Scientific name:
Equus

Natural spread:
England

in ideal child-pony, but also as driving-horse for adults been suitable. Dartmoors are compact, not too wide animals with good walks and many Springvermögen. The typical pony-head is carried by a long, correct neck, that originates from a good shoulder. a compact centerpiece and a powerful hindquarters round off the picture of a virtually perfect pony. The short legs and small hooves are especially resistant. Cruised with thoroughbred, the race yields first-class Jugendreitpferde. All colors besides Schecken are allowed, the height is by the 125 cm of stick-measurement. The movements are elastic and area-grasps.

The ponies of Dartmoor, a meager heath-area in England's southwest, turned 1012 in the will of the bishop for the first time Aefwold mentioned. Under Heinrich I. (1100-1135, and during the crusades reached Oriental stallions there, later became freed also stallions of the races thoroughbred, Hackney and Cob in the bog. As far as to the middle of the 19. The race kept its typical strike century, however, through the strict natural selection. a Dartmoor-Register in the Polo-Pony-Stutbuch was revealed 1899. Up to the 2. An upswing took place world war, later, the decimation occurred, only some breeders protected small Rest-populations. The free-living ponies usually appear as little typical animals today. Most of the modern Dartmoors go back to The Leat, the three great mare-regular left. The Dartmoor pony high society, it was established in 1928.