Xinan (southwest) Pony
Xinan ponyis mainly distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxiand Guizhouprovinces, characterized by little in physique and talented in traveling through mountains.Xinanpony has a relatively bigger head, long and dense bristle, caudal seta and mane, robust muscle tendon, and hard hooves. Being skillful at climbing over mountains, they can travel 30 km to 40 km per day with a load of 100 kg, so they are very important transportation means in mountainous areas in southwestern China. Famous varieties include Sichuan Jianchang horse, Yunnan Lijiang horse and Guizhou horse.
Sanhe Horse
The pedigree of Sanhe horse is very complicated. At the beginning of the 20th century, some well-bred varieties such as Orloffs were introduced into northeastern China by some Russian aristocrats. During the period of Japanese invasion, some other horse varieties such as blood horses and Anglo-Arabian horses were also brought along. By intercrossing with native varieties, these varieties gradually evolved into Sanhe horse.
Higher and bigger than the Mongolian horse, Sanhe horse has a stout physique, pretty appearance, deep and long chest cage, tough muscle, flat back, and tough limbs. Its hair color mainly contains red, brown and black and it has an average height of 140 cm to147 cm and a weight of 330 kg to 380 kg. With powerful and fierce appearance but obedient temperament, Sanhe horse acclimatizes itself to group-herd life. It takes only 1 minute and 10 seconds to cover 1 km by riding Sanhe horse. When pulling a cart with a load of 500 kg, a single Sanhe horse can cover 10 km in half an hour.
Ili Horse
Ili horse evolved as a result of intercrossing Kazakh horse of Xinjiang with Don horse or Orloff of the former Soviet Union. So this variety is also called Er Chuanzi Horse (means the horse was bred by intercrossing two varieties of horses). After the 1960s, the cultivation of Ili horse mainly based on Don horse, the parentage of which accounted for above 50%.
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| Ili horse |
The average height of Ili horse is 144 cm to 148 cm, and weight 400 kg to 450 kg. High, big, and well-proportioned in physique, Ili horse has a small head, big and bright eyes, long neck, and tough limbs. When holding their nape high, they look fierce and powerful; while their pretty hair color makes their appearance more delicate and graceful. Their hair is mainly in red, brown and black. On their limbs and front part, there are white blotches described as white seal. With gentle temperament and remarkable agility, good at hopping, Ili horse is a suitable transportation means on mountainous area as well as plains. With a load of 80 kg, it can gallop 126 km in 7 hours and 12 minutes. Ili horse is a first-class light-duty riding horse.
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