Dales Pony
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Names: Dales, Dales Pony.
Origin: Comes from the Pennine hills in northern England. One of the nine recognized breeds of ponies in the British Isles today, its native locality is the east valley side of the Pennine Mountain Range in northern England.
Breeding: Originally more or less identical with Fell Pony, the Dales received first a cob cross, to produce trotters for the old northern sport of trekking, and then some Clydesdale blood. Every Dales pony eligible for registration today can trace its ancestry back to a Welsh Cob stallion named "Comet."
Description: Slightly bigger and heavier than the Fell pony.
Color: Usually dark brown or black. May have white markings. Predominantly jet black, brown or bay. Sometimes grey.
Hair: Lots of feather.
Size: Up to 14 hands. 52-58 inches.
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Uses: Once a pack pony, it is now used in harness and on farms. These heavy, utility ponies, are also perfect for the small farmer to use harrowing, in a trap, or to carry him "sheep looking" over the hills. Once worked in lead and coal mines, on farms and in pack trains in northern England. It is a general-utility small farm horse.
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Curiosities: After World War II, the trekking vogue saved several large pony breeds, such as the Dales, from extinction.
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