DOZENS of ponies were rounded up in the New Forest as part of annual health check ups.

The New Forest is famous for its native ponies – and no visit to the area is complete without stumbling across its most iconic residents.

Around 5,000 ponies graze openly in the New Forest National Park.

To ensure these natives are in tip-top condition, they are rounded up each year to be health checked and turned back out or brought in for the winter.

New Forest Police officers joined up with New Forest Agisters and Commoners in the Latchmoor area this morning (September 4) to ensure road users were kept safe while the ponies crossed the road at “some considerable speed”.

“We would like to thank you the road users for your patience this morning,” a police spokesperson said.

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