Origins
Also called the Darfur Pony, Gharkawi and Kordofani Western Sudan Pony comes from southern Darfur and southwestern Kordofan in Sudan.
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Welsh Pony of Cob Type (Section C)
Welsh Pony (Section B)
Intro
All sections of Welsh types come from Wales and the Welsh Pony registers under Section B of their studbook. This pony breed is a larger version of the Welsh Mountain Pony which was the foundation for the breed. They are classified as riding ponies.
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Welsh Mountain Pony (Section A)
Intro
All sections of the Welsh ponies come from Wales, the Welsh Mountain Pony registers under Section A of their studbook. The Mountain pony is the original, an ancient breed that inhabited Wales prior to Roman invasion, of the four types, this is the oldest.
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Welsh Cob (Section D)
Intro
All sections of Welsh types come from Wales and the Welsh Cob registers under Section D of the Welsh Pony studbook. This area has bred a horse of cob type for centuries, useful for both farm work, carriage and riding purposes.
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Welara Pony
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The Welara Pony comes from a cross between Welsh Ponies and Arabian horses, the resulting animals possesses refined beauty, intelligence and a good temperament.
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Walkaloosa Horse
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The Walkaloosa is an appaloosa horse that moves with an ambling gait, like the Spanish Jennet. Appaloosa horses have displayed a pacing gait dating back to China thousands of years ago, slowly making their way into Europe and eventually the Americas.
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Waler Horse
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Not an officially recognized breed, the Waler Horse is a definite type that has made themselves renowned worldwide for their hardy nature. The name Waler was coined in India in 1846 referring to the horses of New South Wales. The walers were a popular breed for the Australian Light Horse mounted forces.
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Vyatka Horse
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The Vyatka or Viatka is a native northern breed that comes from of the Kirov and Perm regions of Udmurtia which is a climate well suited for horse breeding.
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Voronezh Coach Horse
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The Voronezh Coach or Voronezh Draft was developed in the Voronezh District of Russia and useful as a light draft animal for the people who lived there. The breed is now listed as extinct in the DAD-IS
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