Pony Blog
25th January 2012- Foals, Galaxy, Gale, Georgie Gold and Gracie G, are growing on and getting quite lively. They will be going to visit Dru at The Dartmoor Heritage Pony Trust soon where I get some help with halter breaking. Saturn who had an ulcer in his eye and was keeping the foals company has now recovered. He got very used to having his eye treated and just kept smacking his chops as he knew he would get fed afterwards!!

The mares in the Swincombe Valley are now on their own. They had to share the valley with the Galloways for a while as we were under TB restriction. However we've now had 2 clear tests and the cows have gone to winter grass keep. We are all much relieved as the mud was just getting worse and worse. All we need now are some dry days to help the mud situation.

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General Information about Sherberton Dartmoor Ponies

Sherberton Farm is one of the original studs of Dartmoor Ponies in the world. Heatherbelle 6th,one of our foundation mares, was originally from the Duchy Stud at Princetown and was by Dwarka. Dwarka was an Arabian stallion used by the Prince of Wales, before the closure of the stud book, to improve the Dartmoor breed. We also have the Hele Romeo bloodline in our mares which is hard to find now. You can check out many horse and pony pedigrees free by going to Pedigree Online All Breed Database. For assured checks on Dartmoor Ponies you should refer to the Dartmoor Pony Society.

We keep our Dartmoor mares out all year round in a newtake (an large enclosed area of rough grazing) and they are rarely handled. However their offspring prove to be very biddable when broken either to ride or go in harness. They have run with Hisley Saturn who is son of Hisley Solitaire, Dartmoor Pony Society Breed Champion 2007. He has now been gelded and I might break him to saddle after the summer. Current pictures of ponies for sale are on Ponies for sale page.

The Swincombe Valley, where the mares generally live, is open access land but if you want to check where the mares are or see any of our youngstock please call before visiting (details below).

Our ponies are all pedigree Dartmoors and they are suitable for various purposes such as brood mares to add different blood lines to your herd, children's riding ponies, driving ponies and conservation grazers. Pedigree Dartmoor ponies are, as a rare native breed, eligible for Native Breeds at Risk supplement in Natural England's Higher Level Scheme which can amount to £70 per hectare.

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