CENTENARY ART COMPETITION RESULTS
The results of the Centenary Art Competition can be found here. Thank you to everyone who submitted entries – absolutely fabulous!
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Gill Langdon and Jackie Ablett Award
From Pennie Beattie Following the sad news about Gill Langdon, I wanted to make a collection for some form of memorial for both Gill and Jacky. I spoke to Nigel and friends and family and came up with the following scheme. The idea is for a shield which would be given to the owner of […]
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Gill Langdon – Funeral Arrangements
A closed funeral service for Gill Langdon will be held at Taunton Deane Crematorium and later in the year, as circumstances allow, there will be a celebration of Gill’s life at St John’s Church, Cutcombe. We know that many of you would have liked to attend the funeral and we are arranging for the service […]
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Gill Langdon
It is with deep regret that we must announce that Gill Langdon, a stalwart of the Exmoor Pony Society and the much loved owner of the Tawbitts herd, has passed away. Gill celebrated her 70th birthday in 2010 with a musical ride at Wheddon Cross and this is how we will remember her. A smile […]
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Exmoor are the RBST’s Breed of the Week
Exmoor Ponies have adapted to survive on low quality moorland grazing. They make good all-round family ponies, capable of carrying an adult and performing well when broken to harness. The ponies have been on the moor since ancient times, and this environment shaped their size, characteristic hardiness, independent spirit and native intelligence. The isolation of […]
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RBST on our native breeds and conservation grazing
Super article from the RBST Rare Breed Briefing -Why you should be using native ponies for conservation grazing | Rare Breeds Survival Trust (rbst.org.uk)
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Winterwatch
Many of you will have seen the Winterwatch programme which was screened by the BBC on 20th January 2021 and related to Konik ponies grazing on a RSPB site. If you didn’t see it you may well be aware of the considerable attention it has received on social media. It is our opinion that the […]
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BEF LATEST GUIDELINES
COVID 19 – LOCKDOWN 3 Here is the link to the latest guidance from British Equestrian Federation https://www.britishequestrian.org.uk/news/covid-update-home-nations-in-lockdown
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TRUSTEE NEWS
The Trustees have accepted the resignation of Jenna Payne with immediate effect and wish her every success in her future endeavours. The Trustees would like to thank Jenna for her contribution to the committee during her term of office as a Trustee and are delighted that she will continue to support the Society with regard […]
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INFORMATION FROM DEFRA
“In the interest of protecting animal welfare, and with the possibility of traffic disruption in Kent after 1st January 2021, Defra would strongly advise equine transporters to consider using vehicles with a combined weight of less than 7.5 tonnes, enabling them to proceed to the Short Straits using the Operation Brock contraflow between J8-9 of […]
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STORY TELLING EVENING
Exmoor Pony Society You Tube Channel goes LIVE Today (26th November) it will be exactly 100 years since the meeting in Dulverton where the idea for an Exmoor Pony Society was proposed. It seems right that we celebrate this momentous day even though slightly ahead of our official centenary. We have produced an hour-long video […]
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Centenary Calendar
The Centenary calendar is now on sale from Friends Shop – just click on the link for the shop.
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CENTENARY COMPETITIONS
You can now DOWNLOAD information and entry forms for the ART (closing date 31st October 2020)and STORY (closing date 31st August 2020) competitions by just clinking on the word.
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‘VIRTUAL’ ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The meeting took place on Saturday, 8th August 2020 with 35 people in attendance. The Minutes of the 2019 Meeting and the 2019 Accounts were approved. The Trustees were tasked with appointing the reporting accountant. Your new President is Mr David Mansell and your new President Elect is Mrs Margaret Partridge-Keane. Mrs Susan Burger, Mrs […]
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MANDATORY MICROCHIPPING
The dates for mandatory microchipping of all equines are England 1st October 2020 Wales 12th February 2021 and Scotland 28th March 2021. Please download the Microchip Addition Form here.
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Covid 19 Update
The Exmoor Pony Society office continues to function as near ‘normal’ as possible. We would ask all members and owners to follow government guidelines – the British Equestrian Federation has updated their guidelines with regard to equines and equestrian activities – do visit their website. We would continue to ask that all owners keep us […]
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EPS Virtual Spring Breed Show
For results click here Below are the embedded links to Spectators’ Videos so you don’t have to leave our website. Children’s Riding Ponies Ridden Ponies Youngstock Section Adult Geldings Section Mare Section Stallions & Veterans Pairs, Family Pony & Young Handlers Utility Ponies Best Mascot
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Breed Show
As you will appreciate due to the Coronavirus pandemic all events have had to either be cancelled or postponed. Exford Show as we know it has been cancelled. However, IF the Country is back to normal by the end of July the Breed Show may still go ahead on Wednesday 12 August on Exmoor, so […]