Exmoor ponies blend in very well against the background of mixed heather, grass and bracken in their moorland habitat.
Exmoor ponies are listed as "Endangered" on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust list and of major concern, in addition to the low numbers, are the few bloodlines remaining and therefore little genetic diversity.
The Exmoor ponies have primitive characteristics, including their dun coloring with black points. They have attractive heads that are wide across the forehead and have lighter markings around the eye area.
The Exmoor ponies are very sure footed and agile no doubt due to the fact that the park in which they freely roam has 267 miles of hilly and open moor land full of cliffs, ravines, woodland, ...
Today Exmoor ponies are seldom used for work but throughout Britain participate in every sphere of equestrian activity, be it showing, riding, driving, jumping, long-distance riding, riding and driving for the disabled.
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The Dartmoor and Exmoor ponies are both well loved
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The moors are home to wild red deer as well as the Exmoor ponies and farm stock. All Exmoor ponies are essentially identical, conforming to a natural blueprint.
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The Exmoor Pony also plays a vital role in the conservation of many ...
Despite their increasing popularity "free living" Exmoor ponies are wild in the sense that they have to live on the moor throughout the year, find their own food, ...
Dartmoor and Exmoor ponies were nearer and more convenient - after all he had to charter a special train to bring the ponies from Lyndhurst - but they wouldn't have had the height he wanted.
Writing in 1820, one William Youatt says, The Exmoor ponies, although generally ugly enough [his opinion only],are hardy and useful A well-known sportsman says, that he rode one of them half-a-dozen miles, ...
Between 1858 and 1875 Major George Gwavas Carlyon imported Exmoor ponies to Hawkes Bay and crossed them with local stock to produce the Carlyon pony.
Between 1858 and 1875, Major George Carlyon imported Exmoor ponies from England and crossed them with local horses to produce a breed called the Carlyon, and during the 1870s some of these were released into the Ranges, ...
An English pony breed originating in Exmoor, Somerset and Devon, the Exmoor ponies are characterized by their wide "toad" eyes. Usually around 12 hands tall with a dark bay, brown or dun coat with a light muzzle.
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Exmoor Pony Society
Exmoor Pony Centre
International Exmoor Pony Association
Exmoor Ponies in Conservation ...
104 Exmoor brood mares were recorded in the Doomsday Book of 1085 and by 1700 local farmers were allowed to graze their ponies on the Forest. A Stud Book of Exmoor ponies existed but was destroyed in World War II and a new Stud Book started in 1952.
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