Tag: Breed of the Month

Learn all about the winsome Welsh Pony and Cob! This breed, developed over thousands of years in Wales, is the perfect combination of strength and refinement.

An assistant trainer tells us about building a youth riding program and the highly decorated and hugely loved Welsh Cob who has become their centerpiece.

A rider from Region 9 shares how a once-deemed “naughty lesson pony” helped her achieve her goals of competing at the US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan®.

A Region 5 rider shares how she & her show pony “sized up” to the competition, warming up alongside Olympians, bringing smiles to the crowd, & taking home accolades.

This Region 3 rider realized her Quarter Pony was ready to retire from eventing, so they shifted their focus to the dressage ring and achieving new goals.

A rider from Region 1 shares how she came to own one of the famous Chincoteague ponies and how that pony helped heal her world after she lost her heart horse.

A rider originally from Region 1 tells us about the Sport Pony who helped her recover from the loss of her previous dressage partner, ease her show ring anxiety, and find happiness in the sport again.

Here, we focus on six pony breeds (the Hackney, New Forest, Dartmoor, Fell, Icelandic, & German Riding Pony) to learn what makes ponies so powerful!

With riders aging out at 16, a young rider wasn't sure she'd achieve her goal of competing in the FEI Ponies - until a German Riding Pony took her all the way.

What do you do when you can’t find a horse that checks all the boxes? Breed your own!