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Exmoor Pony Gathering of Herd 23 - Oct 2020

A short film showing Withypoole Herd 23 (yes, spelt 'Withypoole' for the herd prefix), the oldest family-owned herd of Exmoor ponies in the world, being gathered in from Withypool Common in Exmoor National Park, in October 2020. Exmoor ponies are one of the UK's most ancient native pony breeds - and they are an endangered breed. Each and every Exmoor pony is important. They are strong, intelligent, well-conformed and beautiful - robust, resilient, charismatic, independent-thinking and they have survived and thrived in their semi-feral, free-living Exmoor herds for centuries. Each autumn, after the herds are gathered, the foals are weaned (separated) from the mares and inspected and registered. Some of the filly foals return to the moor and perhaps a colt will be identified to run on as a potential stallion for the future. However, the rest of the colts and filly foals must find new opportunities off the moor. It is desirable that the foals go to their new homes as soon as possible. When carefully and sensitively socialised to human contact, they adapt very well to life off the moors and make both fantastic ridden and performance ponies - as well as outstanding conservation grazers. Withypoole Herd 23 is owned by the Milton family, and runs on both Withypool and Anstey Commons in Exmoor National Park. The Milton family work with other dedicated Exmoor herd owners in the Moorland Exmoor Pony Breeders Group (MEPBG) to safeguard and preserve the indigenous Exmoor ponies of Exmoor National Park. Find out more here https://www.mepbg.co.uk/about-MEPBG-d.... The Exmoor Pony Project has produced this short film to promote the gathering and these beautiful foals and we would appreciate you sharing it far and wide, to help find those good homes! Enquires please to: Mr Rex Milton on 07770 814179 or 07771 330057 or 01398 341217. Partridge Arms Farm, West Anstey, South Molton, Devon EX36 3NU. Film ©DawnWestcott 2020 www.ExmoorPonyProject.co.uk. Thanks to Sarah Hailstone for contributing some of the photographs which remain her copyright. And to Susannah Darling Khan www. DarlingKhan.com for the beautiful music. #ExmoorDay #ExmoorPonies #MoorlandExmoorPonyBreedersGroup #ExmoorPonyProject #WildHorses #RexMilton #Herd23 #SemiFeralPonies #GoNative #rarebreeds #nativeponies