Pindos Pony

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Pindos

Distinguishing features:	Long head & limbs, light frame
Alternative names:	Pindhos
Country of origin:	Greece
Breed standards

The Pindos (Greek αλογάκι της Πίνδου) is a pony native to the Pindus mountain range in Thessaly and Epirus, Greece.

The Pindos is believed to be a descendant of the ancient Thessalian horse. It is used for riding, driving, and as a pack and draught animal. Its hooves are very strong and Pindoi are very rarely shod. The usual height for a Pindos is thirteen hands, and the typical coloring black, bay or brown.

As of 2002, there were four hundred sixty-four breeding mares and eighty-one studs.

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Springate, Lynda [1997] (1998?). “Twenty-five: Principal Pony Breeds of the World”, The Encyclopedia of the Horse, reprint (in English), New York: Crescent Books, 205, s.v. "Pindos Pony". ISBN 0-517-18461-3.