Native breeds Dartmoor pony
Country Life UK|July 26, 2023
THE handsome Dartmoor resembles a mini hunter and is one of the best children’s riding ponies: sturdy and muscled, yet not too wide in frame, and with an arguably less combative temperament than some other breeds
Native breeds Dartmoor pony

However, it is classified as ‘at risk’ by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. The pure-bred, block-coloured (predominantly dark bay) show-ring Dartmoor pony is often more likely to have been produced at a stud than on the moor; the renowned Shilstone Rocks Stud at Widecombe-in-the-Moor straddles both worlds.

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