Scientific name:
Equus przewalskii f. caballus

Natural spread:
Iceland

in powerful, original pony, who shows characteristics of the forest and Tundrenponys with easily Oriental impact. Big head with much expression, that sits on a short, strong neck. Slope, well camped shoulder, little instep, short, load-bearing back. Torso often shallow and narrow, croup strongly refused, with it well bemuskelt. Exceptionally dense and wuscheliges long-hair, extreme winter-fur. Limbs indestructibly, frequently race-typical positional-mistakes, hard, small hooves, few Behang. Beside this usual reason-walks also passport and Tölt, courts, persevering movements and high step-security. All colors, also Schecken, Fallow, Palominos; Size 130 until 145 cm.

In the 9. Norwegian farmers came century on the island Iceland. Also settlers of the Färöern, the Shetlands and Scotland came, the acquisition of land was completed by 930. they brought ponies, who resembled the Gotland-Pony, partially probably also the Shetland-Pony, strongly. By 1200, an import-prohibition of horses came after Iceland, to which was kept until by 1900. The ponies developed unden the extremely hard life-conditions into small, very resistant animals itself, that as ride, train, and Battle-animals were used. in 1783, almost 24000 ponies died through the outbreak of the volcano Lakagigir, however the continuance recovered quickly. Since 1940, there is a regular breeding-management, since a Stutbuch in 1920. Exports in other countries since 1900. Today, the ponies enjoy because of its special-walks of severe popularity.