Yesterday was the last pony sale of the season - with there having been 3 Dartmoor Hill Pony sales in total this year (2 at Chagford, 1 at Okehampton).
This last sale was at Chagford and 194 were ponies listed in the online catalogue - with about 28 of those actually being Bodmin/Cornish ponies.
Interestingly the staff seemed less stressed and it seemed calmer and quieter than previous years - this sale was not run in conjunction with the usual organisation but who knows whether it was this that had an impact or not! There were pens with haynets as you can see in the photos. Two pens were very crowded.
If you add up all the ponies entered for the 3 sales in the online catalogues - it comes to a total of 787 entries with about 46 of those being Bodmin/Cornish entries.
I believe this is the most ponies ever out through at the autumn sales in the time that we've monitored them...
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Love Of Animals Christmas Fair - 16th November 2024
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