Hill ponies, symbolic of Scotland’s sporting heritage, can be spotted throughout the weekend in the Main Arena. Attendees will get to meet these kind natured animals and admire their beauty during Main Arena Demonstrations and the Fred Taylor Memorial Competition.
2025 Winner of the Fred Taylor Memorial Competition
The 2025 winner of the Fred Taylor Memorial Trophy for Working Hill Ponies was Rob Mearns, with Finches Snowbird from the Tulchan of Glenisla Estate
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The Story of Fred Taylor
“Fred Taylor worked nearly all his life at Invermark and was Head Keeper for about 30 years,” said the Earl of Dalhousie, owner of Invermark.
“He was very widely liked and respected by his team, by the many visitors to Invermark and in the wider gamekeeping fraternity. He was also particularly good at bringing on ponies for stalking and, with his wife Anne, had planned to breed Highland ponies in his retirement.
“Sadly he died in 2012 with just a year to go. It seems very fitting that the GWCT should propose a Fred Taylor Memorial Trophy, to be awarded for the best turned out working stalking pony and ponyman.”
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