Dartmoor Ponies at Lowertown Farm B&B
Hannah Fursdon is a fully qualified Horse Behaviourist, she started riding when she was only two years old and has experience of dealing with all types of horses from ex-racers to feral Dartmoor ponies. She studied the FdSc in Equine Training and Behaviour alongside other qualifications from Duchy College.
We run an established herd of good quality and carefully selected mares and we aim to produce confident and happy ponies.
We work with the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust producing pedigree, part-bred and heritage approved Dartmoor ponies suitable for riding, companion ponies, driving and conservation grazing. The DPHT is a charity set up in 2005:
“in response to widespread concern about the viability and long-term survival of the traditional Dartmoor pony”
They have helped us a lot in the past few years and in return we help them with their social media networks and pony handling, please take a look at their website and give them support.
Our foals are handled lightly and regularly from six months of age using natural horsemanship methods, we will explain more about this in the future. This means that your pony has had the best start in life with positive handling.
By the time the foals are up for sale they have had the following:
- Headcollar put on
- Touched all over
- learnt to lead in walk and trot
- In and out of a trailer and travelled at least once
- Slowly getting used farm machinery, traffic, plastic bags etc
All training starts when the foal is at least six months old.
The older ponies tend to have more handling – repeating the above regularly and some have taken part in the new sport Horse Agility.
The welfare of all our horses is very important so all training done according to the individual pony and its undertaken carefully to minimise stress.
YouTube- to find us just search for Blackator Dartmoor Ponies or devonponies. We will be adding lots of videos in the coming months from basic training to agility courses.
If you would like to loan a pony or foal we would like you to call as although we would prefer our ponies to go to permanent family homes, this could be a good option for both parties. Transport can be arranged or recommended.
If you are interested in purchasing or loaning a Dartmoor pony or foal please call us on 01364 631034.
