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About the Highland Breed
.The largest and strongest of the mountain
and moorland group of breeds of Great Britain, the Highland
pony is to be found in the highlands of Scotland and certain
adjacent islands. The Highland is of great antiquity. It is
said that after the Ice Age in Europe there was a movement of
ponies towards the west from Northern Asia, the larger ones
keeping to the north, now represented by the Scandinavian and
Highland ponies, and the smaller going to the south, becoming
known by the general term of Eastern breeds.
Today the Highland pony may be divided into three types: the
smaller ponies of Barra and the outer islands standing from
12.2 to 13.2 hands; the second class is the well-known riding-pony
of some 13.2 to 14.2 hands; the largest and strongest are known
as ‘Mainland’ ponies, and stand about 14.2 hands.
Highlands ponies have had an infusion of alien blood, mostly
Arabian.
As a worker the Highlander is immensely strong and very docile.
He has always been used to carrying the deer for stalkers in
the Highlands, and has been a great stand-by for the crofters
in those parts. The pony is first class for hill work on account
of its sure-footedness, and is a well-balanced walker. It is
pleasant to ride at its natural paces, which are walking and
trotting, but many tend to be on the ‘forehand’.
Description: Head, well carried, attractive and broad between
prominent, bright eyes; short between eyes and muzzle, with
wide nostrils. Ears short and well set. In profile the breadth,
rather than the length, of the head and jawbone should be pronounced.
Neck, strong and not short, crest arched, with flowing mane;
throat clean, not too fleshy. Shoulders well set back; withers
not too pronounced. Body: back short, with slight natural curve;
chest deep; ribs deep, well sprung, carried well back. Quarters
and loins powerful, thighs short and strong. Tall, strong and
well set on, carried gaily, with a plentiful covering of hair
almost to the ground. Legs, flat in the bone, flinty to the
touch, with a slight fringe of straight silken feather ending
in a prominent tuft at the fetlock joint. Forelegs placed well
under the weight of the body; forearm strong and knee broad.
Oblique pasterns, not too short; and broad, firm, horny hoofs.
Hocks, broad, clean, flat and closely set. Action free and straight.
Colour, black, brown, fox colour, with silver mane and tail;
varying dun or grey with no white markings. The eel stripe along
the back is typical, but not always present.
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Quarter | American
Saddle | Andalusian
| Anglo-Arab
| Anglo-Arab
in France | Anglo-Kabarda
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| Appaloosa
| Ardennes
| Australian
(Waler) | Austrian
| Balearic
| Barb
| Basuto
| Batak/Deli
| Beberbeck
| Beetwk
| Boulonnais
| Brabancon
| Breton
| Budyonovsky
| Burmese
(Shan) | Camargue
| Caspian
| Charollais
Half-bred | Cleveland
Bay | Clydesdale
| Cob
(Riding) | Connemara
| Criollo
| Dales
| Danish
| Danubian
| Dartmoor
| Donsky
| Dutch
Draught | East
Bulgarian | Exmoor
| Falabella
| Fell
| Flemish
| French
Thoroughbred | Friesian
| Galiceno
| Gelderland
| Gidran
and Nonius | Gothland
| Groningen
| Gudbrandsdal
| Hack
| Hackney
Horse | Hackney
Pony | Hafflinger
| Hanoverian
| Highland
| Holstein
| Hungarian
Shagya | Hunter
| Iceland
| Iomud
| Italian
| Jutland
| Kabarda
| Karabair
and Lokai | Karabakh
| Kathiawari
and Marwari | Klepper
| Knabstrup
| Konik
| Latvian
| Limousin
(Half-bred) | Lipizzaner
| Manipur
| Mecklenburg
| Mongolian
| Morgan
| Mustang
| New
Forest | Norwegian-Fjord
| Oldenburg
| Orlov
| Palomino
| Percheron
| Persian
| Pinto
| Pleven
| Polish
Arab | Polish
Half-bred | Polish
Thoroughbred | Rhenish
| Russian
Saddle | Russian
Steppe | Russian
Thoroughbred | Scandinavian
| Schleswig
| Shetland
| Shire
| Spanish
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and Bhutia | Standard
Bred | Strelets
| Suffolk
| Swedish
| Tarpan
| Tennessee
Walking Horse | Tersky
| Thoroughbred
| Timor
Pony | Trakehner
| Turk
| Ukrainian
| Vendéen-Charentais
Half-bred | Viatka
| Welsh
Cob | Welsh
Mountain and Welsh Pony | Zeeland
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