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Exmoor stallion Zeus goes to Langeland, Denmark - BBC Somerset Radio Interview

Dawn's interview on BBC Somerset Radio's Clare Carter Breakfast Show about Exmoor stallion Zeus travelling to his new home on Langeland island in Denmark. And why the Exmoor Pony Genome Project is so important in hopefully eventually enabling Exmoor ponies currently outside of the stud book to be recognised within this critically endangered breed.

To listen to the whole show and find out more about the Clare Carter Breakfast Show visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06xtzdpNew Paragraph

Horse & Hound article about Zeus https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/semi-feral-exmoor-stallions-new-job-danish-herd-677655

Western Morning News article about Zeus: https://www.devonlive.com/news/local-news/handsome-exmoor-pony-stallion-landed-2465500

Western Morning News - January 2019 - Why this wild-born Exmoor pony has landed a starring role as a global brand ambassador (World Bitless Association) https://www.devonlive.com/news/local-news/wild-born-exmoor-pony-landed-2403384?fbclid=IwAR1DJV82KBlm5McbbLFexUBA1vYVASu13hN3dmr7p4hDnCIsnhFHLw_SrD4

Sky News report on Exmoor ponies registration delays affecting moorland herd owners

On Sunday 25 February - Sky News reported on the Exmoor pony registration problems in news bulletins throughout the day. Featuring our Herd 11 Exmoor ponies.

There is also a Sky News article with Rebecca Williams report here: https://news.sky.com/story/farmers-forced-to-cull-endangered-ponies-over-passport-delay-11266631

View Sky News here: https://news.sky.com/watch-live

#SkyNews #ExmoorPonies

ITV News West Country news feature on 15 Feb 2018, by Ben McGrail on Exmoor ponies being culled and put at risk by registration and passport delays.

BBC Points West news feature on 15 Feb 2018, by Tracey Miller on Exmoor ponies being culled and put at risk by registration and passport delays.

Horse Magazine - Book Extract

There's a four page book extract feature from new Wild Herd Whispering in Horse Magazine - out from 30 November 2017.

'Freedom, movement and herd connection' - this is an extract from Chapter Five, which looks at the relationships within and with the herd during their time in their new summer pasture.

Horse Magazine is nationally available in newsagents and other outlets and subscriptions are available from www.horsemagazine.co.uk

Lady Luna in the Daily Mail!

The Daily Mail featured orphan foal Tippbarlake Lady Luna in a double page spread on Sat 25 November. Their photographer Murray Sanders visited us last week. We wondered how Lady Luna and her small herd would respond - and they were amazing. Lady Luna still gave us the hoped for shot of her lying down next to me and she and the other ponies gave Murray some wonderful photo opportunities out in the paddock. Of course, they were keen to show him one of their favourite places too - the mud wallow. And Lady Luna timed her dramatic trot right through it just as Murray was saying, "I hope she doesn't........" But thankfully, Lady Luna wasn't in the mood for lying down in it and stayed fluffy-looking for this picture. We're grateful to Murray for a lovely photo shoot and to the Daily Mail for featuring Lady Luna and mentioning both the Exmoor Pony Project and Wild Herd Whispering.

You can read the Daily Mail article about Lady Luna here.

Newspaper and magazine articles and TV and Radio features about Dawn Westcott's books Wild Pony Whispering, Wild Stallion Whispering & Wild Herd Whispering and Dawn's work with Exmoor ponies. See the Gallery below for features and cuttings:-

2 Nov 2017 - Western Morning News - Wild Herd Whispering feature

http://www.devonlive.com/news/local-news/author-pony-whisperer-dawn-westcott-720046

23 Oct 2017 - Luke Knight interviews Dawn Westcott on his Apple FM Breakfast Show - about orphan foal Lady Luna, new book Wild Herd Whispering, the Exmoor Pony Project, and what she thinks of Dartmoor ponies being farmed for the dinner plate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k66fmlh6UWM&feature=youtu.be

22 Sept 2017 - West Somerset Free Press - Life is looking up for Lady Luna http://www.wsfp.co.uk/article.cfm?id=108388&headline=Life%20is%20looking%20up%20for%20Lady%20Luna%20thanks%20to%20appeal&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017

15 Sept 2017 - Fundraising appeal launched to rear orphaned Exmoor foal found next to dead mother http://www.devonlive.com/news/local-news/fundraising-appeal-launched-rear-orphaned-482178

14 Sept 2017 - West Somerset Free Press - Orphan foal Lady Luna's rescue and appealhttp://www.wsfp.co.uk/article.cfm?id=108362&headline=Fund%20launched%20to%20help%20%20rescued%20foal%20Lady%20Luna&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017

9 Sept 2017 - ITV - Campaign set up to save orphan foal Lady Luna - http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/update/2017-09-09/fundraising-campaign-set-up-to-save-orphaned-exmoor-pony/

Western Morning News - August 2017 -A re-wilding rebrand could help engage upland farmers, lively Exmoor debate hears. Dawn Westcott looks at the future for upland farming on Exmoor and asks if re-wilding has a place on the agenda.

http://www.devonlive.com/news/local-news/re-wilding-rebrand-could-help-413257

West Somerset Free Press - 9 June 2017 -Society of Equestrian Artists visits Holt Ball

http://www.wsfp.co.uk/article.cfm?id=106982&headline=Ponies%20pose%20for%20visiting%20artists&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017

Horse & Hound- 16 Mar 2017 issue - Rare Native Breed Genes at Risk

Horse & Hound - 16 Feb 2017 issue - An Exmoor Addition - three page feature

Horse Magazine - Feb 2017 issue - Stallion Bear is featured in the 'Let's Hear it for the Boys' feature about stallions.

Devon Life Magazine - January 2017 - Review of Wild Stallion Whispering in the Man on the Moor column.

Horse Magazine - Winter issue (24 Nov - Dec) - Four page Wild Stallion Whispering book extract feature - Secrets of Success with Liberty & Agility.

www.TrotOn.com - 14 Nov 2016 - Why Liberty & Agility are Equine Essential - feature on Dawn Westcott at http://troton.com/blogs/item/457-why-liberty-and-a...

Western Morning News - 12 Nov - Ancient Exmoor Colours at Show at Herd 23 Gathering (feature and pictures by Dawn Westcott) http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/ancient-exmoor-colours-on-show-at-herd-23-gathering/story-29886734-detail/story.html

Somerset County Gazette - 5 Nov 2016 - Taunton Literary Festival, Dawn Westcott Exmoor Pony talk 11 Nov

http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/14844478.THIS_WEEKEND__Taunton_Literary_Festival_2016_to_start___here_s_what_you_can_look_forward_to/

LAMP MAGAZINE - Oct/Nov 2016 issue

http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch.aspx?pbid=83177e6b-344f-45b3-93fc-711b160d2125

MINEHEAD & EXMOOR CHRONICLE - Nov/Dec 2016 - Front Cover and article

https://issuu.com/mineheadexmoorchronicle/docs/minehead___exmoor_chronicle_on-line_70f26b98515292

EXMOOR NEWS - Front Cover of Exmoor News with Dawn's picture of the Holtball Exmoor ponies! Sept/Oct 2016

http://exmoornews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Exmoor-News-Sept-Oct-online.pdf

Baileys Horse Feeds - online article about late-born Exmoor foal Lady Martha of Molland Moor - http://www.baileyshorsefeeds.co.uk/news:589.htm

Devon Life Magazine - Feb 2016 issue - 'Hats Off to Brave Monsieur Chapeau' article on page 165

Somerset Life Magazine - Jan 2016 issue - recommended reads

Lamp Magazine - Dec 2015 issue - has a feature about Wild Pony Whispering on page 9. Read it here:

http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch...

Horse & Hound Magazine - Page 48 in Review of the Year 3 Dec issue

Horse & Hound Magazine - online feature 23 Nov 2015

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/exmoor-pony-itv-this-morning-nicole-scherzinger-holly-willoughby-phillip-schofield-518197

Horse & Hound Magazine - 26 November 2015 issue - Good Week Bad Week - Monsieur Chapeau & Lady Stumpkin Pumpkin's trip to ITV This Morning

Horse Magazine - January 2016 issue - book review of Wild Pony Whispering

Somerset County Gazette - feature Dec 2015 about Wild Pony Whispering

http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/14099284.Exmoor_author_s_pony_whispering_book_success/

Western Morning News - feature 20 Nov 2015 about Wild Pony Whispering

http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/story-exmoor-pony-foal-tops-national-best-seller/story-28221965-detail/story.html

The Times - half page feature 4 Nov 2015 about Wild Pony Whispering

Daily Mail - double page spread 2 Nov 2015 - about Wild Pony Whispering

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3299549/Miracle-dying-foal-saved-love-pony-whisperer-Exmoor-picture-health-forming-extraordinary-bond-expert-rescued-stricken-animal-hillside.htmlhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3299549/Miracle-dying-foal-saved-love-pony-whisperer-Exmoor-picture-health-forming-extraordinary-bond-expert-rescued-stricken-animal-hillside.html

Exmoor Magazine - Winter 2015 issue (book review) of Wild Pony Whispering

Society Magazine - Somerset County Gazette - Nov 2015 - article about Wild Pony Whispering

Western Daily Press - West Country Life Magazine - 31 Oct 2015 about Wild Pony Whispering

http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/securing-exmoor-ponies-future-gaining-trust-wild/story-28071543-detail/story.html

Western Morning News - 10 Oct 2015 about Wild Pony Whispering

http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/heartwarming-tale-foal-8217-s-battle-survive/story-27957954-detail/story.html

West Somerset Free Press - early October 2015 - article about Wild Pony Whispering

The Telegraph - 10 Oct 2016 - feature about Bear & Wild Stallion Whispering

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/10/pony-saved-from-the-slaughter-saved-trained-and-is-now-a-world-c/

Daily Mail Online - 9 Oct 2016 - feature about Bear & Wild Stallion Whispering

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3829206/An-Exmoor-pony-branded-left-dead-foal-trained-world-champion.html

BBC Breakfast TV - 9 Oct 2016 - Bear's story in the Sunday Express was discussed during a review of the Sunday papers.

Sunday Express - 9 Oct 2016 - feature about Bear and Wild Stallion Whispering

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/719012/pony-trauma-horse-whispering

Horse Magazine - Nov 2016 issue (29 Sept - 28 Oct) - Wild Stallion Whispering features in books.

West Country Life Magazine - 27 August 2016 - feature (Western Daily Press) about Wild Stallion Whispering

Previous TV appearances by Dawn Westcott:

ITV This Morning - Nov 2015 - Nick and Dawn Westcott with Monsieur Chapeau and Lady Stumpkin Pumpkin meeting Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield

ITV West News - Nov 2015 - Dawn Westcott and Exmoor ponies

BBC Inside Out - 2015 - Dawn Westcott on eating Dartmoor/Exmoor ponies

BBC Spotlight - 2014 - Dawn Westcott on safeguarding Exmoor ponies

BBC Flog It - around 2006 - With Dawn Westcott and Exmoor ponies inc Bear and Otis

BBC Countryfile - feature about Exmoor ponies at Holt Ball

BBC Spotlight - 2012 - Dawn Westcott in news feature on Multiple Hot Branding

Western Daily Press

- 27 August 2016 - Feature article about Wild Stallion Whispering

Western Morning News - 26 August 2016 - feature in West Country Horses section about Wild Stallion Whispering.

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/dawn-recounts-highs-and-lows-of-taming-exmoor-colt-in-latest-book/story-29668674-detail/story.html

West Somerset Free Press - 26 August 2016 - article about Wild Stallion Whispering.

North Devon Journal - 25 August 2016 - Article in the Farming section.

ITV THIS MORNING - with Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby. Meeting Monsieur Chapeau & Farleywater Lady Stumpkin Pumpkin and Nick and Dawn Westcott:

http://www.itv.com/thismorning/hot-topics/meet-the-pony-whisperer-dawn-westcott-monsieur-chapeau

ITV NEWS WEST - Nov 2015 - Exmoor Pony Whisperer Calls for Action:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_Br1ZI8r58

HORSE MAGAZINE - Spring Issue 2016 (18 Feb-18 Mar) - Four page feature and book extract from Wild Pony Whispering

YOURS Magazine - 2 Feb 2016 issue - 'Meet The Wild Pony Whisperer' article on page 16 - read it online here http://www.yours.co.uk/2016/02/meet-the-wild-pony-whisperer

Sunday Express on Wild Stallion Whispering

Times on Wild Pony Whispering - read image

Daily Mail on Wild Pony Whispering

TV Clips with Dawn Westcott

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