The Devon Pack Horse developed specifically to carry heavy loads, but fine enough to be good under saddle and sturdy enough for light agriculture. They were created from native ponies crossed with lighter, taller animals. This is an extinct breed.
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Thought to possibly be related to the Great Horse, history of the Devon Pack horse is intertwined with that of the Dartmoor horse. Foundations of the Pack Horse are partly Dartmoor and later their blood was infused back into the Dartmoor population. <\/p>\n
This breed went extinct in the UK in 1903, when the last pure Devon Pack stallion was shipped to Australia. <\/p>\n
Average height 12.2 – 14 hands<\/p>\n
Head has broad forehead
\nEars are alert
\nNeck is strong
\nSloped shoulders
\nMuscular hindquarters
\nTall is full and high set
\nLegs have are dense and flat
\nHooves are tough and well-shaped<\/p>\n
Dun<\/a> | Black<\/a> | Brown<\/a> | Mealy<\/a> <\/p>\n Calm and dependable Pack animal Intro The Devon Pack Horse developed specifically to carry heavy loads, but fine enough to be good under saddle and sturdy enough for light agriculture. They were created from native ponies crossed with lighter, taller animals. This is an extinct breed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,144],"tags":[125],"class_list":["post-7171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-england","category-uk","tag-extinct"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7171","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=7171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7173,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7171\/revisions\/7173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Temperament<\/h3>\n
\nRobust and sturdy<\/p>\nUse<\/h3>\n
\nRiding
\nLight draft<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"