Landais-Pony

Landais Pony

The Landais Pony is a French breed of horse. The ponies are according to their place of origin, the French province of the country named. There they lived semi-wild in the forests of Les Landes region of the Bay of Biscay.

Background information on the evaluation and breeding horses can be found at: exterior, interior and horse breeding.

Exterior

The Landais Pony has the influence of the Arab a small, dry, slightly concave head with a broad forehead, lively, large eyes and small pointed ears. The long neck is covered with a thick, lush mane. The shoulders are sloping, the withers pronounced, the back is straight and short, slightly sloping croup. The high set tail wearing a bushy tail. The Landais Pony is usually a black, bay, chestnut or brown, molds are rare. The Height of the stallions is 120 to 135 cm, the Height of the mares of the section A is 118 to 135 cm, in section B, there are 120-147 cm.

Interior

The Landais Pony is robust, unpretentious, persistent and has a lively temperament. It is used in dressage, show jumping and carriage driving. It's a nice horse and is therefore also used for harness racing.

Breeding history

Over the centuries Arabians were bred again and again, so that a pony was a noble Arabian head. Before the First World War, there were about 2000 Landais Pony, after the Second World War were still about 150 horses left. The breed was threatened with extinction, and there was a danger of inbreeding. With Welsh and Arab stallions we freshened breeding.

Since 1968 there is a stud book in which the race is divided into two sections. In Section A Landais mares are registered with at least 75 % pure Landais blood. In Section B ponies are represented by at least 50 % pure Landais blood. Since 1981, the stud book for the section A is closed, that is, it may only registered animals are taken for breeding.