Photo: Just chaos · CC BY 2.0 horse breed · 671 on Animalso
Pony of the Americas
- Animal
- Horse
- Type
- Pony
- Origin
- United States
About the Pony of the Americas
The Pony of Americas is a pony breed developed in Mason City, Iowa, United States. The foundation stallion was an Arabian/Appaloosa/Shetland pony cross. A breed registry was founded in 1954, and within 15 years had registered 15,000 ponies. Today, the Pony of the Americas Club is one of the largest and most active youth-oriented horse breed registries in the US. Although called ponies, POAs have the phenotype of a small horse, combining mainly Arabian and American Quarter Horse attributes. The registry is open, allowing blood from many other breeds, but has strict criteria for entry, including Appaloosa coloration, specified height and other physical characteristics. Although mainly bred for Western riding, the breed has been used for many other disciplines, including driving, endurance riding and some English disciplines.
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Photo credits17 photographs on this page
- Pony of the Americas — Just chaos · CC BY 2.0 · file page
- American Bashkir Curly — Eponimm · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- American Belgian Draft — Richard · CC BY 2.0 · file page
- American Cream Draft — Jean · CC BY 2.0 · file page
- American creme and white horse registry — GOETZ Christine · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file page
- American Drum Horse — Ultra7 · Public domain · file page
- American Indian horse — JD Lamb · CC BY 2.0 · file page
- American Miniature Horse — agriflanders · CC BY 2.0 · file page
- American Paint Horse — Betty Wills · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file page
- American Quarter Horse — José Reynaldo da Fonseca · CC BY 2.5 · file page
- American Saddlebred — Just chaos · CC BY 2.0 · file page
- American Shetland Pony — Montanabw · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file page
- American Warmblood — Josette · CC BY-SA 4.0 · file page
- Appaloosa — Darrell Dodds · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
- AraAppaloosa — Heather Moreton · CC BY 2.0 · file page
- Banker horse — Tania Gail · CC BY 2.0 · file page
- Camarillo White Horse — Haase B and others · CC BY-SA 2.5 · file page
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