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Week commencing Monday 6th July 2026
06/07/2026 Colt Foal - Injured & Destroyed Blackgutter - B3078 M Maton
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Just a quick shout‑out to UK Servers, the newest home of the NFED!
Back in February, I was told our old hosting company was changing direction and I had just four weeks to find a new home for the website. That meant finding a new provider, renting a server, setting it up, moving everything over and testing it — all before the old one was switched off. The alternative would have been closing the NFED altogether.
Thankfully, I found UK Servers, and they’ve been brilliant. The NFED has had a few homes since launching in 1999, but this is easily the best hosting company so far. Support has been fast, friendly and efficient whenever needed.
Long may it continue — and a big thank you to www.ukservers.com.
The Council of the New Forest Pony Breeding & Cattle Society is seeking to appoint an Honorary Treasurer to support the ongoing work of the Society including its remit as keepers of the New Forest Pony Studbook and as a Passport Issuing Organisation.
The current Honorary Treasurer, Mrs Kathy Clarke, will be stepping down at the AGM in April 2027. To support a smooth transition, there will be an opportunity to work alongside Kathy over the course of the year and gain familiarity with the seasonal nature of the role.
This is a varied and rewarding voluntary role, ideally suited to someone with an interest in the New Forest pony and the work of the Society, along with previous bookkeeping or financial management experience.
Key Responsibilities:
Banking cash and cheques and allocating online payments with a preference for weekly visits to the Society’s office in Bransgore (during normal office hours) to liaise with staff and manage any financial queries arising
Processing payments to staff and suppliers
Reconciling and allocating financial records across all income streams (including office receipts, PayPal, and card payments for membership, registrations, passports and other Society activities) and management of Society bank accounts and liaison with the Society bankers.
Additional responsibilities include:
Liaising with Council members and attending monthly Council meetings
Supporting the administration of financial incentives and premiums (e.g. Forest Fed, Stallion premiums and Futurity schemes)
Recording financial online entries for the Annual Breed Show and Point-to-Point events
Working with the Society’s accountants to prepare the annual statutory accounts and financial statements; and incorporation of these into the Annual Report and presentation to the annual AGM
Ensure compliance with HMRC, Companies House and Charity Commission reporting requirements (including maintaining formal role as ‘company Secretary’).
Coordinating periodic reviews of the Society insurance policies and investments (via insurance agents, investment brokers and the Resources subcommittee )
Time Commitment and Location:The role is estimated to require approximately 6–8 hours per week, but this can vary depending upon Society activities.
The Honorary Treasurer role can be undertaken remotely but will work closely with the office team, other officers, and attend the Society’s office in Bransgore on a regular basis (ideally at least once per week).
Ideal Skills and ExperienceThe role would suit someone who has:
Good communication and organisational skills
Competence in standard IT applications (including email, word processing, and spreadsheets)
Previous experience in bookkeeping, accountancy, or financial management (the Society currently uses QuickBooks for accountancy administration but can consider using other platforms based upon previous experience or preference)
A willingness to work collaboratively with staff, Council members, members of the Society and external advisers
An interest in the New Forest and its ponies would be beneficial but is not essential.
Further InvolvementThere may be opportunities to become more involved in the wider work and governance of the Society; however, this is entirely optional.
RemunerationThis is an unpaid voluntary position.A small annual honorarium and/or reimbursement of expenses may be available at the discretion of the Society Council.
Contact:If you (or you know anyone) that may be interested in supporting the Society in this important capacity, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Please contact Kathy on 07817 602777 for an informal discussion in the first instance.
Download Document: www.nfed.co.uk/schedules/NFPBCS-Treasurer-job-June-26.pdf
Due to the ongoing Equine Flu outbreak affecting the ponies in the New Forest the Verderers have taken the decision to postpone the start of the 2026 drifts.
There will be no drifts taking place in August.
Drifts in September and onwards will be subject to ongoing review depending on the status of the infection.
Clerk of the Verderers
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Week commencing Monday 15th June 2026
21/06/2026 Colt Foal - Uninjured Tethering Drove, Hale P Rix
Week commencing Monday 22nd June 2026
24/06/2026 Brown Pony - Nothing Found Hatchet Lane, Beaulieu - B3054 R Maton
Week commencing Monday 29th June 2026
02/07/2026 Bay Colt Foal - Injured & Destroyed Brockenhurst Road, near Broadley Car Park J Gerrelli
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Week commencing Monday 8th June 2026
09/06/2026 Bay Colt Foal - Killed - HIT & RUN Forest Road, Fritham M Maton
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Just a quick heads‑up: the office will be closed from mid‑morning on Thursday 18th June and will reopen on Friday 19th.
Adverts can still be submitted as normal, but they won’t be processed until we’re back, and messages won’t be monitored during this short break.
We usually manage everything well within 24 hours, but on this occasion we’ll be completely off‑grid.And sorry to anyone nearby if we end up slowing the traffic a little while we’re out and about!
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Week commencing Monday 11th May 2026
We are very pleased to report that there were no RTA’s involving Commoners stock for the above week.
Week commencing Monday 18th May 2026
We are very pleased to report that there were no RTA’s involving Commoners stock for the above week.
Week commencing Monday 25th May 2026
27/05/2026 Roan Mare (with a foal) - Injured & Destroyed Claypits (near the junction with the B3080) - B3078 J Gerrelli27/05/2026 Dark Pony - Nothing Found Blackdown - B3056 R Maton
Week commencing Monday 1st June 2026
We are very pleased to report that there were no RTA’s involving Commoners stock for the above week.
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Due to a recent rise in equine flu cases, several events are being cancelled.To keep everyone informed, we are leaving cancelled events in the diary but marking them clearly as Cancelled. (Under normal circumstances, cancelled events would be removed.)
Event OrganisersTo ensure the accuracy of information on the NFED:
We can only amend or update events when instructed directly by the event organiser.
If you advertise your events on the NFED, please contact us as soon as possible if any details need changing or if an event is cancelled.
Finding Cancelled EventsYou can quickly view all cancelled events by:
Typing Cancelled into the search box at the top of the Event Diary, or
Using this direct link:https://www.nfed.co.uk/calendar/search.php?ref=cancelled
We’ve been notified of a missed call that appeared to come from our number.
Please remember that NFED never phones customers, and the WhatsApp number is used only for receiving messages and photos. It cannot make or receive calls.
Any call showing our number is almost certainly a spoofed call. For your safety, never give out personal details, verification codes, or payment information to anyone claiming to be from NFED.
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Week commencing Monday 27th April 2026
29/04/2026 Pony - Nothing Found Black Gutter - B3078 M Maton
Week commencing Monday 4th May 2026
We are very pleased to report that there were no RTA’s involving Commoners stock for the above week.
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The NFED moved to its new server on 24th March, so it has now been running on the new setup for a full month. With everything nicely settled in, I thought it would be interesting to share a look at the actual visitor numbers for April. The last stats update was at 13:10, so any visits between 13:10 and midnight aren’t included in these figures.
These figures cover real human visitors only to the main NFED website — including the Classifieds, Service Directory and News pages.
All search engines, bots and automated traffic have been filtered out to give a true picture of genuine usage.
These stats focus purely on the core NFED website — the part we run directly.
Reported period Month Apr 2026
Unique visitors: 61,381Number of visits: 137,652 Pages: 544,214Hits: 9,248,546 Bandwidth: 279.54 GB
What’s NOT included:
Event Diary — hosted by Tockify, so their visitor numbers aren’t counted here, but it's busy!
Newsletter & Shopping Cart — hosted by Roman Cart, so visits to those pages aren’t included.(The newsletter currently goes out to just over 12,600 subscribers.)
Social Media — Facebook and X visitor numbers are not included.
To improve newsletter deliverability with the recent tightening of email security rules, we’ve updated the sender address for the weekly NFED newsletter.
The newsletter will now come from newsletter@nfed.co.uk instead of the old Gmail address.
This allows us to authenticate the emails properly on our server so providers like Gmail, Outlook and Yahoo can verify that the newsletter is legitimate.
If you subscribed but haven’t received the newsletter for a while, this change may mean it starts arriving again. If you no longer wish to receive it, you can unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of the newsletter.
This address is used solely for sending the NFED newsletter and cannot receive or respond to messages.
If you need assistance, have a question, or want to contact an advertiser, please use the usual contact options on the NFED website.
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Week commencing Monday 20th April 2026
20/04/2026 Pony - Uninjured Hilltop - B3054 M Lovell
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Week commencing Monday 13th April 2026
17/04/2026 Roan Mare - Killed Stockley - Hatchet - B3055 (E) M Lovell
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