Anyone recognise this brand? (pony)
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HopOnTrot
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What it the registered name of the horse?
I’m sure daughter’s Pony magazine had a Welsh pony with a brand recently so not just a NF thing, Exmoor’s are branded too but I think with a herd number?
I’m sure daughter’s Pony magazine had a Welsh pony with a brand recently so not just a NF thing, Exmoor’s are branded too but I think with a herd number?
asmp
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It’s a friend’s pony so I don’t like to put the name on here. It doesn’t have it’s original passport so the name may not be correct anyway!
The Fuzzy Furry
Old Timer
How big is pony? Could it be a south American polo pony brand?
I don't recall any UK brands like that.
Have you tried via Google images?
I don't recall any UK brands like that.
Have you tried via Google images?
asmp
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asmp
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Not had any luck with google imagesPony only about 13.2/14.0
I’ll try google images
Spiritedly
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It may be worth posting on New Forest, Welsh, Dartmoor/Dartmoor Hill pony pages on FB as they all brand.
Dave's Mam
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Yes. Exmoors are branded with the society star & herd number or symbol on the shoulder & individual number on the hind.
Beausmate
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If it doesn't have the original passport, could it be an import? Seems a bit odd to brand on the body like that.
dougpeg
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I wonder if its not brand but a scar? It's very large and in a strange place for a brand.
CobsaGooden
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I would say that was a scar? Looks odd and large for a brand.
asmp
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When I originally asked about the brand using “New Forest pony brand mark?” as the thread title, other people said it’s often done on the saddle area (I thought it odd too)
asmp
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Don't think so but I suppose it’s possible. My Criollo has a brand on his shoulder and the scarring looks the same
EventingMum
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I had a Dartmoor Hill Pony who had a brand which was just the owner's initials, TBH it was quite a crude brand compared to ones like warmblood brands that I was used to.
MuddyMonster
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My forest born NF pony has his first owner's initials on his saddle area. He obviously knew what was coming & moved for the second mark as it's not as clear!
So many people think it's a scar and I'm constantly asked what he's done, especially in the Spring when he's shedding his saddle patch hair and it's semi visible - it's not really visible in the winter (I hunter clip so leave the saddle area) & more easily recognisable in the summer.
Peregrine Falcon
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@MuddyMonster that's interesting as most brands are done in one go rather than separately. My brand has 2 letters and is made together.
MuddyMonster
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Ahhhh, maybe it was done in one! I always assumed it was done in two as the first letter is much clearer than the second
ycbm
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Ahhhh, maybe it was done in one! I always assumed it was done in two as the first letter is much clearer than the second
Under the saddle, that was a freeze burn brand. The one on the first post looks like a heat burn brand. Yours will probably have been done in one, they put the characters into a holder. But it does hurt some of them (one of mine, anyway) and he probably wriggled away from it.
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little_critter
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Interestingly I know a Shetland with a C shaped mark on his back that we assumed was a hoof print. Maybe it’s a brand? But it’s not as clear as a brand, it’s just a mark in his summer coat. Very little colour change and no obvious scarring.
Spiritedly
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My DHP is branded in the same place. Please no comments about his weight and how skinny he looks but he was less than a week off Dartmoor at this point but it's the photo that shows his brand the best.
He's only 12.3 but some that came off Dartmoor with him have made 14hh and are solid colours.
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Greybird
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A bit long but might be of interest. 2014 law(?) advice re branding of Dartmoor, Dartmoor hill, and Exmoor ponies.
Goldie's mum
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Not something I am in any way expert about, just talking off the top of my head (or quite possibly out of my ar$e as usual) but there's something home made looking about it. Something to do with being simpler in design and more wobbly maybe? It reminds me of the tattoos prisoners do on each other.
I wonder if someone had their own system of keeping track of foals, which stallion they couldn't go back to etc, rather than it being their official mark.
Just a thought!
I wonder if someone had their own system of keeping track of foals, which stallion they couldn't go back to etc, rather than it being their official mark.
Just a thought!
Smitty
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Don't want to derail thread, but it has just jogged my memory, my first pony in 1968 had a brand underneath saddle patch. She was Exmoor/Dartmoor type and I do know there is a difference for the pure breeds but she wasn't. I think many ponies had brands years ago.
Peregrine Falcon
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Here is a brand to show how it is put together. Also remember after it has been heated up (sometimes many) after a while it will start to lose it's form so the brand maybe not be as clear. If the pony wriggles, the brand may also smudge.
I've seen quite a few ponies branded, feral stock reacts more to human contact than to the brand itself.
Pictures of brand and if you zoom in, you can see it in the saddle area.
I've seen quite a few ponies branded, feral stock reacts more to human contact than to the brand itself.
Pictures of brand and if you zoom in, you can see it in the saddle area.
MuddyMonster
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Lucky Snowball
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13.2 is too big to be a DHP.
Dave's Mam
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Surely a DHP can be any size, as they're not regulated & aren't an actual breed?
Lucky Snowball
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A DHP must be sired by a registered stallion running on the moor. These stallions have to be inspected by the DHP Association for type and size. The dam must also belong to a registered Commoner and be of suitable type to live on the moor. The DHP foal must be born on the moor.
Dave's Mam
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According to the RBST, they're a feral colony, not a breed, so I'm not sure how they're classed with size etc.
Dave's Mam
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Do you mean heritage ponies?
Purebred Dartmoor ponies have a studbook. Heritage ponies have records too.
The Hill Ponies have coloured, spotty, shetland, all sorts that were let run on the moor through poor management. The DHPs have been given a classification, but there's no breed specific, as they're a feral / occasionally domesticated population.