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NATIVE BREED SHOW ROUNDUP

July-August 2022

Edited by Alex Robinson

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Exmoor

Exmoor Pony Society breed show, Exford Showground, Somerset

THE dream team of Elizabeth Etchells and her mother Mary Rose Bryant's stallion Warrenmere Woodcock (Woody) made recorded history by securing both in-hand and ridden supreme titles, as well as the overall supreme of show crown.

It is believed that Woody is the first pony in the society's 101-year history to win both accolades at the breed show in the same year.

The 14-year-old was bred on the RSPB conservation grazing site at Minsmere in Suffolk and has had a prolific

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