Welcome to the Exmoor Pony Project
Exmoor Compost & Porlock Vale Campsite
&
Exmoor Pony Experienes
at Holt Ball Farm, Exmoor National Park

Promoting and safeguarding endangered Exmoor ponies

Exmoor Pony Project was founded  by Nick & Dawn Westcott, owners of Holtball Herd 11 Exmoor ponies. Helping to safeguard and promote Exmoor ponies, one of the UK's oldest, endangered native pony breeds.  

Dawn Westcott is author of equestrian bestsellers  Wild Pony Whispering,  Wild Stallion Whispering,   Wild Herd Whispering and   Rowan The Exmoor Pony 

Our wonderful peat-free Exmoor Compost, produced from very well-matured Exmoor pony manure,  is fantastic for the garden and sales help to support the Exmoor Pony Project


Enjoy peaceful, spacious camping in a beautiful farmland meadow, with stunning scenery, surrounded by endless walking and cycling at Porlock Vale Campsite, certified by the Greener Camping Club.


Exmoor Pony Project  welcomes  sponsorship & Patrons .
Why not become a Patron of the Exmoor Pony Project? Membership options start from only £5 per month. Please click on the link to find out more.




Invitation to become a Patron of Exmoor Pony Project and help support the herd & our work

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Dawn Westcott's books...

Rowan The Exmoor Pony

Dawn Westcott's latest book.

An enchanting story about Rowan, a moorbred Exmoor pony, and his life adventures. Written in  rhyming verse and told in Rowan's own words, the story is illustrated throughout.


Rowan The Exmoor Pony
appeals to children and adult's alike. Published in A5 softcover by Halsgrove Publishing.

Available in Online Shop £9.99 + P&P - author signed.

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Exmoor Compost

 We supply wonderful, very well-matured, dark, friable, easy to handle Exmoor Pony Multi-Purpose Compost. 

Available at £7.50 a bag  to collect from the farm. Tel 07812 382891 to organise ldeliveries in the local area. 

Exmoor Compost is a fundraiser for the Exmoor Pony Project and is supported by the Exmoor National Park Authority Partnership Fund. 
HOW TO BUY COMPOST

Limited Edition Prints

A superb collection of beautiful Limited Edition Prints of some of our very special Exmoor pony characters - by acclaimed (Royal Society of Equestrian Artists) artist Rebecca de Mendonca. This is a fundraiser for the Exmoor Pony Project - thank you Rebecca!

how to buy prints
Watch Monsieur Chapeau and Lady Stumpkin Pumpkin when they travelled to London Television Centre to meet Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on ITV This Morning.
Read the blog with pictures from their trip here

In 2011 and 2012 Dawn Westcott and Exmoor stallion Bear stood International Horse Agility World Champions. This year long league required horse and handler to compete in monthly judged video entries against competitors from across the world.


Bear has also won many championships in the show ring, including standing Supreme Exmoor Breed Champion and winning a National Pony Society Gold Medal Rosette.


Bear's story, from petrified unwanted moorbred colt foal to standing world champion, is told in Dawn's book Wild Stallion Whispering.


This video shows some clips of Bear and Dawn practising horse agility.

Dawn Westcott's Blog

By Dawn Westcott October 3, 2024
Can farmers build trust with ecologists and government to make the new Landscape Recovery Schemes deliver for Exmoor?
By Dawn Westcott July 25, 2024
A good rule of thumb in equine training: "If I do this to my horse, how would I feel if someone did it to me?"
By Dawn Westcott April 28, 2024
A very sad goodbye to beautiful Lady Dugal
By Dawn Westcott January 15, 2024
Peaceful camping in a beautiful meadow on this working Exmoor farm, National Trust Holnicote Estate
By Dawn Westcott January 11, 2024
Rowan The Exmoor Pony - the story of an Exmoor pony told in Rowan's own words
By Dawn Westcott August 15, 2023
My dear husband Nick very sadly died in June after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer
By Dawn Westcott January 15, 2023
Our herd and stallion Yogi Bear feature in the Winter Wonder section Series 5, Episode 3 with Lesley Joseph
November 29, 2022
A beautiful, Rowan The Exmoor Pony Limited Edition signed Art Print & author-signed Book - the perfect gift!
November 24, 2022
Article by Hanne Knude Palshof - Chairman, The Danish Veterinary Association (Translation)
By Dawn Westcott October 23, 2022
Talking about Exmoor pony conservation and my new book on the Alastair Stewart & Friends show on GB News
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