Brendon Hill Stallions - Brendon Hill, Exmoor
Pictured: Stallion standing, Its Without Doubt, photographed by Kit Houghton for Horse & Hound cover

The Stud at Brendon Hill originated with the breeding of tough, sound horses for the hunting field. With the arrival of stallion, Ben Faerie, the stud then became responsible for the breeding of many successful Advanced event horses and two Olympic contenders. Priceless was obviously the most famous of the stud's horses, with his Olympic bronze medal and World Championship win, as well as winning Badminton and Burghley.

Brendon Hill Farm prides itself on the personal care and attention given to the visiting mares during their time at stud. All the stud work and foaling is personally supervised by the owners and their son Michael. Foaling is also assisted by cameras and foaling alarms.

The mares are grazed over a large acreage on the stock farm and, at the end of the stud season, the ground is stocked with sheep and cattle to prevent the ground becoming overgrazed by horses.

Diana and Maurice Scott, Joint Master of the DSSH, pictured here riding a potential brood mare and Hot Rumour, the stallion

Diana Scott riding stallion Hot Rumour


Michael Scott and 'William'
The Stallions





Founding Stallion -
The Great Ben Faerie
Four of the five stallions standing at stud are directly descended from the leading sire Ben Faerie who was responsible for siring such horses as Priceless, Night Cap,Walk On Star, Faerie Diadem, Another Fred and many, many others.

The Story of Ben Faerie & The Stallion Profiles

Tinsley Faerie Legend
The Stud & The Breeding Programme


See Mares & Youngstock
See Stud Information
Diana Scott and her son Michael both run the stud and are qualified AI technicians. The stud is based on a large stock farm high on the Brendon Hills and the mares are grazed in large sheltered fields with good permanent pasture. We have a number of spacious foaling boxes and all foalings, coverings and veterinary visits etc, are personally attended by either Diana or Michael.

We are now breeding from a number of top class Ben Faerie mares as well as using his bloodlines in our stallions.His prepotency and success in the world of eventing will live on through his progeny here at Brendon Hill.

Above: Diana Scott with Brendonhill Liberty at Royal Cornwall 2003; Diana Scott with foal; Michael Scott (right) with Its Without Doubt; Brendon Hill Bafta at Devon County

For further details on the stallions, please contact us by email or telephone and we will be happy to send stud cards or discuss your requirements. We are always interested to hear about our stallion's progeny so please do keep us informed.



Brendon Hill Stallions
Brendon Hill Farm, Watchet, Somerset TA23 0LJ
Telephone: Diana Scott on 01398 371481 - email brendonhill@btinternet.com
Telephone Michael Scott on 01398 371254 - email mike@brendonhill-stallions.co.uk


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