Welsh Pony

   

Introduction:  If you have any comments or suggestions, please click here.  The above right picture is of a pony named Solway Master Bronze.

Names:  Welsh, Welsh Pony (Section B in the Welsh Pony and Cob Society studbook, opened in 1902).

Origin:  Founded on Welsh Mountain ponies that grew to big.  The Welsh Pony is very much like the Welsh Mountain Pony, only larger, having been outcrossed with Hackney and a small Thoroughbred stallion named Merlin.

Breeding:  The Welsh Pony was bred from the Welsh Mountain Pony with Oriental blood in more recent times (as in, since the Roman occupation!).

Description:  

Body:  Short back.  Slightly sloping croup.  Deep girth.  Neck arched and well set on.  Sloped shoulders.

Color:  Solid, although piebald and skewbald are also seen.

Head:  Small.  Profile either slightly dished or straight.  Ears small and pricked.  Eyes large and wide-set.

Hooves:  Hard and round.

Legs:  Strong, with short cannon bones.

Size:  Larger than the Welsh Mountain Pony but not exceeding 13.2 hands.

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Features:  They have retained the hardiness and vigor of their origins combined with longer legs and length of stride, and they can jump and gallop like miniature steeple-chasers, besides gaining much success in showing.

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