The Eriskay Pony Society was delighted to be announced as the winner of the RBST Scotland Food and Farming Sustainability Award for Native Breed Society of the Year 2023. The award was presented to the Society at the Royal Highland Show by the Chair of RBST’s Conservation and Research Committee, Claire Saunders and was accepted by Mary McGillivray, Breeding Advisor, and Nigel McWilliam, Treasurer, on behalf of EPS.
The award reflected the ongoing work that the Society is doing to protect and preserve this Priority breed including the DNA project with Nottingham Trent University, now entering it’s second year, and the placement of stallions around the UK to where they can be of most use to the breeding population. The Society continues to encourage appropriate breeding through it’s use of SPARKS and the availability of breeding grants as well as advice and further support.
THE ERISKAY PONY SOCIETY 