The Chickasaw Pony is also known as the Cracker Horse. The Cracker Horses ancestors came to Florida on or before 1521 with Ponce de Leon, a Spaniard who brought cattle and horses with him. The Cracker horse group is known by many names such as Chickasaw pony, March Tarky, Seminole Pony, Florida Horse, Prairie Pony, Florida Cow Pony, Grass Gut and several others.
It is believed they are from Iberian Blood, with Oriental, Barb, Arabian and Turkman added. Many of the Spaniards horses were stolen, traded and some escaped. The ones that escaped were captured by the Indians. The horses the Indians captured became the foundation stock for the American Mustang.
The Chickasaw…show more content… Some say a boat that had Moorish ponies on board that came from North Africa and was going to Peru shipwrecked and the ponies swam to the island. The ponies were discovered on the island in the 1700s and they crossed Shetland and Welsh ponies with the native ponies. Arabian blood was added later.
According to legend, the Connemara pony originated from Spanish horses. In 1588 ships wrecked on the coast of western Ireland. There were Spanish horses on the ships and they were rescued. It is believed that some of the Spanish horses were bred to the native horses. In the 1700s Thoroughbred and Arabian blood were added. The Connemara pony was turned out in harsh weather on poor pasture and only the strong will survive and this developed a very strong breed of ponies.
The Connemara pony belongs to the mountain and moorland group of ponies. They originated in western Ireland in Connaught county. The Connemara pony has been used to improve the Irish hunter.
The Connemara pony is 12.2 to 14.2 hands tall. They are small but make great jumpers and hunters. They are also good at dressage and distance riding. At first, they were the dun color which is now very rare. They are now found in black, gray, brown and bay
