The Exmoor Pony Society Breed Show

Registered and licensed stallions, 4 Years and Older.
Must be bitted and have stallion disk on bridle.

Registered mares, 4 years to 8 years, without foal at foot

Registered mares, 9 years old and over, without foal at foot

Registered ponies 18 years and over, stallion, mare or gelding. Stallions to have bridle tags.

Registered Mare 4 years and over with foal at foot.

Pure-bred born in 2026

Registered colt or filly, born in 2025

Registered colt or filly, born in 2024

Registered colt or filly, born in 2023. Colts must be shown bitted and have stallion tag on bridle.

Open to registered mares or geldings, 4 years or over to be handled by a child 8 years and under on the day of the show.
Rosettes to all competitors

Open to registered mares or geldings, 4 years or over to be handled by a child aged 9 years to 14 years on the day of the show.
Rosettes to all competitors

This class is open to any three registered Exmoors from one registered stallion who may be living, dead or gelded. The group to be exhibited together and may be any age or sex including geldings. The stallion does not have to be present but, if on the Showground, must parade with his group.
When completing entries for this Class, please give details for the stallion & the numbers of ponies in the group

This class is open to any three registered Exmoors from one registered mare who may be living or dead. The group to be exhibited together and may be any age or sex including geldings. If the mare does not have to be present but, if on the Showground, must parade with her group.
When completing entries for this Class, please give details for the mare & the numbers of ponies in the group

This class is open to any three registered Exmoors from any one Breeder who need not be the Exhibitor.

This class is open to home produced young stock ponies, (yearling, two year olds and three year olds). Please enter this class in the spirit it is intended. Competitors who contravene the rules will be disqualified.

This class is open to adults ponies (4+, mares, stallions and geldings). Please enter this class in the spirit it is intended. Competitors who contravene the rules will be disqualified.

Open to stallions, mares or geldings. In hand ponies may be of any age, Ridden ponies must be 4yrs and over. To be show by a Full or Family Member of the Exmoor Pony Society. Under 18s riders do not need to be members.

Registered Geldings Aged 4 years old and over

Registered geldings, yearlings, 2 year old or 3 year old. There will be a rosette for the best yearling, 2 year old and 3 year old in this class.

For Registered Exmoor Pony Stallion, Mare or Gelding, aged 4 years old and over.
Entry Fee £30.00 (which includes £20.00 Horse of the Year Show contribution)
When entering please also attach HOYS Entry Form and state age if under 25 years. Competitors in this class may not enter class 21.

Rules for HOYS qualifiers
This competition is open to stallions, mares and geldings, four years old and over, to be registered in, and complying with the showing requirements of, the main body of their respective stud books. Riders and Owners must be members of their respective Breed Society, NPS, UK Ponies & Horses, The Showing Register or BSPS. Ponies must not exceed the height limits as stipulated by the relevant Breed Societies. Riders of stallions must have obtained their 12th Birthday (small breeds) or 14th birthday (large breeds) before 1st January in the current year.
Exhibitors are required by DEFRA to carry with them Official Identity Documents for all horses/ponies when competing or travelling. Competitors are reminded that it is a DEFRA requirement that the Official Identity Documents must be in the name of the legal owner within 30 days of ownership. This must be registered with the breed society, relevant studbook or ID issuing agency, dependant on breed/type of animal. Spot checks may be carried out at qualifying shows and by breed societies.
Riders must not compete in both the Mountain & Moorland Lead Rein/First Ridden Pony of the Year and the Mountain & Moorland Pony of the Year.
These classes will be run in accordance with the general rules as set out in the Horse of the Year Show rulebook, a copy of which can be downloaded from www.hoys.co.uk.
This is a Horse of the Year Show Qualifier, all data given upon entry of this class is provided to Grandstand Media Limited and stored on the Grandstand Entries System. For full policy details please visit www.grandstandentries.com.
Marks will be awarded in the following way: Show, freedom of action 50 maximum Breed type and conformation 50 maximum. In the case of equality, the pony with the highest show, freedom of action mark will be deemed the winner. If there is still equality at this point, then the judges’ decision will be final.
This class is a qualifying class for Horse of the Year Show, NEC, Birmingham, 7th - 11th October 2026. Qualification will not pass below 3rd Place. Qualification will be verified by the Horse of the Year Show office.

For Registered Exmoor Pony Mare or Gelding aged 4 years or over and maximum height 122cm to be ridden by a child who must have attained their 3rd birthday but must not have attained their 9th birthday before the 1st January in the current year.

For Registered Exmoor Pony Mare or Gelding aged 4 years or over, maximum height 128cm to be ridden by a child who must have attained their 3rd birthday but must not have attained their 12th birthday before the 1st January in the current year.
Rosettes to all competitors. May be entered on the day for catalogued ponies.

For Registered Exmoor Pony Mare or Gelding aged 4 years or over to be ridden by a child who have not attained their 14th birthday before the 1st January in the current year. May be entered on the day for catalogued ponies.

For Registered Exmoor Pony Stallion, Mare or Gelding aged 4 years or over to be ridden by a Full or Family Member of the Exmoor Pony Society. Under 18s riders do not need to be members and to be shown in a snaffle bridle.
A pony is not eligible to compete if, before 1st January in the current year it has done any of the following:
Won an open affiliated mixed M&M Ridden class
Qualified for Horse of the Year Show, LIHS or RIHS Open M&M Ridden classes
Qualified for the M&M Novice or Intermediate Ridden final at the NPS Summer Championship show (NB. Ponies can compete as novices in this competition for two consecutive years provided they do not submit an entry to the final in the first year).
If a pony qualifies for Horse of the Year Show, Olympia or RIHS in its second year it is immediately de-noviced and cannot compete in the Picton Final.

For Registered Exmoor Pony Stallion, Mare or Gelding aged 4 years or over to be ridden by a Full or Family Member of the Exmoor Pony Society. To be shown as an in-hand or ridden pair.

For Registered Exmoor Pony Stallion, Mare or Gelding aged 4 years or over to be ridden by a Full or Family Member of the Exmoor Pony Society. Under 18s riders do not need to be members
Competitors in this class may not have entered class 13

Pony to be 4 years old or over, to perform a short ridden test, confirmation will NOT be taken into account. Any suitable bit. Riders to be suitably mounted, A short show not exceeding 2 minutes should include the following: Square halt, 3 loop serpentine which should be ridden in canter, you may trot to change the diagonals, rein back of 5 strides, halt and move forward 5 strides. Canter on a 20m circle, walk on a long rein. Each element will be marked from 20 points and an overall impression mark from 50. In event of a tie the ride mark will take president.
To be ridden by a Full or Family Member of the Exmoor Pony Society. Under 18s riders do not need to be members