There are a number of pony breeds which can be called Celtic, most of them are related to one another on some level. The original was a wild horse found on the British Isles and parts of Western Europe, which as the name suggests, was probably domesticated by the Celts
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The term Celtic horse or pony generally refers to a group of small, native horses with similar characteristics. Found mainly in Western and Northern Europe, the type was small with a thick build and incredible agility. There emerged two fairly distinct types based on geography, essentially the island and continental. <\/p>\n
Island Type<\/strong> Continental Type<\/strong> Average height 12.8 hands Head has a slightly concave profile that becomes convex towards the nose Generally black<\/a>, brown<\/a>, dun<\/a> (with primitive markings) and sometimes mealy<\/a><\/p>\n Intelligent and brave Riding Intro There are a number of pony breeds which can be called Celtic, most of them are related to one another on some level. The original was a wild horse found on the British Isles and parts of Western Europe, which as the name suggests, was probably domesticated by the Celts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,33,75,21,57,27],"tags":[4,118,125,24],"class_list":["post-9574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-england","category-france","category-ireland","category-portugal","category-scotland","category-spain","tag-black","tag-brown","tag-extinct","tag-mealy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9574","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=9574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9576,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9574\/revisions\/9576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFound native throughout the British Isles and includes Connemara<\/a>, Exmoor<\/a> and Shetland<\/a> ponies. Perhaps even the Icelandic ponies<\/a> have a genetic link. <\/p>\n
\nEvolved in France and along the Iberian Peninsula, today represented by the Garrano<\/a>, Jaca Navarra<\/a> and Pottok<\/a>.<\/p>\nFeatures<\/h3>\n
\nBack legs had no chestnuts<\/p>\nPhysique<\/h3>\n
\nHindquarters are straight<\/p>\nTraditional Colors<\/h3>\n
Temperament<\/h3>\n
\nSpirited and loyal<\/p>\nUse<\/h3>\n
\nTransportation
\nPack animal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"