Pony of the Americas

The Pony of the Americas (POA ) is a formed in the U.S. in 1954 horse race.

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

History

The "Pony of the Americas" (in short " PoA " ) is as the name suggests is an American breeding. The most important foundation horses of this breed are small Arabian horses that brought, among others, the typical head in the breeding ( "Baby Doll" head), Appaloosa inherited, Quarter Horse who brought her muscular, compact buildings with their characteristic colors and fur patterns and American Shetland pony which have been grown on the basis of their small building at the beginning. Today the stud book of the PoA is very limited. Admitted are mainly just eingatragene PoAs, Quarter Horse and Appaloosa. Foals from crosses with other breeds (which were approved earlier) such as Arabs and Welsh ponies get only on request and in the individual case PoA Papers.

The home country of the breed, the United States has remained by far the largest breeding area for PoAs today. Almost 50 000 representatives of this race are currently living in the United States of America, in Germany there are now probably about 150, in all of Europe so far any more. In addition to a few motivated breeders in Germany, Australia has begun its own PoA - Establish breeding.

In July 1954 began with the birth of the stallion "Black Hand POA # 1" is the story of the " Pony of the Americas ". In the more than 50 years since then, this breed has become through targeted breeding in addition to the " Quarter Horses " and " Appaloosa " the largest and most popular in the United States. Especially for children and teenagers, but also for adults. Official P.oA. - Shows found today in almost all American states instead, the highlight of the year for breeders and riders is the " International Show" with all western horse disciplines typical

Exterior

The Pony of the Americas usually looks more like a small horse than a pony. The pony should have the athletic and elegant body of a modern Western horse, and a noble wedge-shaped head and long strong legs. The Height must be 117-142 cm.

The goal is to breed small, well- muscled colorful horses with the building and the gait of a large horse and not the movement patterns of a pony.

The Americans have coined the phrase "little horse " look for the POAs.

In best case is similar to the building of a P.o.A. which the Quarter Horses with well-muscled shoulder, short, strong hocks, smooth topline, powerful, muscular hindquarters and around sloping croup. - The P.o.A. is a western small horse and its building permits him the equal participation of all Western disciplines. The strong bone structure and well muscled make the POA is the ideal horse for the whole family: children, teenagers and adults will love for more than 50 years, the PoA as a successful show and Recreation

With six years P.o.A. applies as a full-grown from the size and color fur pattern and then there are from the American parent association, the final - "permanent papers" - papers. Monochrome such as "Too big PoAs get the " Pink Papers " which means they are, however, been admitted for breeding may not participate in the official PoA shows. The required Height is 46-56 " inches ", which corresponds to the equivalent of 117-142 cm.

Color

It calls for the leopard markings of the Appaloosa. It is a range of very different coat patterns, but these are all caused by the same gene.

One of the most common stains is the blanket, which is characterized by the color white on the loins and the croup to the hips, with dark, round, G -shaped spots. In some animals the spotting over the body is distributed, what is commonly referred to as a leopard pattern. Leopard pony with a small amount of spots are in English also known as few- spot leopards. Both the blanket and the leopard, the spots in the middle may be darker and have a brighter ring around these spots around. This particular look is also known as Halo.

Ponies, where white hairs incorporated ( so-called Stichelhaare ) in the base color are also referred to as varnish roan. Often associated with these fur pattern variations are the descriptive terms Red, Blue and marbelized roan. Irregular edges with patches of white or dark hair are signs of a paint or pinto coat patterns, which are expressly prohibited in accordance with the POA breed specifications.

Mottled Skin ( mottled skin ): Tigerschecken often have a mottled skin under the white fur, instead of pink like other piebald skin under the white fur areas.

The white sclera or sclera of one or both eyes of a PoA is clearly visible usually. All horses and ponies have such sclera. It is the region of the eye, the iris encloses ( the colored or pigmented central part of the eye). Often the white sclera is confused with the " White fear " in other breeds.

Strong, clearly defined, vertical, light or dark stripes in their hooves ( " striped hooves " ), the mottled skin around the nose, lips and anogenital ( " mottled skin" ), the striped hooves ( "stripped hoves ") and the highly visible coat pattern of Appaloosa. are other characteristics of this breed of horse

Nature

As with many other breeds, the nature of a horse from horse to horse is different. For PoAs from responsible and purposeful breeding the essence of PoAs is very strong nerves, friendly, calm and balanced. It is an ideal horse for children and adolescents as well as for use at the Therapeutic Riding. These ponies are versatile, attentive and docile and willing to perform. The ponies are very popular because of their friendly nature and their perseverance. By their nature they are ideally suited for children and young people but also for adults as well as leisure and sport horse.

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