EDITORIAL SECTION - EXMOOR PONY SHOW RESULTS & ACTIVITIES |
 
Exmoor ponies are very versatile and you can do a huge amount with them. They are not only first class conservation grazers, but make wonderful riding, driving and in hand showing ponies. There's not a lot an Exmoor can't do - showing, hacking, dressage, driving, hunting, cross country, jumping, endurance .... |
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| Exmoor Pony of the Year Championship 2005 - 3 Sept 2005 |
Harriet Sykes judging the Exmoor Pony of the Year Championship 2005 at the Midland Exmoor Pony Show on 3 Sept.
Report and full results coming shortly.
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| Exford Show 2005 - The Exmoor Pony Society Breed Show |
| There were an amazing 106 entries for the EPS Breed Show this year and many comments on the the excellent condition and turn out of the ponies shown. Ridden classes showed a rise in standard and numbers and it was refreshing to see good horsemanship from even the youngest exhibitors, particularly with M/dames Price & Please whose treatment and care of their ponies was a delight to see in the ring and outside. |
| EXFORD EXMOOR PONY SOCIETY BREED SHOW RESULTS: |
SUPREME IN-HAND CHAMPION - Tawbitts Bettina
Reserve - Dunkery Nuthatch
RIDDEN CHAMPION - Dramway Miss Pippin
MOOR BRED CHAMPION - Tawbitts Bettina
Reserve - Acacia
UP-COUNTRY CHAMPION - Dunkery Nuthatch
Reserve - Dunkery Brambling
'Dingy Footman' Trophy Gelding Champion - Knightoncombe Goldfinch
'Teagle Cup' Best Dry Mare - Tawbitts Bettina
'Basil Fanshaw' Cup Senior In-Hand Champion - Tawbitts Bettina
'Houlder' Cup Best Opposite Sex to Senior In-Hand Champion - Waltersgay Knightingale
'Pam Foreman' Trophy Youngstock Champion - Dunkery Nuthatch
'Dazzling Boy' Trophy Reserve Youngstock Champion - Dunkery Brambling
NPS Silver Medal Rosette In-Hand - Tawbitts Bettina
NPS/SOIGNE Exhibitor Produced - Dunkery Nuthatch
Ridden Moorland Breeders Cup - Tawbitts Mystic Maggie
Gelding 4 & Over
1st Knightoncombe Goldfinch Misses Williams & Nash
2nd Teagle Uther Pendragon Misses Williams & Nash
3rd Waltersgay Kingfisher Misses Williams & Nash
Gelding 3 & Under
1st Chestnut R&J Blythe
2nd Tawbitts Petroc R&J Blythe
Dry Mare Over 4 & Under 9
1st Rosefinch Moorland Mousie Trust
2nd Cuckold's Jemima Misses Williams & Nash
3rd Tawbitts Mystic Maggie M.dames Pride & Pease
Dry Mare 9 & Over
1st Tawbitts Bettina Mrs S Byrne
2nd Milk Cup Mr & Mrs D Wallace
3rd Blackthorn Sea Pink Misses Williams & Nash
Stallion
1st Waltersgay Nightingale Mrs P Cox
2nd Moorland Kingfisher Mr & Mrs D Wallace
3rd Pernod Mr & Mrs Smith
Mare with foal at foot
1st Quickthorn Mrs Poulter
2nd Athi Miss J Whiston
3rd Kingsby Nutmeg
Foal
1st Athi's foal
2nd Snowball's foal Mr & Mrs D Wallace
3rd Dunkery Godwit Mrs W Vint
Veterans 18 & Over
1st Acacia Miss J Whiston
2nd Knightoncombe Scalloped Oak Mr & Mrs Hickman
3rd Peregrine M.dames Ablett & Langdon
Filly or Colt 3 years Old
1st Teagle Arthur Pendragon Yvonne Campbell
2nd Dunkery Pratincole Mrs W Vint
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Filly or Colt 2 Years Old
1st Dunkery Brambling Mrs W Vint
2nd Dunkery Firecrest Alison Farrell
3rd Alexis Janet Ough
Yearling Filly or Colt
1st Dunkery Nuthatch Mrs W Vint
2nd Tawbitts Golden Treacle M.dames Ablett & Langdon
3rd Cholderton Pearl Mr & Mrs I Baker
Stallion Produce
1st Liquer Mrs W Vint
2nd Tawbitts Xocet M.dames Ablett & Langdon
Breeders Group
1st Mrs W Vint
2nd Mr & Mrs D Wallace
Junior handlers 8 years & Under
1st Waltersgay Honey Bee Ashley Jones
2nd Ginger Wine Lawrence Wallace
3rd Waltersgay Meadowsweet Rosie Taylor
Junior Handlers 9 - 14 Years
1st Cuckold's Jemima Megan Jones
2nd Knightoncombe Goldfinch Frances Parkinson
3rd Umber Lauren Cook
Ridden Condition & Turnout
1st Knightoncombe Goldinch
2nd Cuckold's Jemima
3rd Dunsmore The Famous Grouse Mrs C Pillips
Open Ridden - Olympia Qualifier
1st Dramway Miss Pippin Misses Williams & Nash
2nd Elsinore Simon Sparrow Mrs Larkman
3rd Tawbitts Mystic Maggie
Novice Ridden
1st Collabear Casca Mrs P Cox
2nd Waltersgay Kingfisher
3rd Tawbitts Popeye Miss C Bull
Junior Ridden
1st Tawbitts Mystic Maggie
2nd Kinghtoncombe Goldfinch
3rd Blackthorn Sea Pink
First Ridden
1st Umber D&R Thomas
2nd Waltergay Meadowsweet Misses Williams & Nash
3rd Blackthorn Sea Pink
Leading Rein
1st Teagle Uther Pendragon
2nd Waltersgay Meadowsweet
3rd Cuckold's Jemima
Ridden Pairs
1st Hawkwell Hanibal & Tawbitts Popeye Miss C Bull
2nd Waltersgay Kingfisher & Blackthorn Sea Pink
3rd Woodman's Sheena & Tawbitts Mystic Maggie Hon Mrs Price & M.dames Pease & Price |
| Showing Exmoor Ponies |
Exmoor ponies are enormous fun to show In Hand or under saddle. There are special Exmoor Pony classes at shows such as Royal Bath & West, Exford Show &Dunster Show. . You can also show ponies in Mountain & Moorland classes. See the equinetourism.co.uk Events and Shows section or The Exmoor Pony Society has details of shows and events see www.exmoorponysociety.org.uk.
Showing Geldings
It is worthwhile taking your Exmoor gelding out to shows In Hand, as well as Ridden. Not only is it an excellent experience for youngsters and a good opportunity to develop your groundwork, they can do well too . Currently, geldings are unfortunately often put in to Stallion or Mare classes, which is fine if you have a judge who judges on merit, irrespective of sex - but not so good if stallions and mares are automatically placed before geldings. Hopefully, over time and as the numbers of entries increase, geldings will have their own classes - and in mixed classed, the value of geldings is appreciated, as well as breeding stock.
Great News for Geldings! 8 year old Gelding, Galaxy Capricorn (First Time 44/9 out of Dunkery Dunlin 78/86) has won the Exmoor Pony of the Year Championship 2005, judged by Harriet Sykes. And 4 year old gelding, Strongbow A276 (Ice Cream out of Ice Cube), was placed 6th in the Championship.
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| Exmoor Pony Success Story - 5 year old Rosefinch takes the top prizes this year... |
Rosefinch, a 5 year old Anchor mare born on Exmoor, and now with the Moorland Mousie Trust is having a wonderful first season under saddle and has qualified for the Horse of the Year Show!
Rosie was offered to the Trust as a yearling when it was decided that she wasn’t needed to go back out onto Exmoor as a free-living pony. She was domesticated by Trustee Juliet Rogers, who recognised her potential, and has personally funded her showing career, not only helping to raise the profile of the Exmoor ponies, but also the work of the Moorland Mousie Trust. Her recent successes include:
1st and Reserve Champion at the NPS Spring Show in Scotland.
1st Champion M&M and Reserve Supreme at Dalry Show and won her NPS Silver Medal rosette and has qualified for Malvern.
1st in the Native Workers at The Northern Horse Show and has qualified for the Novice Workers at Malvern.
1st In-Hand, 1st Ridden and Overall Reserve Champion at the Great Yorkshire Show.
Rosie is a great ambassador for the Exmoor pony breed, and the Moorland Mousie Trust, as she travels the length and breadth of the U.K. Juliet is looking forward to taking Rosie and other Moorland Mousie Trust ponies back to their native Exmoor in August for the Exmoor Pony Breed Show at Exford. To see the Moorland Mousie Trust subscriber page CLICK HERE
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| Showing - Bath & West 2005 |
Exmoor Show Results: Royal Bath & West 2005
From the Exmoor National Park Press Release:
Four year old Exmoor Pony gelding, Strongbow (A276), from the Anchor Herd, bred by Mrs R Wallace, has taken Reserve Champion Exmoor at the Royal Bath & West Show 2005. It is rare for an Exmoor Pony gelding to win such a prestigious award at County level as they compete against stallions and mares, often in the same class.
What makes Strongbow's win at Royal Bath & West exciting is that it will hopefully help people to realise that Exmoor geldings are well worth taking on and producing. The Moorland Mousie Trust works hard to help the colt foals taken off the moor each autumn find suitable 'foster parents' to socialise and handle them for that crucial first winter before gelding the following spring or autumn. Once the ponies get used to a more domesticated environment and learn to trust and form bonds with humans, they can be brought on and make ideal riding, driving and showing ponies.
The Exmoor Pony is a recognised rare breed, thought to be unaltered by man for thousands of years and, through the dedication of Exmoor farmers and breeders, is still able to live and flourish on the open moor. However, there are only about 1,200 pure-bred Exmoor Ponies worldwide (less than Giant Pandas!) with several herds living free on Exmoor. It is the colt foals that are most at risk each year as the surplus ponies are taken off the moor at weaning time and it has been difficult to always find the right homes, where they can make the transition from free-living, unhandled ponies to domesticated ponies.
Results
CHAMPION: Mrs J Webb, East Huntspill, BLACKTHORN SEA POACHER
RESERVE CHAMPION: Dawn Williams, Exmoor, STRONGBOW
Class H081
1 (Cat No 813) Dawn Williams; Exmoor; Bay Gelding, STRONGBOW, 2001, A276, bred by Mrs R Wallace, s. Ice Cream, d. Ice Cube
2 (Cat No 814) Williams Miss M R & Nash Miss I; N Somerset; Brown Mare, WALTERSGAY TANSY II, 2000, H29/34, bred by Exhibitor, s. Jiminy Cricket, d. Waltersgay Kittiwake
3 (Cat No 810) Mesdames Price & Please; Sidmouth; Brown Mare, TAWBITTS MYSTIC MAGGIE, 1998, H17/30, bred by Mesdames Ablett & Langdon, s. Tawbitts Xocet, d. Golden Mystery
4 (Cat No 812) Miss J Webber; Minehead; Bay Mare, GALAXY PEGASUS, 2001, 22/15, bred by Exhibitor, s. Liqueur, d. Dunkery Dunlin
5 (Cat No 808) Mrs J Payne; East Meon; Bay Mare, TAWBITTS GOLDEN FUDGE, 1997, H17/24, bred by Mesdames Ablett & Langdon, s. Tawbitts Xocet, d. Golden Toffee
6 (Cat No 811) Mrs M Richardson; Pontardawe; Light Brown Mare, DAMASK, 1995, 260/1, bred by Mesdames Hancock & Johnson, s. Murrayton Gallinago, d. Blackthorn Prudence
Class H082
1 (Cat No 816) Ablet Mrs J M & Langdon Mrs G M; Wheddon Cross, Minehead; Brown Filly, TAWBITTS DAMSEL, 2002, H17/50, bred by Exhibitor, s. Tawbitts Young Mickey, d. Tawbitts Bincombe Lady
2 (Cat No 820) Mrs W Vint; Minehead; Brown Filly, DUNKERY BRAMBLING, 2003, 78/140, bred by Exhibitor, s. Liqueur, d. Dunkery Chaffinch
3 (Cat No 821) Williams Miss M R & Nash Miss I; N Somerset; Brown Filly, WALTERSGAY PRIMROSE, 2002, H29/41, bred by Exhibitor, s. Jiminy Cricket, d. Waltersgay Moss Rose
4 (Cat No 818) Mrs S F Glasper; Seaton; Brown Filly, SWEETCOMBE SUNDOWN, 2002, 215/24, bred by Exhibitor, s. Orange Juice, d. Sweetcombe Sunstrike
5 (Cat No 817) Bartlett Miss J & Matthews Mr M; Blandford; Brown Gelding, ELDERBERRY, 2002, 338/5, bred by Mrs J Russell, s. Moorland Kingfisher, d. Dunkery Dipper
Class H083
1 (Cat No 828) Mrs W Vint; Minehead; Brown Colt, DUNKERY NUTHATCH, 2004, 78/144, bred by Exhibitor, s. Liqueur, d. Dunkery Pipit
2 (Cat No 825) Mrs S F Glasper; Seaton; Bay Filly, SWEETCOMBE SUN BIRD, 2004, 215/28, bred by Exhibitor, s. Sweetcombe Sundew, d. Sweetcombe Sunbright
3 (Cat No 829) Williams Miss M R & Nash Miss I; N Somerset; Brown Filly, WALTERSGAY ROSEBUD,2004, H29/44, bred by Exhibitor, s. Jiminy Cricket, d. Waltersgay Moss Rose
4 (Cat No 827) Mr D G Mannings; Weymouth; Brown Colt, WEYCLIFFE GEORGE, 2004, 395/1, bred by Exhibitor, s. Hawkwell Hooligan, d. Warrendale Ariadne
5 (Cat No 826) Miss S E Harris; Minehead; Brown Filly, KNIGHTONCOMBE BLUE JAY, 2004, H8/160, bred by Mr R L F Mitchell, s. Knightoncombe Lackey, d. Knightoncombe Goldeneye
6 (Cat No 822) Ablet Mrs J M & Langdon Mrs G M; Wheddon Cross, Minehead; Brown Filly, TAWBITTS CAMOMILE, 2004, H17/65, bred by Exhibitor, s. Tawbitts Young Mickey, d. Tawbitts Candula
Class H084
1 (Cat No 836) Mrs J Webb; East Huntspill; Brown Stallion, BLACKTHORN SEA POACHER, 1998, H14/46, bred by Exhibitor, s. Siskin, d. Murrayton Belatrix
2 (Cat No 835) Miss M A Watts; Radstock; Dark Brown Stallion, HERON, 1997, 213/7, bred by Mrs P Ney, s. Ice Cream, d. Dunkery Reeve
3 (Cat No 832) Mrs P R Cox; Bridgwater; Brown Stallion, WALTERSGAY NIGHTINGALE, 2001, H29/36, bred by Miss M Williams & Miss I Nash, s. Siskin, d. Waltersgay Moss Rose
4 (Cat No 834) Mrs S D M Poulter; Monmouth; Brown Stallion, FLYING BUTTRESS, 1998, 171/12, bred by Exhibitor, s. Winged Bowman, d. Quickthorn
For the full horse results from Royal Bath & West, visit www.bathandwest.co.uk
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Above: Res Champion, Strongbow
Above:The Championship
Judge: Mrs J Moon
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The May 2005 Exmoor Pony Society Stallion Parade
Sourced from the Exmoor Pony Society |
The2005 Exmoor Pony Society Stallion Parade was held on 4 May at Ralegh's Cross Inn, Exmoor.
The two stallion parades (Exmoor in May and the Midlands in September) are held to give Exmoor pony stallion owners the opportunity to display their stallions and for information about them to be included in the commentary. It is an occasion on which mare owners can see a variety of stallions of varying ages and from different geographical locations to aid their decision making with regard to where to send their mares.
Two EPS judges assess the stallions and award premiums to those deemed to be of a high standard on the day.
Senior Stallions paraded included:
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Winged Bowman H56/1 by 12/83 Hawkwell Quarme out of H8/4 Knightoncombe Scorched Wing, by 85/32 Dazzling Boy - who is now 21 years old and still looking amazing. Breeder Mrs J Browne. Owner Mrs SDM Poulter.
Winged Bowman - 21 yrs!
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Knightcombe Atlas H8/108 (9 years) by 85/32 Dazzling Boy out of 8/33 Clayford Bracken Sweetie by 85/14 Brackenman. Breeder Mrs C A Mitchell. Owner Mrs P Cavill.
Harris 189/3 (8 years) by 12/126 Hawkwell Hooligan out of 153/5 Netherwood Kittiwake by 85/34 Bracken Curlew. Breeder Ms F O Connell. Owner Miss J Shelley.
Heron 213/7 (7 years) by A/95 Icecream out of 78/78 Dunkery Reeve by 10/57 Mounsey Lad. Breeder Mrs P Ney. Owner Miss A M Watts.
Coed y Wern Fagus 49/71 (4 years) by 49/53 Coed y Wern Zulu out of 49/40 Tansy who was a daughter of 12/44 Hawkwell Tarka. Breeder and Owners Mrs & Mrs D O Thomas.
Youngstock Section:
Pantheon 171/16 3 y.o. by 171/12 Flying Buttress out of 49/44 Umber, Breeder Mrs SD Poulter.
Owner SWIFT Miss R, Nook Barn, Moss Lane, Little Hoole, Preston, Lancs. PR4 4SX NO 126
Dunkery Nuthatch 78/144 1 y.o. by A167 Liqueur our of 78/70 Dunkery Pipit. Breeder Mrs. W. Vint.
Owner VINT, Mrs. W, Riverside, Wootton Courtenay, Minehead, Somerset TA24 8RE NO 127
For the Up to Date EPS Stallion List, please click on the link below:http://www.exmoorponysociety.org.uk/stallion.php
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Coed y Wern Fagus - 4 yrs
Heron - 7 yrs
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