FOR SALE
The Ilkerton Herd of Exmoor ponies
(8 mares: 3 should be in foal to Ziggy, to foal April/May 2011)
Our stallion, Ziggy, has been sold
All these ponies are fully registered and qualify for HLS grazing payments for rare native breeds
After much thought I have decided to sell the breeding herd. The trouble is that I can't run them safely on Ilkerton Ridge because the common is used a lot by riders and there's not really enough keep up there for pregnant mares during the winter. Consequently, my breeding herd is confined to one or two fields back at the farm, which isn't how unhandled Exmoor ponies should live. Their feet become long and the mares get over-fat in summer, and in the winter the fields get terribly muddy.
Instead, I am going to keep a herd of Exmoor geldings on Ilkerton Ridge.
The price for the eight mares is £3,000 + VAT
