Fell Pony Breeders' Association
To maintain and encourage the traditional methods of keeping and breeding Fell Ponies.
The Fell Pony Breeders' Association (FPBA) was formed in order to protect the long term survival of the Fell pony by supporting the traditional breeding and maintaining of herds. Living in semi-feral herds, the Fell pony, one of 9 native pony breeds, has perfectly adapted to life in some of the harshest, though most stunning, up-land environments in northern England.
A 'Your Heritage' Lottery grant awarded to the FPBA has enabled film makers to work with Fell pony breeders in order to document their unique knowledge and expertise. The resulting films will provide a lasting legacy for Fell pony breeders of the future. The films and results of a project with local school pupils can be viewed on this website.
Both the number of Fell pony breeders and the number of herds on the fells have steadily declined since the Second World War and there are now only around a dozen Fell pony herds remaining on the Cumbrian and Pennine Fells. The members of the Fell Pony Breeders' Association are concerned about the long-term survival of the breed, now categorised as 'at risk' by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust.
In order to protect the future of both the breed and its unique bloodlines, the FPBA felt that it was vital to encourage future breeders as well as raising the public's awareness of the breed and its place on the Cumbrian landscape.
"Every few years we loose one more feral herd. It isn't the ponies that are endangered it's the people".
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