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Welcome to the Miniature Pony Centre
Visitors to the Miniature Pony Centre can experience animals, activities and discovery, all set in 20 acres of beautiful parkland within Dartmoor National Park.
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FOALS FOR 2009
Spring is always an exciting time at the Pony Centre, and with so many foals this year we have been very busy. We have had 17 foals born this year, the most recent was born early in the morning on Saturday 23rd May:
Louise gave birth to a beautiful bay colt, who we have named LUXTON. He was born at 6.30pm on Thursday the 2nd April.
Bracken gave birth to an adorable cream colt, who we have named BENJY. He was born at 9.30pm on Saturday 4th April.
Lola gave birth to a stunning black filly, who we have named LADYBROOK. She was born at 8.00pm on Easter Sunday.
Blueprint gave birth to a lovely black colt, who we have named HUCCABY. He was born at 2.00am on Easter Monday.
Silvermist gave birth to a beautiful little black filly foal, who we have named LITTLE BEE. She was born at 9pm on the 15th of April.
Jasmine gave birth to a striking skewbald filly foal, who we have named KITTY. She was born at 11.50pm on the 16th of April.
Sable gave birth to a handsome black colt foal, who we have named SOLAR. He was born at 5am on the 17th of April.
Rio gave birth to a bonny black colt foal, who we have named LITTLE FOX. He was born during the night on the 23rd April.
Cowslip gave birth to a delightful piebald filly foal, who we have named DREAM. She was born at 3.30pm on 24th April.
Maple gave birth to a cute black filly foal, who we have named CLARET. She was born at 10.15pm on the 27th of April.
Rosita gave birth to light chestnut colt foal, who we have named SHAPLEY. He was born in the early hours of the 2nd of May
Sapphire, an American Miniature Horse, gave birth to a gorgeous skewbald colt foal, who we have named BLAKEY. He was born in the early hours of 9th May.
Sally one of our miniature donkeys gave birth to a filly foal called KES. She was born on the 13th of May.
Lollypop gave birth to a dun filly foal called QUEEN OF THE MOOR. She was born on the 14th of may at 9pm.
Fanta has had her first foal, a skewbaled colt called 'HEXTON'.He was born on the 17th of May at 8pm.
Rapunsel gave birth to a beautiful little bay and white filly foal, who we have named IVY. She was born at 4am on the 19th of May.
Naboo one of our miniature donkeys gave birth to a colt foal called WALTER. He was born on the of 23rd of May.
All of the mothers are foals are doing very well, and you can see them all at the Centre.
The theme for naming our foals this year is “The Tors on Dartmoor”.
NEW SATURDAY CLUB
New for 2009, our Saturday Club is aimed at children (aged 7 to 12) who don’t own their own pony, but want to learn all about the care of horses and ponies in a safe, fun, and hands-on way. Based at our Centre, and fully supervised by an experienced member of our staff, the children will learn about grooming, different types of tack, mucking out, feeding ponies and even take part in fun quizzes. The Club will be a fantastic way to learn about stable management and equine care, whilst meeting other pony-mad children.
Please contact us for further details.
WHITSUN HALF TERM 2009 EVENTS
In addition to all of our usual activities, we have some great family entertainers appearing at the Pony Centre throughout the Half Term week.
DAN THE HAT will be appearing at the Centre in the afternoon on Saturday 23rd, Sunday 24th, Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st May. As well as his juggling show, he'll be giving you the chance to try out your juggling skills.
PROFESSOR FUMBLE will be appearing at the Centre every afternoon from Monday 25th to Friday 29th May, inclusive.
ADOPTION SCHEME
At the Miniature Pony Centre we do not have an adoption scheme for our own animals.
However, we do promote the adoption scheme run by the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust. You can contact us for more details or an adoption form, alternatively you can visit the Trust's web site www.dpht.co.uk.