Dartmoor Pony Sales List - updated 17th June 2009

Ground Started - The DPHT offers a free handling service to Dartmoor Pony Keepers with Heritage stock. All ponies / foals are Ground Started in five basic foundation skills: 1. Halter 2. Leading 3. Picking up feet / grooming 4. Catching 5. Loading into a trailer.

CONSERVATION GRAZING  -  A number of small herds all bucket trained  and suitable for conservation grazing are now available  - all ponies will be eligible for the Native Breeds at Risk Supplement.  Please speak to Dru Butterfield for more details - 01626 355314

Riding ponies are available on request - please email for more information. We will need to know what you want to do with your new pony, size, age, colour preference,etc.

New crop of Dartmoor Heritage Foals, just off the moor, all well grown, weaned and ground started, range of colours available. Please contact Dru Butterfield by email for more details.

Dartmoor Ponies For Sale 

• Mrs Diana Alford - East Week, South Zeal, Dartmoor

Jack-In-The-Hedge - SR2 Very pretty bay 2yr gelding, will make an ideal lead rein pony, quiet as a lamb! Strong, stocky pony to make 11.3hh. Well handled. Bred out of the Dartmoor Pony Moorland Scheme Sire: Hisley Portreath, Dam Perriwinkle £300+vat

Cawsand Saphire - 4yr pedigree mare, bright bay. 11.2 /3hh. Extremely quiet pony, recently backed and ready to be ridden on. Excellent with dogs, children, farrier, loads easily, absolutely no vices. £800

Cawsand Heather Bell - pretty pedigree bright bay yearling filly, very quiet and well handled. To make 11.2hh. £375

• Mr Tim Whitley - Hedge Barton, Widecombe

Hedge Barton Jupiter - Really super, big grey, strong gelding, a gentle soul, who will make a fantastic riding pony. Ground started and ready for a new home. £350 ono

Hedge Barton Elderflower - Exceptionally pretty cream / grey  18 month filly. Super paces. Ground started and easy to work with. Will follow you to the end of the earth, first to see will buy. £375 no offers

Tim has a really super selection of yearlings all well grown, suitable for riding, driving or conseravtion grazing.

£350 +vat each

Mr Mick Wilkins - Meavy, Nr Yelverton

4 Heritage approved fillies, super ponies, photo's to follow shortly.

• Mr John French - Michelcombe, Holne

• Mrs Sue Hutchings - Yardworthy Farm, Chagford, Dartmoor

Selection of well grown Heritage approved foals, 2 big brown colt foals and 3 grey fillies. Previous years progeny have all had very good temperaments. Ideal for ride or drive. Born April - May 2008. Will be sold handled, colts £200 ono and fillies £250 ono. No Vat.

Metheral Almas - Very handsome 12hh bay gelding. Backed and ready for a new home to bring him on. POA

• Mr Phil Coaker - Runnage Farm, Postbridge

2 x well grown really super yearling geldings - one bright bay, the other dark bay. Will go over size to approx 13hh.

£350 each + vat

• Mr. David Powell, Holnecourt, Holne, Dartmoor

David now has a selection of yearling fillies and geldings for sale all Heritage approved and handled.

• Mark Northmore – Gratton, Yelverton, Dartmoor

Rosemary - 3.5yrs bay mare – this is a very pretty solid Dartmoor Pony, with a star. Will make a great lead rein pony, has been backed and thoroughly handled, good feet, now looking for a loving home to enjoy her. £700 ono

• Mr Richard Mann - Widecombe, Dartmoor

Dunstone Fudge - bright bay yearling gelding, very friendly, to make 12hh,  well handled, this pretty pony won't be on the list long. Feet trimmed prior to sale £375+vat

• Michael Lamb and Margaret Rogers - Venton Farm, Widecombe-In-The-Moor

Chinkwell Robyn - Bright chestnut yearling gelding.  He has a punk rocker, wavy flaxen mane, super looking pony, will suit an active family that want to have lots of fun with him. Very well handled, exceptional temperament, ready for local shows. £400 + vat  Available for viewing at Occombe Farm - currently being used in Ponies Inspiring People project

Chinkwell Strawberry Fayre - Roan yearling gelding, as above, £380 + vat Available for viewing at Occombe Farm - currently being used in Ponies Inspiring People project

All above good to lead, load, dogs, farrier and children. To make 11.2hh, grey 11.3hh

2 x 5yr geldings Pluto and Rex, perfect for conservation grazing. £350 +Vat

Black Betty - 2yr black filly, a real sweety! POA

Also a selection of last years foals, roans and bays.

• Lisa Windsor, Dunnabridge

3yr very handsome pedigree bay stallion ready for work, moor hardened POA

• This is just a small selection of ponies now ready, we have many more ponies available, ranging in age, colour, size and temperament. For more details please contact Mrs Dru Butterfield 01626 355314 - dru@dpht.co.uk

   Testimonials

  • We would like to say a massive 'Thank you' to Dru and all at DPHT for our wonderful pony Spike.  He is one in a million and I wouldn't be without him now for the world.  The help I recieved from Dru was fantastic, she was perfessional, caring and understanding of what I was looking for and pointed me in the right direction.  I was in a slight panic as my pony was about to be left with no company and I needed another pony ASAP, I contacted every pony trust going and Dru was the first one to get back to me.  I had been to visit Spike and fell in love with him before the other trusts had even returned my call!! 
    The fact that I can trust what I am told in regards to Spikes training is one of the main reasons I took him home.  I needed a pony that would be safe with my girls. He is such a sweet boy and we are so lucky to have found him. John and Kerry were/are fantastic. I have never met a nicer couple and I also thank them.
    I will be recomending DPHT to all my friends and anyone I meet. 
    From Sam and two very happy girls, Becky 4 and Charlie 3. xxx
  • "Thankyou to Dru and the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust.  We are really pleased with our 3 fillies, they are all very pretty and have nice tempraments and the groundwork done by the DPHT has been invaluable.  It was well worth the distance we travelled to see them" - Mrs D, Suffolk
  • Thankyou for all the information you sent us regarding ponies for sale. Last monday we visited David Powell to look at his ponies. We agreed to buy a young filly Bluebell  (she was on the sale list) who my daughter fell in love with and a gelding called Mr Brown who seems very friendly, gentle and came when called. We are all really looking forward to this. We had a lovely day on Dartmoor it was nice to see so many ponies with foals who all seemed very friendly.Thanks again for all your help in this matter. We are looking forward to many years of taking care of our new pets. Kind regards Ian & Lisa Parker 
  • Hi there, just wanted to say we have had Zig Zag for a week now and he is wonderful, great with the children, just what I wanted.  Thank you so much for all your help in enabling me to find him! Tara Berlyn and the 3 happy little jockeys, Ryan 7, Scott 5 and Luke 2.
    
    All Donations are gratefully received – THANK YOU!

  HELP SAVE OUR HERITAGE

  The Dartmoor Pony Preservation Scheme run by The Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust (DPHT) works in partnership with 26 Dartmoor pony keepers who run traditional herds of Dartmoor Ponies on the Commons of Dartmoor. With the support of a grant from English Nature, the Dartmoor Sustainable Development Fund and private donations; the trust has been able to raise awareness of the species as well as increasing raising the value through handling stock. We have also been instrumental in improving the quality of progeny produced from the supported herds.

  Dartmoor Heritage Ponies are outstanding for riding and driving, are surefooted, have kind and gentle temperaments, and are perfect for boosting young riders’ confidence.

  If you are looking for fun, and a new family member, a Dartmoor Heritage Pony could be ideal for you.

  You may be looking for a herd of Dartmoor Heritage Ponies for use as land management tools to improve wildlife habitats and control scrub areas. The Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust can help source, transport and advice on stocking levels and suitability of your site.

  But what are Dartmoor Heritage Ponies?

  They are the tough little ponies born on the Dartmoor Commons, and the direct descendants of the indigenous ponies that have roamed the moor for centuries.

  Although not registered with the Dartmoor Pony Society, they are of traditional Dartmoor type, and are absolutely vital to the preservation of the registered Dartmoor breed.

  The Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust (DPHT) promotes all quality Dartmoor Heritage ponies. The Trust will not accept commission from the sale of ponies, but donations from vendors are welcomed and are spent on handling, marketing and gelding of colts.

  Any financial transaction will be strictly between vendor and purchaser.

  Guide Price

  Each pony has a guide price in the sales list. The highest offer made over a guide price, will normally be accepted, but sensible offers under the guide price may be considered. If you wish to make an offer on a pony, please discuss with the owner of the pony.

  Method of Payment

  Method of payment will be agreed between the vendor and the purchaser. If you intend to pay by cheque a bankers letter stating the amount up to which the cheque will be honoured is advised.

  Risk

  The purchaser is on risk, once an agreement has been made and is strongly advised to effect insurance.