Perhaps the oldest breed of horse in the United Kingdom is the Shetland Pony that was named after the Scottish islands where the breed originated...

Ponies are usually classified as equines that are shorter than 142 hands...

While there have been Connemara ponies in Canada for over fifty years, in the last couple of decades we’ve seen their numbers grow significantly, attesting to their great popularity and esteem...

When you have a horse-crazy youngster, it isn’t hard to come to the decision that they need their own pony to grow up with...

History The Fell Pony gets its name, FELL, from the Norse word meaning “hill” During the four centuries of Roman occupation on the border between England and Scotland, extra troops – French, Dutch, German, Polish, Spanish and eastern European cavalrymen -- were brought in to protect Hadrian’s Wall which separated the countries and to maintain law and order...

*MANGALARGA* Originating in Brazil in the state of Minas Gerais, the Mangalara breed has a fast gait and a smooth ride...

*NEW KIRGIZ* When farms in Russia crossed local horses of the Thoroughbred and the Don, they ended up with the breed called New Kirgiz...

*SHETLAND PONY* The oldest breed of horse found in Britain, the Shetland Pony is named after the islands where it was first originated...

Ponies are often thought of as first mounts There are many misconceptions, stated and unstated, about these smaller statured members of the equine world...