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Horse Breeds - Shetland Pony

Posted on: Saturday, July 7th, 2007 in: Horse Breeds

The Shetland Pony originated off the northeastern coast of Scotland on the wet and rugged Shetland Islands.
It is believed that the ponies are descendants of a Tundra Pony that was found in Britain during the Ice Age.
The Shetland pony was originally used as pack animal for the crofters of the region and later as pit [...]

Horse Breeds - Friesian Horse

Posted on: Thursday, July 5th, 2007 in: Horse Breeds

 
The history of the Friesian horse dates a long way back to Roman times where historians documented the presence of Friesians mounted at Hadrian’s Wall.
But it said that the Friesian horse first originated in the Netherlands.  And it is also known as the only indigenous horse breed from the Netherlands still present today.
For years the [...]