Miyako pony
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| Origin: | Miyako |
| Main breeding area: | Miyako, Aguni |
| Distribution: | Miyako, Aguni |
| Stick measure : | 142 cm |
| Colors : | Browns, duns |
| Main application area: | Horseback riding, agricultural work |
The Miyako pony ( Japanese 宮 古 馬 , Miyako-uma ) is a pony breed from Miyako Island , which is part of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan . Besides the Hokkaido , Kiso , Noma , Taishu , Misaki , Tokara and Yonaguni pony, it is one of 8 endemic horse breeds still in existence in Japan.
Background information on horse evaluation and breeding can be found under: Exterior , interior and horse breeding .
Exterior
The Miyako Pony has a shoulder height of 142 cm and is mostly brown in color or fallow.
Breeding history
During the Second World War, stallions from abroad were crossed into the small ponies originally in Miyako in order to increase the size of the breed for agricultural work.
By 1944 there were around 10,000 Miyako ponies left. Due to the motorization of agriculture, it was later on the verge of extinction and is now bred on two islands, namely Miyako and Aguni. In 1977 there were 15 animals of the breed, in 1985 it reached a low with 8 individuals, after that their number increased to 25 in 1993, in 2001 only 19 animals of the breed existed.
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- Ken Nozawa, Takayoshi Shotake, Shin'ichi Ito, Yoshi Kawamoto: Phylogenetic Relationships among Japanese Native and Alien Horses Estimated by Protein Polymorphisms. In: Journal of Equine Science. Vol. 9, No. 2, 1998, pp. 53-69, doi: 10.1294 / jes.9.53
- Country Report (For FAO State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources Process). (PDF file; 1.11 MB). Editorial Committee Office of the Japanese Country Report, Animal Genetic Resources Laboratory, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan.
- Breeds of Livestock, Horses: Miyako. 1995-2009 Oklahoma State University
