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The Basotho Pony, also called Basuto is native to an enclave of South Africa called Lesotho. An inhospitable climate, high altitude and steep terrain have created an incredibly hardy, capable little animal.
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Bashkir Horse
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Native to the unforgiving climate in the steppe regions south of the Ural Mountains, the Bashkirskaya or Bashkir horse is by nature an incredibly tough animal. Enduring long cold winters and short hot summers.
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Barthais Pony
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The Barthais was once classified as a heavy horse and their roots are thought to go back to France pre 7th Century AD (Arabian blood was added for the first time in 732 AD). However, over the years their bloodlines have become lighter and smaller to the present day animal, which is now classified as a pony.
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Barra Pony
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The Barra or Bara pony is an extinct breed as of the mid 20th Century, but was once a small variety of the Hebridean Pony.
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Bardigiano Horse
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The handsome Bardigiano is a pony breed from the Emilia Romagna region of Italy. Loved by the locals for their strength and endurance for wood and field work in difficult areas. During WWII Italian Bardigiano mares were used to produce mules to feed the war and in the process nearly decimated the pureblood of the breed.
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Bandiagara Horse
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Also called Gondo, the Bandiagara horse is a mid-sized, docile horse breed that can be found in Mali and Niger on the African continent.
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Banat Horse
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The Banat was a moderately large-framed quality riding horse which was used for draft and pulling power. They were similar to what we consider a heavy warmblood today. This breed is now extinct.
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Balikun Horse
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A rare light draft breed, the Balikun horse is well adapted for harsh environment and used mainly for transportation.
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Balearic Horse
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This breed comes from the island of Majorca off the coast of southern Spain. Unfortunately, very few formal records have been kept on the Balearic breed. That combined with their isolation has kept their bloodlines pure & their numbers low.
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Bakhtiari Horse
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The Bakhtiari is a variant of the Plateau Persian horse of Iran, sharing basic conformation & heritage. They are mainly bred by the Bakhtiari tribesmen of Khuzestan Province in the south of Iran.
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