On todays show we’re going a little off piste to talk about not just Fell ponies, but also some of the other less well known native breeds that my guest has spent the last couple of years photographing in their native habit.
So I would like to introduce Ruth Chambelain who many of you will know trough her Instagram account Ruth On the Hoof
This podcast was recorded in January 2022
Ruth Chamberlain who many of you will know through her Instagram account @ruthonthehoof has spent the last couple of years photographing Fell ponies in their native habit as well as some of the other less well known native breeds for her project The Hidden Hoofbeats of Britain and Ireland.
Waverfoot Gary by @ruthonthehoof
Show notes
Being a cowboy in Montana
Pirelli natural horsemanship
Herd behaviour
Growing up near Caldbeck Common and the Waverhead stud
Starting out with a camera
Documenting native ponies - The Hidden Hoofbeats of Britain and Ireland
Eriskay ponies
Carneddau ponies of Snowdonia
Ponies adapting to their environment
Highland deer ponies, Garrons and Ghillies
The Highland ponies at Balmoral
Dales ponies
Exmoor ponies and conservation grazing
Globetrotter Hummingbird by @ruthonthehoof
Globetrotter Fell ponies by @ruthonthehoof
“Without the people of Eriskay there would be no pony, but without the pony there would have been no people on Eriskay ”
Eriskay with Ben Scrien in the background by @ruthonthehoof
Eriskay walking up the road by @ruthonthehoof
Carneddau mare by @ruthonthehoof
Carneddau foal by @ruthonthehoof