YES THEY ARE VERY DIFFERENT HORSES HAVE A MUCH BIGER BUILD TO THERE BODIES AND I WOULD SAY PONIES ARE DEFINETLEY MORE SMALLER THEN HORSES. yes, ponies are different. any person who doesn't have a clue about horses will say it is a baby horse, but it isn't. a pony is typically considered below 14.3 hands. Some are now using body build to determine if it is a pony or a horse.
Yes. A pony usually has a heavier, more draft-like build and is under 14.2hh with few exceptions.
No their is not diet differences depend on how the horse/pony is used barrel/pole/down and back horses/ponys should have a bail a day and some grain, a racing horse should be kept on a veterinarian suggested diet. A pasture horse shoud get a bail a day and still be worked
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Neither horses or ponies are inherently smarter. While a certain horse or pony may appear smarter it will not hold true throughout. Horses and ponies are basically the same. In fact a given mare can give birth to both horses and ponies depending on who she is mated to. Therefore horses and ponies are of the same basic intelligence Horse
I dont know about to 10, but Nevada has over half of the US wild horses. Wyoming, Idaho, and Ohio, Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, and New Mexico are also major wild horse states. Im fact in 1988, a herd of 100 thought-to-be extinct spanish horses in Arizona.
yes a foal is a baby horse or pony. The main differences between horses and ponys are, their sizes and builds. foals, colts, fillys, mares, stallions, geldings etc etc refer to both horses and ponys
Ponies can do the same things that full sized horses can do so long as you make adjustments for their heights. Miniature horses should never be confused with ponies, they should never be ridden.
Where Ponies and Horses LivePonies and horses live anywhere around the world and are used for many different things.
they are horses but most people think they are ponies
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They are ponies!
Ethiopia has a mixture of horses, the most common ponies are Abyssinian ponies. I am not sure about Horses, but Ponies I am :D
Neither horses or ponies are inherently smarter. While a certain horse or pony may appear smarter it will not hold true throughout. Horses and ponies are basically the same. In fact a given mare can give birth to both horses and ponies depending on who she is mated to. Therefore horses and ponies are of the same basic intelligence Horse
The horses and ponies are mostly welsh cobs and welsh ponies.
The difference between horses and ponies are very easy to see in most breeds. Ponies are normally shorter and stockier than horses. A pony'smaximum height is 14.2hh.
All horses AND ponies are herbivores.
I dont know about to 10, but Nevada has over half of the US wild horses. Wyoming, Idaho, and Ohio, Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, and New Mexico are also major wild horse states. Im fact in 1988, a herd of 100 thought-to-be extinct spanish horses in Arizona.
A pony is a sub-species of horses. Basically you get ponies when you breed horses rated as ponies.
Minis and Ponies. Light horses. Draft horses.