The schedule and entry form are now available for the South DPS Show, to be held on Sunday 4th June at Priory Equestrian Centre, Surrey, GU10 3DP

DPS South Show – Dales Pony Society

Bookings are now being taken for the Dales Pony Society Breeders’ Convention 2023

Dales Ponies – Your Part in their Future

Introducing the SPARKS Breeding Tool

11th March 2023 

For further information click here

Nominate The Dales Pony Society now to help us win a share of £60,000 being donated to charities by SEIB. A win would make a big difference to the Society and the work we do for our fantastic ponies! Find out more and nominate here by Monday 16^th January 2023: www.seib.co.uk/giving

Scottish Native Pony Roadshow Sunday 18^thSeptember

After much thought the organising committee have decided that the Scottish Native Pony Roadshow due to take place at Champfleurie Equestrian on Sunday September 18^th will go ahead as planned. The loss of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II after a reign lasting 70 years during which she selflessly devoted herself to her people wherever in the world they might be is a time of great sadness and reflection. However we felt that she would have wanted us to go ahead and promote the native pony breeds she thought so much about.

In honour of our late Queen we ask that you wear a black armband or tie if you are attending the event. We will be observing one minute’s silence at the start of the day, and a senior member of the Highland Pony Society will say a few words.

We would also like to offer our sincere condolences to His Majesty King Charles III and the Royal Family at this very sad time.

The Dales Pony Society extends its deepest sympathy to the Royal Family following the loss of Her Majesty the Queen.

The Society is very grateful to Mark and Helen Snowden of the Essicroft Stud who were able to lay flowers and a card on behalf of the Dales Pony Society and it’s members at Balmoral this week 

🌟 From the National Pony Society 🌟

Entries close on Wednesday 14th September for the Great British In Hand Show.

Each breed has a Breed Supreme Championship in the evening performance, from which the 16 Breed Supremes go forward to contest the Overall Supreme of Show, with prize money right the way down the line.

The champion and reserve pony from the breed classes and the champion and reserve from the breed semi finals, will contest the Breed Supreme.

There are also the Catalyst Capital Owner Breeder and the Home Produced Championships taking part in the evening performance.

Some examples of the different classes you can enter: If you have a 5yo home produced Connemara stallion you could enter Class 6, Connemara Stallion class and also Class 106 Home Produced M*M Large Breeds 4yo & Over.

If you have a British Riding Pony yearling that you show in SHP classes, who has won an NPS silver medal during the year then you could enter both Class 65 (SHP Yearling) and Class 88 (SHP Youngstock semi final) – giving you two chances of getting into the Breed Supreme.

Online entry system and schedule can be downloaded here

Great British In Hand Show

Dales Pony Breeders Association – USA – Newsletter

DPBA Volume 3

Managing Genetic Diversity Presentation by Dr Andy Dell

Presentation given on 28 February 2022 will be available for the month of March:

Pony Wanted on Loan for London Based Rare Breeds Project

Mudchute Park and Farm is a prestigious  Community Farm, Conservation Centre and Equestrian Centre in East London. They would like to build up a riding school of rare breed and native horses and ponies and are looking for a Dales Pony suitable for riding school work on loan to represent the breed. Further information can be found in the attached document and on their website  www.mudchute.org.

If you have a pony you think might be suitable, please contact Tom Davis at Mudchute, email stables_manager@mudchute.org