{"id":476,"date":"2010-08-09T03:09:57","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T03:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=476"},"modified":"2025-01-01T19:56:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T19:56:28","slug":"danish-sport-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/danish-sport-pony","title":{"rendered":"Danish Sport Pony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>A common breed found in Denmark, the Danish Sport Pony has been the focus of serious work in Denmark during the last 30-40 years.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Initially <a href=\"\/breeds\/icelandic-horse\">Icelandic horses<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/norwegian-fjord\">Norwegian Fjord<\/a> animals were used for children&#8217;s mounts in Denmark. As demand for a good sport pony grew, Denmark devoted resources to establishing solid bloodlines. <\/p>\n<p>The Danish Sport Pony Breeding Association was formed in 1976 and dedicated to creating a uniform breed of riding ponies. This was achieved by crossing <a href=\"\/breeds\/connemara-pony\">Connemaras<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/new-forest\">New Forest<\/a> horses, <a href=\"\/breeds\/welsh-b\">Welsh<\/a> stallions and <a href=\"\/breeds\/arabian-horse\">Arabian horses<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Perhaps their most important breeding criteria was temperament, they wanted an animal who was to be trusted with their children. <\/p>\n<h3>3 Size Classes<\/h3>\n<p>Category 1 &#8211; 13.3 &#8211; 14.2 hands (highest demand for this class)<br \/>\nCategory 2 &#8211; 12.3 &#8211; 13.2 hands<br \/>\nCategory 3 &#8211; up to 12.2 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>No taller than 14.2 hands<br \/>\nBuilt for long, easy movement<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>Head is refined and well set<br \/>\nNeck is well-formed<br \/>\nShoulder is sloping<br \/>\nBack is short and muscular<br \/>\nLegs are muscular<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/colors\/base\/chestnut\">chestnut<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/greying\">grey<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/modifiers\/bay\">bay<\/a> | <a href=\"\/colors\/base\/black\">black<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Calm and obedient<\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Show pony<br \/>\nCompetition mount<br \/>\nPleasure pony<\/p>\n<h3>More Images<\/h3>\n<div class=\"grid-two\">\n<div class=\"grid-two-one\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/danish-sport-pony-1.webp\" alt=\"Danish Sport Pony\"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-two-two\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/danish-sport-pony-2.webp\" alt=\"Danish Sport Pony\"  \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zCs-AZxo9Ao?si=yZLtGmmfTsAy6bbU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intro A common breed found in Denmark, the Danish Sport Pony has been the focus of serious work in Denmark during the last 30-40 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[5,4,11,15],"class_list":["post-476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-denmark","tag-bay","tag-black","tag-chestnut","tag-grey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476","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=476"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7049,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476\/revisions\/7049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}