redmone
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Thanks! I'd hoped the passport would tell us, but it didn't.
Some has said welsh crossed with new forest (???) as she's a bit short to be new forest (12.2hh).
Perhaps a heinz 57 pony!!!
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Thanks! I'd hoped the passport would tell us, but it didn't.
Some has said welsh crossed with new forest (???) as she's a bit short to be new forest (12.2hh).
Perhaps a heinz 57 pony!!!
BSJAlove
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i have a NF whos 12.2hh as a 4 year old. forest bred. 
galaxy
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Thanks! I'd hoped the passport would tell us, but it didn't.
Some has said welsh crossed with new forest (???) as she's a bit short to be new forest (12.2hh).
Perhaps a heinz 57 pony!!!
I teach with a NF that's 12.1hh. They certainly can be small.
I think she has some NF in there.
redmone
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Well that's good to know - daughter's pony breeds book says average height 14.1, so I was thinking she was too small to be NF.
Daughter will be glad you think there's some NF in there! Don't know why, but that's what she wants her to be
I'm thinking of writing to her first owners shown in passport, to see what history we can find out.
Brambridge04
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I googled it for you....
here is link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Forest_pony
and it says;
The upper height limit is 148 cm (14.2). There is no lower limit but New Forest ponies are seldom under 12 hands (120 cm). They are normally shown in two height sections 138 cm and under (competition type A) and over 138 cm (competition height B). You can identify a New Forester by its free, even movement, plenty of frame, muscular hind quarters, good depth of body and a sense of solidity in the frame. The head should show pride, the shoulders should be well sloped with deep reach, the quarters are strong and well muscled, the body is deep, and the legs show an even line with strong joints and solid hooves.
here is link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Forest_pony
and it says;
The upper height limit is 148 cm (14.2). There is no lower limit but New Forest ponies are seldom under 12 hands (120 cm). They are normally shown in two height sections 138 cm and under (competition type A) and over 138 cm (competition height B). You can identify a New Forester by its free, even movement, plenty of frame, muscular hind quarters, good depth of body and a sense of solidity in the frame. The head should show pride, the shoulders should be well sloped with deep reach, the quarters are strong and well muscled, the body is deep, and the legs show an even line with strong joints and solid hooves.