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Western Sudan Pony

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Origins

Also called the Darfur Pony, Gharkawi & Kordofani Western Sudan Pony comes from southern Darfur & southwestern Kordofan in Sudan. I could find no other information about them.
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Welsh Pony of Cob Type (Section C)

Welsh Pony (Section C)

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Intro

All sections of the Welsh ponies come from Wales and the Welsh Pony of Cob Type registers under Section C of their studbook. The cob type Welsh pony is essentially a smaller type of the Welsh Cob (Section D).
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Welsh Pony (Section B)

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Intro

All sections of the Welsh ponies 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.
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Welsh Mountain Pony (Section A)

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Intro

All sections of the Welsh ponies come from Wales and 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 of cobs, this is the oldest.
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Welsh Cob (Section D)

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Intro

All sections of the Welsh ponies 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 & riding purposes.
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Welara Pony

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Origins

The Welara Pony comes from a cross between Welsh Ponies & Arabian horses, and the resulting animal possesses refined beauty, intelligence & a good temperament.
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Walkaloosa Horse

Walkaloosa

Intro

The Walkaloosa is an appaloosa horse that moves with an ambling gait, like to the Spanish Jennet. Appaloosa horses have displayed a pacing gait date back to China thousands of years ago & slowly made their way into Europe and eventually the Americas.
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Waler Horse

Intro

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.
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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 & Perm regions of Udmurtia which is a climate well suited for horse breeding.
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Voronezh Coach Horse

Voronezh Coach

Intro

The Voronezh Coach was developed in the Voronezh District of Russia & is a very rare breed today. Their numbers are pitifully low, however recently an interest has been shown in reviving this breed as it is an ancestor to the extinct Bityug breed & they retain many of their physical characteristics.
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