This handsome pony was only bred in New Zealand, using a foundation of Carlyon Pony<\/a> mares crossed with two Welsh stallions called Kinarth Caesar and Comet. Given the breed’s name, Comet was likely to have sired the best offspring. Horses aren’t native to New Zealand, all of them were imported at some time or another. Horse genetics in the country were in some ways carefully controlled, simply by the expense of bringing in new bloodlines. The Carlyon foundation consisted of imported Exmoor ponies<\/a> crossed with local animals. The Exmoor is a heavy pony of Celtic<\/a> type, incredibly robust and incredibly cute.<\/p>\n Welsh ponies are often used to improve pony breeds. They have a long lineage and distinctly attractive traits, from the wild ponies to the cob types. It is unclear which section the Welsh animals used were, but they were likely used to infuse some a finer and more upright blood. <\/p>\n Like the Carlyon, Comet horses are extinct. What is left of their bloodlines still runs free in the Kaimanawa Mountains. <\/p>\n Average height 11.3-13.3 hands Head has a straight profile Can be found in most colors, but chestnut<\/a> and black<\/a> are most common.<\/p>\n Energetic and willing Riding Intro This handsome pony was only bred in New Zealand, using a foundation of Carlyon Pony mares crossed with two Welsh stallions called Kinarth Caesar and Comet. Given the breed’s name, Comet was likely to have sired the best offspring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9586,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[9,4,11,125],"class_list":["post-9583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-zealand","tag-all-colors","tag-black","tag-chestnut","tag-extinct"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9583","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=9583"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9590,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9583\/revisions\/9590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theequinest.com\/breeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/p>\nOrigins<\/h3>\n
Features<\/h3>\n
\nMane and tail hair is thick<\/p>\nPhysique<\/h3>\n
\nNeck is short
\nBack is short
\nHindquarters are inclined
\nLegs were muscular
\nHooves were small<\/p>\nTraditional Colors<\/h3>\n
Temperament<\/h3>\n
\nIntelligent<\/p>\nUse<\/h3>\n
\nTransportation
\nImproving other breeds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"