Week 1. BASIC INFORMATION Average life span: 30 years Native to the Shetland Islands Average height: up to 46 inches Weight: About 400-600 lbs Mainly.

EQUINE IDWeek 1

SHETLAND PONY

BASIC INFORMATIONAverage life span: 30 yearsNative to the Shetland IslandsAverage height: up to 46 inchesWeight: About 400-600 lbsMainly black, chestnut, bay, grey, palomi

no, dun, roan, cremello, and silver dapple

Use: Recreation, pleasure, and fairs

FUN FACTSScientific name: Equus

caballus varCan pull twice their

weight.Measured in inches,

not hands

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekr05T9Iaio

WELSHOrigin: WalesUse: Trail riding, competitive showing, pleasure riding, jumping

Height: 11-16 handsWeight:

WELSHColors: Black, grey, chestnut and bay most common

Adapt easily to terrainsAlternative names:

Welsh Mountain Pony, Welsh Cob, Welsh Pony of Cob Type

BELGIAN DRAFT HORSE

Origin: BelgiumHeight: 16.2-18 HandsWeight: 2000 lbsColors: Sorrel, Chesnut, Gray, or RoanMarkings: White face markings, white socks or stockings

Lifespan: 20-25 years

Use: Working, pleasure riding, showsStrongest Belgian Draft Horse: Petra1866 – 1st Belgian Draft Horse arrived in AmericaThe largest Belgian Draft Horse (Brooklyn Supreme) weighed over 3,000 lbs and was over 19 hands.

Clydesdale

Average Life Span: 30’sOrigin: Scotland Average Height: 16-18 handsAverage Weight: 1,800-2,000 poundsColors: usually bay but also roan, black, grey and chestnutMarkings: white markings usually found on the face, feet and legs. Occasional body spotting.

Major uses: agriculture and logging also shown and ridden and kept for pleasure

Originally only used for agriculture and heavy hauling

Most distinctive marking is the feather around their ankles, thought to have been developed through the first breeding to help them through the cold Scotland winters

Famous for the well known Budweiser commercial

PERCHERON

BASIC INFO•Origin: France

•Average life span: 20-25 years

•Height: Mares (16.1 hands), Stallions (16.2 hands)

•Weight: about 2000 lbs

•Color: Black, gray, chestnut, bay, roan, and sorrel (French Percherons are born black and turn grey as they mature)

Use: Before (transportation and war horse); Now (riding, driving, crossbreeding)

Originated in the 17th Century in LePerche, FrancisAs of 2009 – 3000 registered in about each state in US