Also called Western Isles Pony, the Hebridean Pony is an extinct pony breed. An original variety of the Highland pony with older characteristics. There were several localized strains of this pony, the only surviving one being Eriskay Pony<\/a>. Thought to come from ancient Celtic and Norse origin, these ponies are related and similar in appearance) to other small northern breeds, like those found in the Faeroes or Iceland. It is unclear which of them developed first, but they developed localized characteristics everywhere they are found.<\/p>\n The ponies thrived in this island habitat until the 19th century, when cross breeding began to increase. There were roughly five types, Barra, Mull, Rhum, Skye, Uist, but pure bloodlines were crossed into extinction. Thankfully the remote island of Eriskay was difficult to access and didn’t have enough natural resources to sustain larger types. Due to this other breeds were not introduced, leaving the island stock to remain pure. Keeping some of the Hebridean genetics and characteristics alive. <\/p>\n Average height 11.3 – 13 hands<\/p>\n Head is large, wide and deep black<\/a> | grey<\/a> | bay<\/a> | pinto<\/a><\/p>\n Kind and docile temper Riding pony<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Intro Also called Western Isles Pony, the Hebridean Pony is an extinct pony breed. An original variety of the Highland pony with older characteristics. There were several localized strains of this pony, the only surviving one being Eriskay Pony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[5,11,30,125,15],"class_list":["post-8510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scotland","tag-bay","tag-chestnut","tag-dun","tag-extinct","tag-grey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8510","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=8510"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8514,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8510\/revisions\/8514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/p>\nOrigins<\/h3>\n
Features<\/h3>\n
Physique<\/h3>\n
\nNeck is strong and well muscled
\nChest is deep and well sprung
\nLegs are fine with a tuft of feather behind the fetlock
\nFeet are small, neat and somewhat upright
\nMane and tail are generous and waterproof<\/p>\nTraditional Colors<\/h3>\n
Temperament<\/h3>\n
\nEasy to train<\/p>\nUse<\/h3>\n