{"id":2721,"date":"2021-05-17T12:11:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T12:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/DailyQuizzes\/?p=2721"},"modified":"2021-05-17T12:11:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T12:11:58","slug":"a-native-british-horse-breeds-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/DailyQuizzes\/a-native-british-horse-breeds-quiz\/wildlife\/","title":{"rendered":"A Native British Horse Breeds Quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"
The horse is a hoofed herbivorous mammal of the Equidae family. But did you know that family comprises of a single species, Equus caballus?<\/div>\n
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There are well over 400 officially recognised breeds of horse and pony worldwide. A pony is simply a small horse where a full grown adult does not grow to more than 1.45 m (14.1 hands) high at the shoulder. There are around 17 native British breeds of horse and pony, as listed below:<\/div>\n
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  • Cleveland Bay<\/li>\n
  • Clydesdale<\/li>\n
  • Connemara<\/li>\n
  • Dale Pony<\/li>\n
  • Dartmoor Pony<\/li>\n
  • Eriskay<\/li>\n
  • Exmoor Pony<\/li>\n
  • Fell Pony<\/li>\n
  • Hackney<\/li>\n
  • Highland Pony<\/li>\n
  • New Forest Pony<\/li>\n
  • Shetland Pony<\/li>\n
  • Shire<\/li>\n
  • Suffolk Punch<\/li>\n
  • Thoroughbred<\/li>\n
  • Welsh Cob Pony<\/li>\n
  • Welsh Mountain Pony<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    Do you know your horses and ponies?\u00a0 From the photographs provided in the quiz can you identify twelve of the listed horses and ponies?<\/div>\n
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