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German Riding Pony
Equus caballus
A breed of Horse, from Germany
Horse breed.
- Family
- Equidae
Keeping
How it is kept
For Horse generally
No keeping details are recorded for this breed yet, so these are the species’.
Kept for
- Draught work
- Companionship
- Mature weight
- 200–1000 kg
- Lifespan
- 25–30 years
- Gestation
- 340 days
- Temperament
- Sensitive herd animals with a strong flight instinct
- Forage
- Need plenty of grass or hay, eaten little and often, and constant clean water. Hard feed only if their work or condition calls for it.
- Housing
- Safe, visible fencing without barbed wire, shelter from the weather and enough grazing for the number of horses. A dry standing area helps keep their feet healthy.
- Good to know
- Horses need company, ideally other horses. Feet need trimming every six to eight weeks and teeth need checking every year, along with regular worm control. Sudden changes of diet and rich spring grass are common causes of colic and laminitis.
The record
Breed facts
Size
- Height (female)
- 141–148 cmBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Height (male)
- 141–148 cmBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
Appearance
- Colours
- Bay, black, chestnut, gray, seal brownWikidata (source, opens in a new tab)
- Colours
- All coloursBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
Status
- Germany (BLE) risk status
- Not at riskBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Population
- 5,668 (2018)Wikidata (source, opens in a new tab)
- Population
- 5,984 breeding females, 709 breeding males in GermanyBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
Uses
- Kept for
- Riding and leisure, competitionBLE TGRDEU (Germany), 2024 (source, opens in a new tab)
Photos, videos and notes
From keepers
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
- Name
- German Riding Pony
- Slug
- german-riding-pony
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Family
- Equidae
- Genus
- Equus
- Species
- caballus
- Cultivar
- German Riding Pony
- Wikidata QID
- Q959446
- Origin country
- Germany
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 52