{"id":6578,"date":"2024-12-29T17:09:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T17:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/?p=6578"},"modified":"2025-10-28T23:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T23:47:10","slug":"belgian-saddle-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/belgian-saddle-pony","title":{"rendered":"Belgian Saddle Pony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Intro<\/h3>\n<p>Also known as Belgische Rijpony and Poney de Selle Belge, the Belgian Saddle Pony is a relatively recent breed and mainly used under saddle.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Origins<\/h3>\n<p>Their studbook was found around the turn of the century and used a foundation of <a href=\"\/breeds\/new-forest\">New Forest<\/a>, <a href=\"\/breeds\/welsh-b\">Welsh<\/a> and <a href=\"\/breeds\/connemara-pony\">Connemara<\/a> ponies as well as <a href=\"\/breeds\/english-thoroughbred\">Thoroughbred<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are two different types found within the breed. Small, which is a &#8216;toy&#8217; pony and large, which is more of a sport type. They are registered with the BRp studbook, under the Belgian Warmblood Studbook blanket. As it is such a new breed, they are still relatively rare. According to the DAD-IS as of 2013, there were between 240-360 of them. <\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>Small average height 10-13 hands<br \/>\nLarge average height 13-14.7 hands<\/p>\n<h3>Physique<\/h3>\n<p>This breed is more of a type and will have varied conformation<\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Colors<\/h3>\n<p>All solid <a href=\"\/colors\">colors<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Temperament<\/h3>\n<p>Calm and tractable <\/p>\n<h3>Use<\/h3>\n<p>Sport pony<br \/>\nRiding pony<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p><small>*All links open in a new window<\/small><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.belgianwarmblood.com\/pony\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Belgian Warmblood Breeding Association (BRp)<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Video<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZK6_FiLQaZg?si=36KS05Q4mverYTun\" 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<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D2FnOE_XDAE?si=YprDbIvc1dvZVGoX\" 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 Also known as Belgische Rijpony and Poney de Selle Belge, the Belgian Saddle Pony is a relatively recent breed and mainly used under saddle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-6578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-belgium","tag-solid-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6578","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=6578"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10179,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6578\/revisions\/10179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}