Fell
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Names: Fell, Fell Pony.
Origin: Comes from higher regions of the western Pennines. The home of this pony is on the western side of the Pennine Mountain (or hill) Range in northern England, across the ridge from the Dales pony on the eastern side. About the turn of the century these two ponies were considered to be a single breed. The colors of the two are aobut the same, as are their sizes, although some say that during recent years the Fell pony has become slightly taller and heavier than the Dales pony, the increase in size resulting from the introduction of draft-horse blood. Like the Dales pony, the Fell is, or was, primarily a small, all-purpose horse.
Breeding: King George V used to breed Fells at Windsor; Queen Elizabeth now has a small stud at Balmoral.
Description:
Color: Usually black, sometimes brown or bay. No white markings.
Size: About 14 hands.
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Uses: Still used by farmers for herding cattle and sheep. Strings of these lusty black ponies used each to tote over 200 pounds of lead in baskets from the mines across the "jaggin ways" of the Fells to the sea. They covered 200 miles or more in a week and are understandably extremely good walkers.
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Profiles: Balmoral Tartan - Exhibited at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in 1968, drawing a French chaise. In 1940, the Queen, then Princess Elizabeth, drove Tartan's grandmother in the same carriage, in a class at the same show.
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