About the Heritage Exmoor Pony Festival

The Heritage Exmoor Pony Festival

The Heritage Exmoor Pony Festival is organised by the Moorland Exmoor Pony Breeders Group and Exmoor Pony Project. 

The Heritage Exmoor Pony Festival embraces the free-living and in ground  Exmoor pony herds of Exmoor National Park. The Calendar of Events includes shows, exhibitions, farm visits, open afternoons, stud visits, moorland walks, talks, cream teas, specialist workshops (ie, photography, agricultural, equestrian, arts & crafts), social events and pony gatherings. 
The HEPF is organised by the Moorland Exmoor Pony Breeders Group and Exmoor Pony Project. 

There is currently no Heritage Exmoor Pony Festival planned due to the Covid situation. 
MEPBG Chairman Nick Westcott said, “We're very pleased to see the Heritage Exmoor Pony Festival going from strength to strength. It’s proving invaluable in helping people to understand the qualities of our indigenous native ponies and also the challenges we face in conserving and preserving them. It promotes awareness that good homes need to be found for some of the wild-born foals in the autumn and that with kind and patient socialisation, new owners are rewarded with the most wonderful ponies that can turn their hoof to almost anything - including endurance, riding, driving, jumping and agility - along with their skills as conservation grazers. The ponies are an iconic part of Exmoor and we’re keen to see more people get involved with the breed.”

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