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New Forest Horse
Height: 12-14.2hh. Color: Any color except piebald or skewbald. Character: Intelligent, brave, willing, docile, very friendly, and quickto learn. Because the New Forest area — less a forest than an open expanseof common cross-hatched with roads and picnic places — is within handyreach of London and the densely-populated south east, the free-range ponyis exposed to visitors from birth and grows up less shy of people and of man-created terrors such as traffic than any of the other British mountain andmoorland breeds. For this reason it is the safest possible ride for children. Physique: Because the New Forest pony is a mixture of many breeds whichhave been turned loose on the common over the centuries with no seriousattempt to control the type until 1938, it comes in a wide range of sizes andshapes. However, under the watchful eye of the New Forest Pony Breedingand Cattle Society, a definite type is becoming recognized: Rather large head with intelligent eye, well set on a shortish neck. Goodshoulder, short back with deep girth and strong loins and hindquarters.Good, hard legs with short cannon bones and excellent feet. It is a hardy,thrifty pony with plenty of endurance. More than a thousand years ago the area covered by the New Forestextended through southern England nearly as far west as Dartmoor andExmoor, and so it is probable that the original New Forest pony was closelyakin to those of the Devon and Somerset moors. The breed has been mixedwith abundant new blood since those days, among it that of the Thorough-bred stallion Marske. In 1765Marske, was sold cheap to aDorset farmer who used him to cover New Forest mares. Marske's obscurity as a farm stallion lasted for only 4 years. Inthe years 1852 to about 1890 Queen Victoria lent three Arab stallions torun wild in the Forest, and these must have had some effect upon improvingthe native ponies — though the degree of their effect would depend upontheir personalities, since it is not the most beautiful stallion who covers themares in the wild but the most determined and aggressive. In the last partof the 19th century Lord Arthur Cecil introduced to the Forest other nativemountain and moorland breeds such as the Galloway and Welsh. Attemptsto "improve- the New Forest pony with richer blood were not universallysuccessful since the progeny was not necessarily able to cope with thesparse winter feed provided by the Forest. It seems logical that today'spony which continues to survive running wild all year round must owe thelarger part of its ancestry to the other hardy British mountain and moorlandbreeds. The New Forest is the most tractable of all the British riding ponies. Itmakes a splendid hunter, and seems impervious to any sort of traffic.Unfortunately, this last quality permits it to wander without fear on theunfenced roads of the Forest and causes a high annual death and injury toll |
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Origin: England — New Forest area of Hampshire.