What are Welsh sections?

What are Welsh sections?

What is a Welsh Section A? Welsh Section As are the smallest of the four Sections of the Welsh Pony and Cob family, standing at a maximum height of 12hh (12.2hh in the United States of America). Ponies have pretty, dished heads (which reflect their Arab ancestry), small, pointed ears, and large, kind eyes.

What’s the difference between Welsh section ponies?

The Section B Welsh Pony is a larger, riding-type pony, which combines the hardiness and substance of the Section A with elegant movement and athletic ability. Section B ponies are taller than Section A with a maximum height of 13.2 hands (54 inches, 137 cm) in the UK and 14.2 hands (58 inches, 147 cm) in the US.

Are Welsh Section B good jumpers?

Welsh Pony- Section B Being bigger, they are often seen as a second pony, and can take a child from the transition to First Ridden classes into their teenage years. They are athletic and natural jumpers, and can excel at disciplines such as dressage, pony racing, and Pony Club eventing and tetrathlon.

What is a Section A Welsh pony?

Section A Welsh ponies are characterized by the following traits: a large, bold eye, tiny head, short back, strong quarters, high set on tail, fine hair, hocks that do not turn in, laid back shoulder, straight foreleg and short cannon bone. The Section A pony may not exceed 12.2hh.

What is a Welsh Section E?

Joined 18 July 2010 Messages 87 Location Wales. Currently the category Section E refers to any colt in any section that has been gelded since first registration. For example a section A was first registered as a Section A colt but since has been gelded and therefore his paperwork changed, becoming a Welsh Section A (E) …

How long do Welsh ponies live for?

around 35 years

What colors do Welsh ponies come in?

The pure Welsh pony may be any color: black, gray, bay, roan, cream, or chestnut. He can never be piebald or skewbald.