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Exmoor pony

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The Exmoor pony is a horse breed native to the British Isles, where some still roam as semi-feral livestock on Exmoor, a large area of moorland in Devon and Somerset in southwest England. [1]

69 relations: Ancient Rome, Bay (horse), Breed registry, Bristol Channel, British Isles, Calcareous grassland, Chariot, Cheddar Gorge, Colt (horse), Conservation grazing, Devon, Domesday Book, Domestication of the horse, Driving (horse), Eartham Pit, Boxgrove, Equestrianism, Equine agility, Equine conformation, Equus (genus), Equus Survival Trust, Exmoor, Foundation stock, Gelding, Gough's Cave, Haplotype, Heath, History of the horse in Britain, Horse breed, Horse markings, Horse meat, Horse show, Horse teeth, Ice age, Kents Cavern, Livestock branding, Mane (horse), Mare, Mérens horse, Milovice (Nymburk District), Mitochondrial DNA, Moorland, Morphology (biology), Mountain and moorland pony breeds, National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, Natural England, Pangaré, Phenotype, Pit pony, Pony, Pottok, ..., Primitive markings, Purebred, Rare Breeds Survival Trust, Royal forest, Rump (animal), Seal brown (horse), Semi-feral, Severn-Cotswold tomb, Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 11th Baronet, Somerset, Stallion, Tail (horse), Tarpan, The Livestock Conservancy, The Wildlife Trusts, Trail riding, Wild horse, Winsford, Somerset, Y chromosome. Expand index (19 more) »

Ancient Rome

In historiography, ancient Rome is Roman civilization from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, encompassing the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire until the fall of the western empire.

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Bay (horse)

Bay is a hair coat color of horses, characterized by a reddish-brown body color with a black mane, tail, ear edges, and lower legs.

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Breed registry

A breed registry, also known as a herdbook, studbook or register, in animal husbandry and the hobby of animal fancy, is an official list of animals within a specific breed whose parents are known.

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Bristol Channel

The Bristol Channel (Môr Hafren) is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales from Devon and Somerset in South West England.

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British Isles

The British Isles are a group of islands off the north-western coast of continental Europe that consist of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and over six thousand smaller isles.

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Calcareous grassland

Calcareous grassland (or alkaline grassland) is an ecosystem associated with thin basic soil, such as that on chalk and limestone downland.

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Chariot

A chariot is a type of carriage driven by a charioteer using primarily horses to provide rapid motive power.

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Cheddar Gorge

Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills, near the village of Cheddar, Somerset, England.

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Colt (horse)

A colt is a male horse, usually below the age of four years.

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Conservation grazing

Conservation grazing is the use of semi-feral or domesticated grazing livestock to maintain and increase the biodiversity of natural or semi-natural grasslands, heathlands, wood pasture, wetlands and many other habitats.

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Devon

Devon, also known as Devonshire, which was formerly its common and official name, is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (or; Latin: Liber de Wintonia "Book of Winchester") is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror.

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Domestication of the horse

A number of hypotheses exist on many of the key issues regarding the domestication of the horse.

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Driving (horse)

Driving, when applied to horses, ponies, mules, or donkeys, is a broad term for hitching equines to a wagon, carriage, cart, sleigh, or other horse-drawn vehicle by means of a harness and working them in this way.

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Eartham Pit, Boxgrove

Amey's Eartham Pit is the original name for the internationally important Lower Palaeolithic archaeological site of Boxgrove in the English county of West Sussex.

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Equestrianism

Equestrianism (from Latin equester, equestr-, equus, horseman, horse), more often known as riding, horse riding (British English) or horseback riding (American English), refers to the skill of riding, driving, steeplechasing or vaulting with horses.

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Equine agility

Equine agility or horse agility is a sport similar to dog agility but using horses.

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Equine conformation

Equine conformation evaluates the degree of correctness of a horse's bone structure, musculature, and its body proportions in relation to each other.

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Equus (genus)

Equus is a genus of mammals in the family Equidae, which includes horses, donkeys, and zebras.

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Equus Survival Trust

The Equus Survival Trust is a United States nonprofit organisation dedicated to helping conservation efforts for over 25 horse breeds considered "endangered" by the organization due to their rarity and danger of dying out.

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Exmoor

Exmoor is loosely defined as an area of hilly open moorland in west Somerset and north Devon in South West England.

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Foundation stock

Foundation bloodstock or foundation stock are animals that are the progenitors, or foundation, of a new breed (or crossbreed or hybrid), or of a given bloodline within such.

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Gelding

A gelding is a castrated horse or other equine, such as a donkey or a mule.

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Gough's Cave

Gough's Cave is located in Cheddar Gorge on the Mendip Hills, in Cheddar, Somerset, England.

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Haplotype

A haplotype (haploid genotype) is a group of alleles in an organism that are inherited together from a single parent.

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Heath

A heath is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and is characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation.

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History of the horse in Britain

The known history of the horse in Britain starts with horse remains found in Pakefield, Suffolk, dating from 700,000 BC, and in Boxgrove, West Sussex, dating from 500,000 BC.

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Horse breed

A horse breed is a selectively bred population of domesticated horses, often with pedigrees recorded in a breed registry.

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Horse markings

Markings on horses usually are distinctive white areas on an otherwise dark base coat color.

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Horse meat

Horse meat is the culinary name for meat cut from a horse.

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Horse show

A horse show is a judged exhibition of horses and ponies.

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Horse teeth

Horse teeth refers to the dentition of equine species, including horses and donkeys.

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Ice age

An ice age is a period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.

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Kents Cavern

Kents Cavern is a cave system in Torquay, Devon, England.

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Livestock branding

Livestock branding is a technique for marking livestock so as to identify the owner.

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Mane (horse)

The mane is the hair that grows from the top of the neck of a horse or other equine, reaching from the poll to the withers, and includes the forelock or foretop.

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Mare

A mare is an adult female horse or other equine.

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Mérens horse

The Mérens, Cheval de Mérens or Caballo de Merens, still occasionally referred to by the older name of Ariégeois pony, is a small, rustic horse native to the Pyrenees and Ariégeois mountains of southern France, where the Ariège River flows, and northern Spain, near Andorra.

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Milovice (Nymburk District)

Milovice (Milowitz) is a town in the Czech Republic in the Nymburk District located about northeast of Prague.

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Mitochondrial DNA

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA or mDNA) is the DNA located in mitochondria, cellular organelles within eukaryotic cells that convert chemical energy from food into a form that cells can use, adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

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Moorland

Moorland or moor is a type of habitat found in upland areas in temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands and montane grasslands and shrublands biomes, characterised by low-growing vegetation on acidic soils.

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Morphology (biology)

Morphology is a branch of biology dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.

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Mountain and moorland pony breeds

Mountain and moorland or M&M ponies form a group of several breeds of ponies and small horses native to the British Isles.

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National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty

The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the largest membership organisation in the United Kingdom.

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Natural England

Natural England is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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Pangaré

Pangaré is a coat trait found in some horses that features pale hair around the eyes and muzzle and underside of the body.

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Phenotype

A phenotype is the composite of an organism's observable characteristics or traits, such as its morphology, development, biochemical or physiological properties, behavior, and products of behavior (such as a bird's nest).

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Pit pony

A pit pony was a class of pony commonly used underground in mines from the mid-18th until the mid-20th century.

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Pony

A pony is a small horse (Equus ferus caballus).

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Pottok

The Pottok or Pottoka (or, pottoka), is an endangered, semi-feral breed of pony native to the Pyrenees of the Basque Country in France and Spain.

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Primitive markings

Primitive markings are a group of hair coat markings and qualities seen in several equine species, including horses, donkeys, and asses.

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Purebred

Purebreds, also called purebreeds, are cultivated varieties or cultivars of an animal species, achieved through the process of selective breeding.

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Rare Breeds Survival Trust

The Rare Breeds Survival Trust is a conservation charity whose purpose is to secure the continued existence and viability of the native farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR) of the United Kingdom.

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Royal forest

A royal forest, occasionally "Kingswood", is an area of land with different definitions in England, Wales, and Scotland.

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Rump (animal)

The rump or croup, in the external morphology of an animal, is the portion of the posterior dorsum – that is, posterior to the loins and anterior to the tail.

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Seal brown (horse)

Seal brown is a hair coat color of horses characterized by a near-black body color; with black points, the mane, tail and legs; but also reddish or tan areas around the eyes, muzzle, behind the elbow and in front of the stifle.

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Semi-feral

A semi-feral animal is an animal that lives predominantly in a feral state, but has some contact and experience with humans.

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Severn-Cotswold tomb

A Severn-Cotswold tomb (or Cotswold-Severn tomb) is a type of megalithic chamber tomb built by Neolithic people in Wales and South West England around 3500 BC.

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Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 11th Baronet

Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 11th Baronet, FRS (25 May 1809 – 29 May 1898) was a British educational reformer and a politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1837 and 1886 initially as a Tory and later, after an eighteen-year gap, as a Liberal.

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Somerset

Somerset (or archaically, Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.

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Stallion

A stallion is a male horse that has not been gelded (castrated).

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Tail (horse)

The tail of the horse and other equines consists of two parts, the dock and the skirt.

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Tarpan

The tarpan (Equus ferus ferus), also known as Eurasian wild horse, was a subspecies of wild horse.

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The Livestock Conservancy

The Livestock Conservancy, formerly known as the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) and prior to that, the American Minor Breeds Conservancy, is a nonprofit organization focused on preserving and promoting rare breeds, also known as "heritage breeds" of livestock.

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The Wildlife Trusts

The Wildlife Trusts, the trading name of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, is an organisation made up of 47 local Wildlife Trusts in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and Alderney.

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Trail riding

Trail riding is riding outdoors on trails, bridle paths, and forest roads, but not on roads regularly used by motorised traffic.

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Wild horse

The wild horse (Equus ferus) is a species of the genus ''Equus'', which includes as subspecies the modern domesticated horse (Equus ferus caballus) as well as the undomesticated tarpan (Equus ferus ferus, now extinct), and the endangered Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii).

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Winsford, Somerset

Winsford is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, located about north-west of Dulverton.

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Y chromosome

The Y chromosome is one of two sex chromosomes (allosomes) in mammals, including humans, and many other animals.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exmoor_pony

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