Anybody with exmoors???

Adults riding them in the show ring is not frowned up on at all! They are rarely seen with children!!
Have a look on the exmoor pony website! They will give you more info on breed standard etc!
Anchor is very good though! Do you have any pics?
 
I am a self-confessed Exmoor obsessive fanatic . I knew someone who had one when I was a child , and finally got my first one 9 years ago . They can be challenging , but absolutely wonderful when all comes right . I'm 5'4" and weigh around 9 stone and ride my girl .
Re showing - they are finally getting recognised at top level , and are usually ridden by adults ( definately not frowned upon ! )
If you get one , you will find that you enter a world of enthusiasts , as the ponies are a rare breed ( officially 'endangered') , us owners tend to stick together at shows - we believe we are trying to educate the public about what marvellous creatures they are .
I don't care what anyone says about me riding a pony ( no-one's said it to my face ) They are unbelievably hardy,tough, economical , unique.
If you wanted to PM me I could tell you more
I now have 6.............................................
 
I have one and he is amazing. i hunt, jump and hack but our main game is showing. sadly a broken arm has put me out of action this summer but hes been shown in hand by my OH and next year I am going to do ridden classes and although I am biased I do believe he will go far.

He is stubborn, full of himself and we have days where I could happily swap him for a bag of crisps but hes the best pony ever. It has taken 2 years for us to click and he will be with me his whole life, hes to special to go anywhere. He is built like a dexter bull and I would not trust him with a child...he is so strong not to mention bolshy. But I love him and am an exmoor convert for sure. Good luck with your exmoor!! :):)

Schooling over water ditch
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Out cubbing for his first time. There were lots of chuckles when we unloaded him, no one was laughing at the end when he kept up all morning, behaved beautifully and scrambled over everything!!!
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Who can resist!!!
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showing at this years bath and west where he won his class
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Kidnap moss ur pony is gorgeous! Quite a jump on him!
I'm in two minds because the larger colt wud probably b better at jumping and doing a bit of dressage as it is quite leggy but wud not be so good at showing tho m&m working hunt would b ok. The fully on the other hand I could do proper showing with.
I am going to view them again the beginning of next week. I'll see them walked.and trotted up and see what the follies temperament is really like as she said she would bring it in and get it used to people. I think prob the paces and temp are deal breakers for me as If the colt has fab paces I'll def go for him. I know that moors aren't going to have amazing paces cos of the workman like confo of the breed.
 
Don't you believe it, re: paces. As already said, they ride bigger than they are and back in the days when I had access to a school, Henry was complemented more than once on his!!
 
yep totally agree about paces, im thinking about doing some dressage on mine, he has a beautiful spanking trot and rides naturally to an outline.

oooh lucky you getting an exmoor, am seriously tempted to get another, I think they are addictive!

and yep, adults are more often seen on them in the ring, im 27!
 
Oh fabby! Dressage is my fav so wud b so good if they were good at that too! Yay excited now! Just checked the measure stick and 12hh is actually a lot bigger than I thought so now I'll have some sort of idea as to the height to look for that is correct.
 
Exmoors are fantastic ponies, I have had 4 over the years. My first one I had when he was 10 and he died aged 32 in the field, still being regularly ridden and never had a day sick or sorry in his life.

I am 5ft 5" and nearly 10 stone. None of my exmoors have had a problem carrying me, even over 3ft 6" jumps, none of them has been over 12.2hh.

I have owned my current mare for 2 1/2 years, she is now 11 and I bought her aged 9 and unbroken. Over the past couple of years she has won and been placed in showing, dressage, trec, handy pony, showjumping and ODE and taken part in many 10 to 15 mile pleasure rides. She has also taught a small 12 year old to ride, who is now cantering her out on hacks off the lead rein and jumping small jumps. Although she can be quite fiesty when I ride her, she is as good as gold for children.

All of them have been very much their own person, and very definate about who they do and do not like. But of all the horse breeds I have ever owned (TBs, IDs, Connies, Welsh ponies and cobs and Fells) they are by far the cleverest and once you have a bond with them they will do anything for you.

Good luck, and join the exmoor pony forum which is very friendly and a font of all exmoor knowledge!
 
:D I suppose I do have an Exmoor! My brother finally "got" me a pony for Christmas last year, a mare called Kate at the Moorland Mousie Centre. I don't think he knew I'd been reading lots of Golden Gorse books and writing about her. I just got an update on her too. Apparently I can go to ride her, but given that I'm nearly six feet tall and about eleven stone, I think I'll spare her!
 
I went to go see both of them yesterday and meet the fully. The fully was just so timid. We tried feeding her and she would let me stroke her then but afterwards she stayed her distance again. Then saw the colt again and I just love him! Wen all the rest of them were further away, he came towards us and wen all the exmoor spoiled at something, he didn't really and came up for fuss. So I decided to def get him yay! Not gonna get him fit 1 1/2 weeks but I'll ask if I can go see him a few times before then and get pictures. He's gonna b a buggy tho as he is already the same height as the 2 yr filly and he is 1 yr but am hoping he just makes 12.3hh
 
I've got an Exmoor too. Tippbarslake Brownie (Scrumpy to his friends). Bought him as a 6 month old straight off the moors, he was totally wild. I used a lot of the kelly Marks methods with him, and he responded brilliantly, he's now a cheeky, confident, highly intelligent and very friendly 3 yr old.

You might find that if you have your new colt gelded sooner rather than later he'll make the height you want. Good luck with him.
 
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