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7 unusual facts about pony


Batak Pony

The only other breed of the country which is of better quality is the Sandalwood Pony.

Cecil Meares

Meares’s task included selecting and purchasing the 34 dogs and 20 ponies for the expedition and then transporting them from Siberia to New Zealand via Japan where they were to join up with the expedition.

Karl Ohs

In 1969, Ohs left his studies in agricultural economics at Montana State University to help the family move to a new ranch in Pony, Montana in a Tobacco Root Mountain valley outside Harrison in Madison County.

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Norman Thelwell, the late British artist known for his cartoons of ponies and their riders

Timor Pony

In addition to the Timor pony, there are eight other breeds native to the islands that make up Indonesia, the Batak Pony, Gayoe, Deli pony, Bali Pony, Java Pony, and three breeds so closely related that there is debate over whether they are one, two or three, the "Sumba and Sumbawa Pony" and the closely related Sandalwood Pony.

Sixty Timor Ponies that were imported into Australia formed the foundation of the Coffin Bay Pony breed that was developed in South Australia.

Many of these ponies have been exported to Australia, where they have had an influence on the breeding of the Australian Pony.


1877 Wimbledon Championship

On 2 June 1877 at the suggestion of founding member and club secretary, John H. Walsh, the club committee decided to organize a lawn tennis championship which they hoped would generate enough funds to repair the broken pony roller that was needed for the maintenance of the lawns.

Arunah Shepherdson Abell

Arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia by ship from Europe, it traveled overland by pony to Annapolis, by steamship to Portland, Maine, and then by rail to Baltimore.

Bali Pony

If this theory is true, the Bali pony would owe much of its roots to the Mongolian horse.

Bosnian Pony

It is thought that there were infusions of oriental stock by the Turks during the Ottoman Empire, after which more Tarpan blood was added to make the modern Bosnian Pony breed.

Cecil R. Blair

The book Easter Pony received international acclaim and was listed as one of the year's best books by the American Library Association in the year it was published.

Claddaghduff

Claddaghduff is known for its deep sea angling, lake fishing, boat trips to Inishturk and Inishbofin, pony trekking, pitch & putt, dive sites, beaches and historical tours.

Decline of Detroit

They included The Errol Flynns (east side), Nasty Flynns (later the NF Bangers) and Black Killers and the drug consortiums of the 1980s such as Young Boys Inc., Pony Down, Best Friends, Black Mafia Family and the Chambers Brothers.

Exmoor pony

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.

Frontier Pony Express

Frontier Pony Express is a 1939 American film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers.

Gabilan Range

In The Red Pony notably, the main character (Jody Tiflin) names his pony "Gabilan" after the mountain range.

George Ewart Evans

Evans was born in Abercynon, a coal-mining village north of Cardiff, one of a family of eleven, to Welsh-speaking parents who ran a grocery business, As a boy he assisted in the delivery rounds travelling by pony and trap through the neighbouring farms and villages until the business closed following the 1924-5 coal strike.

German Riding Pony

The breeding of the Deutsche Reitpony began around 1965, by crossbreeding various English pony breeds, especially Welsh ponies, on Arabians, Anglo-Arabians and Thoroughbreds.

Grass sickness

Grass sickness may affect all types of horse, pony and donkey, and has affected some well known horses including the thoroughbred stallions Dubai Millennium, Moorestyle and Mister Baileys.

Grullo

One of the first experiments in this regard was published in 1906 by James Cossar Ewart, who obtained a "tarpan-like" horse by crossing a Shetland mare and a black Welsh pony.

Highland pony

The Highland Pony is one of the three native breeds of the Scottish Highlands and Islands, the others are the Shetland pony and the Eriskay pony.

Hyundai Excel

The Hyundai Excel (Hangul:현대 엑셀), also known as the Hyundai Pony, Hyundai Presto and the Mitsubishi Precis, was the first front wheel drive car produced by Hyundai.

Jardin d'Acclimatation

The park includes an archery range, house of mirrors, miniature-golf course, narrow-gauge train, pony ride, puppet theater, shooting galleries, a science museum (the Exploradôme), and an art museum for children (the Musée en Herbe).

John Fry

Johnny Fry (1840–1863), first "official" westbound rider of the Pony Express

Jonas Friddle and The Majority

The band originally formed in late 2011 to early 2012, when Jonas Friddle recruited colleagues at the Old Town School of Folk Music to play on two albums of his original songs, Synco Pony and Belle De Louisville.

Joseph Slade

Joseph Alfred Slade, "Jack" Slade (1831–1864), stagecoach and Pony Express superintendent

Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure

Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure is the fifth album by Juliana Hatfield, released in 2000.

Kenji Ueda

They released their first official album Moon Gold under the Pony Canyon record label in 1991 and also released their second album White Incarnation under the same label in 1992, but, in the same year, Ueda left The Pillows owing to discord with other members and difference in musicality.

Lijiang pony

The economy required a more powerful pony than was found in the area, so in 1944 the Arabian, Yili, Hequ, Kabarda and small type Ardennes were introduced.

Liz Anderson

Casey was a member of the Sheriff's Posse, which was going to take part in the National Centennial Pony Express Celebration.

Mouse Fire

Mouse Fire originally formed in 2006 as a quartet, the members came out of several Florida bands including Anberlin, Jam Pony, saGoh 24/7, Delivery Boy and more.

My Pretty Pony

"My Pretty Pony" is a short story written by Stephen King and illustrated by the artist Barbara Kruger.

Operation Pony Express

One of the Pony pilots was awarded the Silver Star when he was diverted on the way back from Dong Ha to evacuate wounded soldiers from the A Shau Valley which was under attack by heavy mortar and machine gun fire.

Polo shirt

As he desired to exude a certain "WASPishness" in his clothes, initially adopting the style of clothiers like Brooks Brothers, J. Press, and "Savile Row"–style English clothing, he prominently included this attire from the "sport of kings" in his line, replete with a logo reminiscent of Lacoste’s crocodile emblem, depicting a polo player and pony.

Pony Club Association of Victoria

The Pony Club Association of Victoria, commonly abbreviated as PCAV, is the controlling body for Pony Clubs in Victoria where young people can ride and learn all disciplines of equestrian sports.

The Pony Clubs themselves normally pay for the upkeep and maintenance of facilities, although often government grants will supplement club finances such as the 2008 sand arena at Drysdale/Leopold Pony Club.

Pony glass

In Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep, Philip Marlowe relates "I unlocked my desk drawer and got out my office bottle and two pony glasses."

Pony Turf Club

In 1929, a dedicated racetrack was opened in Northolt, Middlesex and during the 1930s pony races are recorded as being held throughout the South West of England, as well as at Portsmouth Park (Paulsgrove), Worthing, Chelmsford, Southend, Sketty Park near Swansea and Lilleshall Hall, Shropshire.

Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1977–1978

Their best-known skit consisted of Davis appearing in normal dress, while Franken appeared in a flowing garment, with a shaved head and a pony tail and announced he was becoming a Hare Krishna.

Ride a Wild Pony

Ride a Wild Pony, also known as Born to Run, is a 1975 Walt Disney Productions film directed by Don Chaffey adapted from the James Aldridge novel A Sporting Proposition.

Ruby Valley Pony Express Station

The Ruby Valley Pony Express Station, located at 1515 Idaho St. in Elko, Nevada, was built in 1860 in Ruby Valley, Nevada.

SOUNDPONY

Bands that have performed at the Pony include Marbin, Pontiak, Kondike 5, Sweet Baby Jaysus, and Oilhouse.

Stacy Hardy

In 2001, together with Peet Pienaar and Heidi Chisholm, she established the advertising and design company, Daddy Buy Me A Pony.

Stakes Is High

At the end of track 15, "Pony Ride", excerpt from documentary Crumb in which Charles Crumb discusses his struggle living on the streets, describing his periods of optimism and depression.

The Ghost of the Mountain

On Monday September 23, 2013, Tired Pony performed "All Things All at Once" on The Late Show with David Letterman, on the same episode where former president Bill Clinton was the main guest.

The Jackpot

Answering a phone call, he wins $24,000 worth of merchandise from a radio quiz program and is overwhelmed by prizes which range from the useful to the absurd, including a side of beef, 7,500 cans of soup, 1,000 fruit trees, a Palomino pony, a portable swimming pool, a diamond ring, a French maid, an interior decorator (Alan Mowbray) and portrait painter Hilda Jones (Patricia Medina).

Tin Cup Chalice

Named for a Jimmy Buffett song (although in the tradition of working out Thoroughbred names from their sire and dam’s names, Crusader Sword and Twice Forbidden seems a subtle way to achieve Tin Cup Chalice), Tin Cup Chalice was a black-pointed Bay making his home base at Finger Lakes race track (where America’s great loser Zippy Chippy might or might not be a stable pony).

Trans-Am Series

In 1970, all of the American pony car manufacturers were represented with a factory team and top driving talent: Chevrolet had the Chaparral Team Camaro Z28 driven by Jim Hall, Ed Leslie, and Vic Elford.

Willis L. Hartman

In 1965, he established the Willis L. Hartman Trophy to recognize the winner of the Best Playing Pony of the U.S. Open Polo Championship.

World line

World lines appeared in Jeffrey Rowland's webcomic Wigu Adventures as part of the "Magical Adventures in Space" side story line, in which Topato Potato and Sheriff Pony accidentally delete a world line relating to the initial creation of Earth from asteroids, causing the Earth to never have existed.

Zanskari

the Zaniskari pony, a breed of pony found around Leh and Laddakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India


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