Dales
Meet a Rare and Endangered Pony Breed from the UK! The Dales Pony is known as the Great All Rounder.
See below for Photos, Breed Videos and Facts about the Dales Pony!
Watch the Breed Video
✨Featuring: Roandale Dales Pony Stud at Hill Gill Farm and Lad - A Dales owned by Meg Robbins!
🐴About the Dales Pony Breed:
Often called The Great All Rounder, the Dales Pony is a rare and endangered breed known for its strength, intelligence, stamina, and good disposition. The breed originated in Northern England.
They are one of the UK's native mountain and moorland pony breeds. They were used as pack ponies for the lead mining industry and excelled in carrying heavy loads, at speed, over difficult terrain.
Over the years they have adapted to many different roles, including being used in farming, as shepherd’s ponies, in trotting races, and they were even used in both world wars.
According to the Dales Pony Society they should be: A strong, active pony, full of quality and spirit. They should have the very best of feet and legs, along with ample silky feather on the heels.
Ideally standing between 14- 14.2hh. Colors include: Black, Brown, Bay, Grey and Roan.
Today these hardworking and beautiful ponies can be found in several Countries around the world, including the United States, Canada and Australia. They are used for both riding and driving. From dressage to long distance trail rides, they continue to show the world why they are loved as a great all rounder.
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Watch the Dales Pony Episode Here:
Official Breed Representative:
Name: Roandale Gay Lad
See his Facebook page Here.
Breed Origin: England
Gender: Gelding
Foaled in: 2007
Color: Bay
Registry: Dales Pony Society
Owned By: Meg Robbins
✨Official Breed Parade Winner!✨
🐴Here is what the owner, Courtnay Lea O'connor, has to say about this beautiful photo:
"The ponies are part of the Ellenrod Dales Pony Stud. The ponies are on the endangered list and are now on the red zone. Our girls run on the moor in their natural habitat with 1,900 acres to roam. We live in a conservation area. The ponies are the biggest part of the conservation in the area, restoring the natural grasses and wildlife, alongside out breeding program."
>Click Here< to meet over 40 Dales Ponies from around the World and see the Virtual Breed Parade on the DiscoverTheHorse Facebook Page!
Dales Pony Breed Photos
“Dales Ponies were bred for a specific job in a harsh environment. When the job changed, they were successfully adapted for other uses, and today the ponies can demonstrate all the qualities and abilities which brought their forebears such renown.
The combination of strength, agility, thrift, hardiness and high courage, with good conformation and a calm, intelligent nature, makes the Dales Pony a first-class riding and driving pony with all the abilities of a true all-rounder.”
