
The Fell Pony Society
Registered Charity, Number 1104945.
Patron: Her Majesty The Queen
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The Fell Pony Society's aim is to foster and keep pure the
old breed of pony which has roamed the northern fells for years
and to circulate knowledge and general information about the
pony breed.
The Society deals with the Registration of Ponies,
applications for Membership, export matters, produces regular
newsletters, lists of ponies for sale and also has a regular
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Foal Immunodeficiency Syndrome Testing
A report of the EGM held on 19 January 2010 will appear in the
spring magazine next month.
The carrier test is available from 1 February 2010 at a cost
of £40 including VAT, on a non-profit basis. Hair samples must be taken by a
vet who must complete the form on the sample bag before sending it to the Animal
Health Trust. At the present time, kits can be obtained from the FPS office by
sending a cheque made payable to the Fell Pony Society. The results of the test
will be returned to your vet within 30 days. The AHT would prefer the FPS to
deal with the supply of the test kits, but your vet can obtain them directly
from the AHT if you prefer. Tests for sick foals can be fast-tracked to
establish whether or not the foal has the disease.
The AHT may already have archive samples from some ponies in
their files (for example, colts that have been licensed as stallions and been
DNA profiled.) It may be possible to use these existing samples for FIS testing
if the sample was taken by a vet - please contact the office to enquire about
this and they will liaise with the AHT to establish whether or not this is
possible. The fee will still be £40.
Further information is available on the AHT website - follow
this link:
http://www.aht.org.uk/genetics_tests.html#equine
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Reminder
Fell Pony Society Subscriptions for 2010 were due on 1
January. Subscriptions should be received by 15 February 2010 if you wish to be
eligible to vote in the Council Elections. Also, all FPS judges should ensure
that their subscriptions are paid as soon as possible.
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'The Fell Pony' DVD

The Fell Pony Society has made a DVD to aid
the promotion of the breed. It features the Fell pony, at home
amid breath taking scenery, on the fells in Cumbria, seeing them
as they have been for hundreds of years, running on the ground
that shaped the breed and made it what it is today, with
interviews from some of the hill farmers that run the ponies on
the fells, where they talk about the ponies and how they manage
them on the open fells. The filming also follows the ponies
performing in some of the spheres in which they excel and
features the Fell Pony Stallion Show, the Breed Show, the
Performance trials, Lowther driving trials and through to the
ridden finals at Olympia. It shows the versatility of this
wonderful breed and gives an insight into why it is so important
for the breed to hold onto the remaining hill herds.
The DVD was filmed by Alan and Denise Tibbitts
of DVX Productions with narration by Brian Blessed and together
they have produced a film that will be of tremendous value to
all with an interest in native ponies.
The DVD is available from the Fell Pony
Society office at a cost of £15, plus £2 postage and packing
for the UK and Europe, or £3 for the USA and Canada. |
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Online Access to the Fell Pony Stud
Book
Council have agreed to give Society members free access
to the Society's Grassroots database, so that they can view
animal details, member details, pedigrees and progeny lists
online.
To access this, you need to enter your member number and
password as notified to current members with the Spring 2009
magazine.
Click
here to access the database |
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