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About the Exmoor Breed
.The Exmoor pony is the descendant of the
native British wild horse and is believed to be an indigenous
animal that has been preserved in its aboriginal state from
the earliest times to the present day. This is apparently borne
out by the research work that has been done in the department
of anatomy in the Royal Veterinary College, Edinburgh.
The large tract of wild country known as Exmoor lies in the
south-west of England and is contained in the extreme west of
the county of Somerset, though some adjacent moors lie in the
county of Devon. It is a wild part for England, sparsely inhabited,
and the ponies run wild over a series of high, bleak moorlands.
Although the ‘keep’ is of a better quality than
that to be found in the New Forest, they have a hard life in
winter and they can claim, because of this and the survival
of the fittest, to rank with the other mountain and moorland
breeds for stamina and naturally acquire that characteristic
sure-footedness common to these groups of native ponies.
The true and pure native Exmoor owes much to the Acland family,
which has consistently maintained the old type of pony. As with
all other of England’s native pony breeds, its origin
is obscure and of great antiquity. Historians seem to agree,
however, that it is strictly indigenous and is probably as old
as the first inhabitant.
Experiments have been made from time to time, as with the other
native breeds, to increase the size of the pony by the introduction
of alien blood, but the attempts met with varying success. Lovely
ponies have been bred, but these do not stand up to the rigours
of the wild winter storms.
The true-bred pony roaming the moors remains small, hardy and
true to type. Let anyone see these mealy-nosed ponies, living
on grass, probably never having tasted corn in their lives,
carrying full grown men through a long day with the Devon and
Somerset hounds up to the finish; let him ponder for a moment
on the animal’s strength, courage, speed and endurance,
and he will not be surprised that the merit of the breed has
been discovered and appreciated.
Large numbers of these ponies have been seen in England, not
only in harness but more particularly as children’s riding
ponies. They are rather wild in coming to hand, but if taken
off the moor young enough and handled with care and consideration,
they make good and loveable mounts for young people, and give
honest service through a long life.
Their outstanding characteristic is that they all have a mealy
nose or muzzle and show no white markings whatsoever. When seen
at the National Pony’s Society’s Annual Breed Show
in London, the Exmoor has compared favourably with the other
breeds of mountain and moorland ponies, and has done well in
the classes under saddle. Many a young one bought in the rough
at the annual sale at Bampton in Devon has taught several in
a family to ride.
Description: General appearance or type, definite ‘pony’
character, hard and strong, vigorous and alert and symmetrical
in appearance. Head and neck: ears short, thick and pointed,
clean-cut face, wide forehead, eyes large, wide apart and prominent
(toad eyes), wide nostrils, mealy muzzle, clean throat, good
length of rein. Shoulders, clean, fine at top, well laid back.
Chest, deep and wide between and behind forelegs. Ribs long,
deep and well-sprung and wide apart. Back, broad and level across
loins. Tail neatly set in. Legs, clean and short, with neat
hard feet, forelegs straight, well apart and squarely set, hind
legs well apart, nearly perpendicular from hock to fetlock,
with point of hock in line with pelvis bone, wide curve from
flank to hock joint; legs free in motion with no tendency to
sweep or turn. Action, straight and smooth. Coat, close, hard
and bright in summer. Colour, bay, brown or dun, with black
points, mealy colour on muzzle, around eyes and inside flanks:
no white markings. Quality, alert expression and general poise,
indicating balance and symmetry of movement, fine clean bone.
Height, stallions 4 years and over, not exceeding 12.3 hands,
mares 12.2 hands.
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