Pindos pony
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| Origin: | Greece |
| Main breeding area: | Thessaly and Epirus |
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| Stick measure : | under 141 cm |
| Colors : | all basic colors |
| Main application area: | Mountain pony |
The Pindos pony ( Greek : αλογάκι της Πίνδου) is a pony breed from the Pindus Mountains near Thessaly and Epirus in Greece.
features
The Pindos pony is a tough, tough and enduring pony. It is about 1.30 m tall and you can find all basic colors, mostly brown, dark brown or mold. The slightly ramsnose head is quite coarse, not small and has a straight or slightly concave profile. The neck is described as being set quite low and as medium high and attached. Pindos ponies have well-marked withers that are short and high. They have a narrow but long back, a weak hindquarters and a sloping to short and severed croup . It often happens that the pony appears to be missing a rib. The limbs are slender and long, sometimes cow vinegar . The hooves are very hard, relatively narrow, have a poorly developed frog and have high heels .
The character of this breed is described as willing to work, good-natured, extremely hard and frugal. She is sure-footed, but sometimes stubborn. The typical gaits are pass and tölt .
Origin and use
The Pindos pony is probably of oriental origin, which could be due to the Turkish rule between 1453 and 1830, when oriental blood was added to this breed. However, the exact origin seems unknown.
Ponies of this breed were used by the mountain farmers of the Pindus Mountains as working, carrying and riding ponies, as well as for light agricultural work. The use fell sharply, partly due to the motorization. The ponies lived and live semi-wild, which means that farmers captured them for a specific use and then released them again. Today, Pindus ponies are used to a far lesser extent as pack animals or in tourism for trail rides. Mares are used to raise mules .
Today around 300 to 1000 individuals of this breed live in the Pindus Mountains. The Pindos ponies are frugal and survive longer periods on a lean diet, but severe winters lead to mass deaths.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Breed portrait: Pindo's pony. pferdefuehrer.de, accessed on August 21, 2012 .
- ↑ a b c d Peneia Pony / Pindos Pony. Retrieved August 21, 2012 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Pindos pony. (No longer available online.) Horse2buy.de, archived from the original on January 26, 2009 ; Retrieved August 21, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Pindo's pony. theequinest.com, accessed August 21, 2012 .
- ^ A b c Cordelia Madden: Winter provisions for Pindos horses. (No longer available online.) In: Athens News. September 30, 2005, formerly in the original ; Retrieved August 21, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
