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Ainos Pony

Intro

The Ainos Pony is an incredibly rare breed of pony found only on the western Greek island of Kefalonia in the Gulf of Pátras. Sadly, tourism, poaching & lack of grazing land are a major threat to this breed – their numbers shrink every year.
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Swedish Warmblood Horse

Intro

Horse breeding in Sweden has been a long and rocky road. Their position so far north makes much of the country an impossible place to nurture the equine animal the the remaining southern portion took a long while to catch on to selective breeding practices.
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Strelets Horse

Origins

The Stretlets Horse comes from the caucasus family and was developed by breeding Arabians, quality Orlov Trotters, Thoroughbred & Anglo-Arabians & the resulting animal carried the physical characteristics of the Arabians with a larger build.
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Tokara Pony

Intro

Also called the Tokara Kyusu, Kagoshima, Kuyshu & Miyazki the Tokara pony comes from the Tokara Islands in Japan.
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Silesian Horse

Intro

The Silesian or Slaski Horse was developed around the turn of the 19th century and bred in Lower Silesia in Poland.
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Russian Riding Horse

Origins

The Russian Riding horse was created for under saddle use by Count Orlov at the end of the 18th century. Orlov was was also responsible for the Orlov Trotter (used for harness).
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Novokirghiz Horse

Origins

The Novokirghiz is a fairly recent breed that was developed during the 1930’s in Kirghizia and comes from the Old Kirghiz breed. Crosses with Thoroughbred blood have created a lighter & more refined animal in the Novokirghiz.
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Nooitgedacht Pony

Intro

The Nooitgedacht Pony is one of the only breeds that are actually indigenous to South Africa & they are the only true descendants of the Basuto pony. Today they are an incredibly rare breed.
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New Kirgiz Horse

Intro

Also called the Novokirgizskaya, the New Kirgiz Horse was developed using the old Kirgiz breed and was developed around 1930 in Kyrgyzstan.
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Narym Horse

Origins

The Narym pony comes from the region near the Ob River in western Siberia and is very similar to the Priob breed, except generally more robust in stature. The two share similar physical characteristics as they are shaped by similar climate & conditions. Some consider them to be two different subgroups of the same northern forest horse breed.
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