Have you heard of this breed?

[B_2_B]

Got sent these links over msn.
German classic pony.

I can't read it as it's in German but my friend seems to think it's part shetland, part american shetland but with something else in it too as they seem a lot bigger than you would get with that cross.

Can anyone read German and tell what breeding they have? they are gorgeous though!

http://www.spezialrassen-online.de/pferderassen/dasdeutscheclassicpony/index.html

Also, anyone shed any light on what they are doing with them here?
http://www.spezialrassen-online.de/pferderassen/dasdeutscheclassicpony/532213971c020a201/d000.html

Just wondering really

 

[reynold]

If you goto a website called freetranslation.com you can click on what language you want translating and the supply a website and it translates it for you

the first link does look like based on UK shetland

Origin
There is the race label "German Classicpony" for the year 2000.

Developed from the Classicponys first of all the intersection of original Shetlandponys with American Shetlandponys.
In the '60er's the first Classic American Shetlandponys, that were cultivated there already since beginning of the 20 Jhd,. were imported, to Germany.

Here one crossed English original Shetlandlinien with the American. From that the Shetlandpony in the sporting type, that differed through room handle movement, smaller heads and easier foundation of the original Shetty, emerged. One named these ponies Shetlandponys" "sporting


Further development
In the year 2000, the English Shetlandstutbuch concluded designated become might, that only pureally English pulled lines as a Shetlandponys, and that concluded American on cross lines from. Many breedings of the sporting Shettys did not want to be continued that its ponies as Partbred-Shetlandponys, in the Mutterstutbuch and established an own race. The German Classic pony was born.



Race description of the Classic ponies
Today one strives for an easy go pony and children pony about 110 cm, that should retain its pony characters in spite of the elegant appearance and pony characteristics. Also if it sometimes look like small Arabians, the Classicponys are based everyone in English Originalshettys.
It gives become are Classicponys in all colors, popular it vorallem through the extraordinary dark fox color with light long hair.

There is Classicponys throughout Germany, as well as in the adjacent European foreign countries.

In the right beam sees your the comparison and/or the development:
Mare with foal (original type), dark fox mare (sporting type) fox stallion (Classicpony

 

[skewbaldpony]

well fuchs is chestnut rather than fox for a start, when applied to a horse - but the translation, bizarre as it is seems to tell the tale of what happened. Now the only question is, why?!