Mary Allen
Introduction: ʻO ka hoʻolaha honua o nā poni
Hiki ke loaʻa nā poni, nā lio liʻiliʻi ma lalo o 14.2 lima ke kiʻekiʻe ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Mai ka ʻāina ʻo Arctic a hiki i ʻAmelika Hema, aia nā ʻano like ʻole o nā ponies i hoʻololi ʻia i ko lākou kaiapuni. Ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia nei nā kumu kahiko o nā ponies, akā ua manaʻo ʻia ua hānai mua ʻia lākou no ko lākou paʻakikī a hiki ke ola i nā kūlana paʻakikī. I kēia mau lā, hoʻohana mau ʻia nā ponies e like me nā holoholona hana, no nā hana leʻaleʻa, a me nā holoholona hōʻikeʻike.
ʻEulopa: Home no nā ʻano ʻano Ponie he nui
ʻO ʻEulopa ka home o nā ʻano ʻano poni like ʻole, me ka Welsh, Connemara, Dartmoor, a me Exmoor ponies. Loaʻa ʻia kēia mau ʻano ma United Kingdom, Ireland, a me Farani. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Welsh Pony and Cob Society i ka makahiki 1901 e mālama a hoʻolaha i nā ʻano pony Welsh. He mea maʻalahi kēia mau ponies a hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia no ka holo, kaʻa, a me ka hōʻike.
Nā Mokupuni ʻo Shetland: ʻO ka wahi hānau o ka Shetland Pony
ʻO nā mokupuni ʻo Shetland, aia ma waho o ke kapakai o Scotland, kahi i hānau ʻia ai ka pony Shetland. He 4,000 makahiki ka lōʻihi o kēia mau pony ma ka mokupuni a ua hoʻohana ʻia no ka huki ʻana i nā kaʻa a me ka hana ʻana ma nā kula. I kēia lā, hoʻohana ʻia lākou e like me nā poni holo lio a kaulana i nā keiki. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Shetland Pony Stud-Book Society i ka makahiki 1890 e mālama i ka pua a hoʻolaha i kona pono. ʻO ka Shetland pony kekahi o nā ʻano liʻiliʻi loa o ka honua, e kū ana ma 28-42 iniha ke kiʻekiʻe.