Pony
(Equus
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Family:
horses
Habitation and lifestyle:
Ponys are a race relative to small domestic horses
(shoulder height up to 148 cm), that are rarely propagated.
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origin from indigenous wild horses that were crossed with warm-
and blooded horses. |
They
are a country horses with a tough character, austere, willing to
work and usually good-natured.
Their coat colour varies from mousey to grey-yellow and they have
often a dorsal stripe.
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There is often
no unified categorisation.
People
differentiate:
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ponies
in the broader sense, (miniature horses to 119 cm
shoulder height, f.e. Shetland
Pony)
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small horses (120-134
cm, for example Exmoor
Ponies),
also those
defined as
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double-ponies or
medium-sized horses, (135-148 cm
height ponies, f.e. Haflinger).
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