Dales Pony Assocation
of North America
PO Box 585 New Portland,
ME. 04954
Telephone Number: (207) 628 6061
Email:
info@dalesponyassoc.com
Website:
www.dalesponyassoc.com
Contact: Nan Berry (Secretary)
Dales Pony
Association of North America
P.O. Box 880 Lucasville,
Ohio 45648
Tel: 740-493-2401
Fax: 740-493-0072
Email:
info@dalesponies.com
The Dales Pony
Society of America, Inc.
Dales Pony Society
Greystones, Glebe Avenue, Great Longstone,
Bakewell,
Derbyshire, DE45 1TY
Tel/Fax: 01629 640439
Email:
dalespony@dalespony.fsnet.co.uk
Website:
www.dalespony.org
Contact: Mrs Jo Ashby (Secretary)
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Similiar to
the Fell pony. This breed
can carry huge amounts of
weight. Used for carrying
loads of lead ore from
mines. Today, they can be
found in both riding and
driving.
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Origin:
England
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Colour:
mostly black, dark
brown, or bay
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Height:
up to
14.2hh.
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Conformation:
head
should be neat,
showing no
coarseness about the
jaw or throat. An
abundant long mane
of straight hair
cover a muscular
neck that is well
laid onto sloping
shoulders. The body
should be compact
with strong loins
and well sprung
ribs. Short, well
developed forearms
set square into a
broad chest; the
quarters powerful
and muscular, the
hocks clean. The
cannons should
display an average
of 8”-9” of flat
flinty bone with
well defined
tendons. Their
pasterns should be
of good length and
covered with ample
silky straight
‘feather’.
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Character:
true
pony character.
Alert. Courageous,
intelligent and
kind.
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Uses:
Hacking. |
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