The Exmoor pony is Britain’s oldest breed of native pony. Today, the Exmoor is recognised as an endangered breed by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. They have adapted to survive on low quality moorland ...

A herd of ponies on Exmoor has undergone an annual inspection, a pony society says. The Exmoor Pony Society said its annual check of the moor's anchor herd, which is made up of about 100 ponies, was ...

The Exmoor Pony Society has launched a campaign to help secure the future of the UK’s oldest native breed. With £50,000 already raised and committed, the first stallion is set to donate semen to the ...

When you are out and about on Exmoor, you may be lucky enough to spot a semi-feral Exmoor pony herd traversing the landscape, some of the mares with foals at foot. Seeing this charismatic ancient ...

Every year, family and friends on horseback and quad bikes round the ponies up for inspection at a farm on Exmoor (Image: Sarah Hailstone) Exmoor ponies are being gathered for an annual inspection ...

Scottish academics are part of a new scientific research team that has been launched to help save the UK’s oldest native pony breed from disappearance. Sign up to our Scotsman Rural News - A weekly of ...

Eleven ponies have been sent from the heart of Exmoor to the Czech Republic, where they will join a successful conservation project. The ponies are the third consignment of Exmoors to arrive at Podyji ...

The future of the UK's oldest native pony breed could be saved by semen being donated by a young horse called Alan Partridge. Alan, an Exmoor Stallion Elsinore, is the first to participate in a new ...

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