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In most cases, bloodlines of horse breeds are recorded with a breed registry. The concept is somewhat flexible in horses, as open stud books are created for recording pedigrees of horse breeds that are not yet fully true-breeding. Registries are considered the authority as to whether a given breed is listed as a "horse" or a "pony".
In the United States, we find the Appaloosa, [7] Quarter Horse, Tennessee Walker [8] and Arabian breeds. For children, it's the American Shetland [9] and the Pony of the Americas. [10] In France, racehorses of the French Trotter and Thoroughbred breeds can be converted into leisure horses by dedicated organizations or experienced riders. [11]
Pony sport horse competitions or "tournaments" are popular in continental Europe, and ponies are shown by children and adolescents up to 16 years of age in the disciplines of dressage, show jumping, and eventing. Major tournaments for pony riders include the German Youth Championships, the European Championships and the "Preis der Besten," a ...
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A light horse breed founded in Tennessee, the walking horse is a mix of various breeds, including the Narragansett and Canadian pacer, standardbred, thoroughbred, Morgan, and saddlebred.
A Sorraia stallion with characteristic convex facial profile. The Sorraia breed stands between 14.1 and 14.3 hands (57 and 59 inches, 145 and 150 cm) high, although some individuals are as small as 12.3 hands (51 inches, 130 cm) [1] The head tends to be large, the profile convex, and the ears long. [2]
It is a muscular breed, with a deep chest and well-sloped shoulders. [1] The breed averages 11.2 to 14 hands (46 to 56 inches, 117 to 142 cm) high. [2] Despite having the size and name "pony", the breed has the phenotype (physical characteristics) of a small horse of an American Quarter Horse/Arabian type, not a true pony breed. [3]
American Paint Horse [2]: 435 Paint Horse: American Quarter Horse [2]: 435 Quarter Horse [2]: 497 American Saddlebred [2]: 435 American Shetland Pony [2]: 435 American Sorraia Mustang [2]: 435 of Iberian origin, in the Colonial Spanish horse group; no connection to the Sorraia has been demonstrated [2]: 435