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The Dales Pony is a British breed of pony or small horse. It originated in, and is named for, the Dales of Yorkshire in northern England. It is one the nine native mountain and moorland pony breeds of the United Kingdom, and belongs to the broader Celtic group of ponies which extends from Portugal and northern Spain to Scandinavia.
Horse detail from statue of Boudica, London. The known history of the horse in Britain starts with horse remains found in Pakefield, Suffolk, dating from 700,000 BC, and in Boxgrove, West Sussex, dating from 500,000 BC. Early humans were active hunters of horses, and finds from the Ice Age have been recovered from many sites.
William the Conqueror, who claimed the New Forest as a royal hunting ground, [16] shipped more than two thousand horses across the English Channel when he invaded England in 1066. [17] [18] The earliest written record of horses in the New Forest dates back to that time, when rights of common of pasture were granted to the area's inhabitants. [19]
This is a list of some of the breeds of horse originating in the British Isles. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Twelve of the native breeds are considered rare and are marked with a "†" symbol. [ 4 ] [ 3 ]
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The first indication of domesticated horses in England comes from archaeological investigations showing that the ancient Britons were using wheeled horse-drawn transport extensively in southwest England as early as 400 BC. [29] Recent research has indicated that there was significant Roman involvement in mining on Exmoor. [30]
Five military horses spooked by noise from a building site bolted during routine exercises on Wednesday near Buckingham Palace, threw off four riders and caused chaos as they galloped loose ...
The Fell pony is a versatile working breed of mountain and moorland pony originating on Cumberland and Westmorland farms of northwest England and is used for riding and driving. The breed is closely related to its geographic neighbour, the Dales Pony , but is a little smaller and more pony-like in build.