The Arenberg-Nordkirchener is dangerously close to becoming extinct and are listed as critically endangered, with their population numbers in the teens.
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These animals are a fairly recent breed having been created in 1923 by the Prince of Arenberg. The original bloodlines come from wild horses of Munster, Westphalia crossed with animals of Konik<\/a>, D\u00fclmen<\/a> and later Welsh Pony<\/a> blood. the goal was to create a durable riding pony that was friendly, tough and able to cover long distances with a smooth stride. <\/p>\n The mares were kept outdoors year round and every year the colts were rounded up and sold as carriage horses. Their popularity continued through the second World War, after which the need for horseflesh declined. <\/p>\n During the 1960’s the need again arose for a suitable riding pony and breeding began again. The breed branched off in 1984, to distinguish it from the German Riding Pony<\/a>. In the 1990’s there was a renewed interest in the Arenberg-Nordkirchener and an attempt was made to collect the remaining animals. However this process was difficult as lineage is traced through the dam’s side in this breed. Sadly their numbers are very limited today.<\/p>\n Average height 12.9 – 13.7 hands Dry, expressive head black<\/a> | chestnut<\/a> | grey<\/a> | bay<\/a> | dun<\/a><\/p>\n Friendly and able Riding pony<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Intro The Arenberg-Nordkirchener is dangerously close to becoming extinct and are listed as critically endangered, with their population numbers in the teens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[5,4,11,30,15],"class_list":["post-155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-germany","tag-bay","tag-black","tag-chestnut","tag-dun","tag-grey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4839,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions\/4839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Late 20th Century<\/h3>\n
Features<\/h3>\n
\nDurable and healthy
\nElastic ground covering gaits<\/p>\nPhysique<\/h3>\n
\nSloping shoulder
\nWell shaped croup
\nCorrect, clear foundation<\/p>\nTraditional Colors<\/h3>\n
Temperament<\/h3>\n
\nPersistent and tenacious<\/p>\nUse<\/h3>\n