge’s Competition was set up in 2015 to provide an opportunity for young people to find out more about the Exmoor pony, its breed standard and way of going as well as experience the art of judging with an aim to encourage […]
Congratulations to all our young riders Junior performance Results 1st Barhill Marigold Charlotte Heslop 1785 2nd Dunsmore Glenmorangie Christopher Farley-Brown 930 3rd Dunsmore Glenmorangie Amala Wiles 540 4th Dunsmore Glenmorangie Eleri Wiles 250
New on “Friends” website are “Artisan” Fleece Gilets in Black, Navy, Burgundy & Moss green with contrasting piping complete with the EPS logo. They are also available with an embroidered name or herd prefix as well. Includes 2 way front zip and 2 zipped pockets. Mens sizes from Small to 3XL and ladies sizes from […]
The Performance Awards are changing – check out the new criteria Performance Awards
1st.Blackthorn Poem Portly French 1510 2nd.Dunsmore the famous Grouse Clare Phillips 985 3rd.Dunsmore Glenfiddich Annette Perry 950 4th.Cilliechuimen Hootenanny Lizzie Raspin 525 5th.Dunsmore Glenmorangie Rebecca Farley-Brown 300 6th.Bournefield Celtic Rose Annette Perry 230 Also entered Anchor Knight Thyme Dionne Chapman
Pony Rider Points 1st. Blackthorn Poem Portly French 2,323 2nd.Barhill Marigold Charlotte Heslop 1,580 3rd.Danelaw Jupiter Paula Kay 1,460 4th.Dunsmore the Famous Grouse Clare Phillips 1,133 5th.Dunsmore Glenfiddich Annette Perry 965 6th.Ariel – Paula Kay 747 Cinderella Trophy for highest In Hand score […]
Exmoor ponies are on the television this afternoon …. BBC1 – 15.45pm – Farmers Country Showdown Coverage from Mid Devon Show – thank you to all involved.
The Exmoor Pony Society has welcomed the recent Government announcement of a landscape recovery scheme for farmers, incentivising rewilding of 300,000 acres of country side. However the Society, guardian of the native breed for more than a century, has warned that improper management of Exmoor ponies could both damage the genetic security of the breed […]
A Happy New Year to all our members and owners. We hope you are looking forward to a wonderful year with your fabulous Exmoor ponies. Just a reminder that the 2022 Area Awards are open for entries with the deadlines being extended so check out the website page for details and Facebook for the most […]
The Exmoor Pony Society office will be closed from Friday, 24 December 2021 until Monday, 3 January 2022. For any urgent enquires use 07887 984849.
Congratulations to Dunkery Wigeon on being Best of Breed at the London International Horse Show and to his owner Maureen Richardson and family and his rider Hayley M Reynolds
It’s here … the wonderfully festive Christmas Show on 28 November at Cannington Equitation Centre – follow the link for the schedule and entry form 🙂 LATEST NEWS ….. we know not everyone has a cheque book these days so please send in your entry form and pay on the day 🙂 Please […]
As part of our centenary celebrations in 2021, The Exmoor Pony Society has commissioned a special limited edition gin which will also raise money to help the Society’s work. The gin is distilled at The Distillery, Notting Hill where EPS Trustee Sue Burger’s son, Jake, is a director and Master Distiller. Sue has a long […]
Exmoor ponies will be on Sunday’s edition of Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh – fabulous to be able to set up the filming of the Milton herd coming in on Withypoole – and the sun shone!
The Dulverton Heritage Centre and Model Railway Exhibition is extending its opening days for six weeks, Daily except Sundays from 11am until 3pm, until December 11th providing they have enough volunteers. This means that Sue Baker’s wonderful Exmoor Pony Centenary Exhibition will be open to view during this time. Last chance!!The Heritage Centre can be […]
The Christmas Show will take place on Sunday, 28th November 2021 at Cannington Equitation Centre, Cannington, nr Bridgwater, Somerset TA5 2LS. The schedule – christmasshow2021 – and entry form – The Exmoor Pony Christmas Entry Form 2021 – can now be downloaded.
The weather gods had evidently heard that this was a special year for the EPS and granted us a mostly dry centenary breed show day, with just the occasional hint of rain, something judges, exhibitors and spectators alike were all grateful for. The main Exford show and EPS show teams had made some major […]
So pleased to have been able to assist with the wonderful Exmoor ponies in the Czech Republic and work with them to ensure all the ponies are registered – fingers crossed they will soon have their own daughter society https://www.eurowildlife.org/news/the-whole-reserve-at-the-meanders-of-the-luznice-river-has-been-opened-to-wild-horses-for-the-first-time-today/
Due to popular demand, we will be showing the recording we made of the Using Science to support the Exmoor pony webinar with Andy Dell and Debbie Davy. We will show the webinar again on Thursday, 14 October at 7pm. To learn more about the event, please click on the link below: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-science-to-support-the-exmoor-pony-re-run-tickets-179854458527
For those who logged in to our webinar on Using science to support the Exmoor pony, you might be interested to know that Andy Dell’s paper 16 Years of breed management brings substantial improvement in population genetics of the endangered Cleveland Bay Horse has just been published in Ecology and Evolution. The journal is open […]