The ponies would be butchered in foreign slaughterhouses and could end up on menus in countries such as France, where the meat is a delicacy. |
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He was on the Thames headed seaward in company with two ponies and a business of ferrets. |
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Tom attended most of the monthly fairs in Belmullet and most days had a few ponies for sale. |
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And when they mounted their ponies and rode away, we were more alarmed than ever, for we feared they had gone for reinforcements. |
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He saw a great expanse of lush green meadow, where wild ponies galloped free and careless in its serenity. |
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Then we freewheeled down countless switchbacks to Sangdu, nestled in the corner of a wide earthy valley dotted with ponies, pigs and yaks. |
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Three sturdy footsure ponies were trapped out in equally magnificent horse harnesses. |
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And yet, there it was, a small but visibly youthful contingent choosing to celebrate a vacation day at Belmont Park playing the ponies. |
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If owners had the choice of identification then this would certainly save some ponies from the branding iron. |
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Learn about the characteristics, causes and cures of weaving a common stable vice in horses and ponies. |
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By the time of Moshoeshoe's death in 1870, ponies were widespread throughout the kingdom and the Sotho had become expert riders. |
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Almost every day, rain or shine, my sisters and I could go out on our ponies, with only the sister on the bucking bronco wearing a crash hat. |
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They eased the ponies forwards, and soon the village was a tiny speck in the distance. |
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When Ralph buys a racehorse, Tony discovers he has a knack for picking the ponies. |
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Likewise, those who come in to play the ponies received coupons related to the machines. |
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What we saw were new faces here, which hopefully will return on a regular basis as they learn the nuances of picking the ponies. |
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He conducted his study using 62 horses and ponies of mixed breeds, from Cob to Connemara, aged between two and 30 years of age. |
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It was his first time at Fair Grounds but playing the ponies is nothing to new to him. |
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Even if you're not into playing the ponies, the setting is marvelous and it's a superb place for a picnic. |
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They hunted, fished and stole ponies, and occasionally when a trader came and supplied them, they drank firewater and fought with one another. |
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Bernard used to recall how as a lad of 14 in Yorkshire he was sent down the pits to mind the pit ponies. |
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When they closed that mine in 1990 the pit ponies were released into a green field on a neighbouring farm. |
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Back at the event after a break of 20 years were rabbits and also coloured horses and ponies. |
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Twenty or so acres can be useful for keeping horses or ponies and does carry a certain prestige. |
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Puppies, palm readings, pots, piebald ponies and porcelain were all haggled over at one of the biggest fairs for years. |
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The Kickapoos quirted their ponies upslope from the creek bed, charging the horse herd and its startled guards. |
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So extravagant, she buys her sons ponies, cars and throws parties that make them the envy of their friends. |
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The North was to send 16 animals, including Asiatic black bears, lynx, coyotes, African ponies and Siberian weasels, zoo officials said. |
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Horses and ponies treated for laminitis by a veterinary surgeon during this period will then be re-assessed eight weeks later. |
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Joan introduced them to her pride and joy, the lovely Yorkshire terriers she bred and her three ponies. |
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As a young girl, she lived on a farm and first rode sheep, then ponies and then horses which she loved. |
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Always make sure horses, ponies and donkeys are stabled while fireworks are being let off. |
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The Connemara ponies settled in and seemed surefooted in sharp, jumbled rocks, deep mud and steep angled inclines and declines. |
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The holidays will also offer the children, many of whom are from urban areas, the chance to look after animals and even ride horses and ponies. |
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Ironically, as hard and grueling as this brutal old Indian game is, lacrosse retained a reputation as sort of polo without the ponies. |
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The sanctuary looks after more than 100 horses, ponies and donkeys, plus sheep, pigs, and goats. |
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Among the animals would be the elephants, performing sea lions, lions, llamas, and Argentine ponies, dogs and a comedy chimpanzee. |
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Dr Raisman's great-grandfather traded in horses, many of which became pit ponies in Yorkshire's collieries. |
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Whether you prefer to use Blax or Bungees to create your ponies, they will add another element of control to runaway tresses. |
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But modern-day swimming pool chutes and ponies captured the imagination and attention of the youngsters. |
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They rode sturdy Mongolian ponies, wore distinctive fur caps, and carried sabers, pistols, and rifles. |
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A native of New York City, Cesare learned his trade through his parents' saddle horses and polo ponies. |
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Horses, ponies and donkeys are overcrowding animal sanctuaries after being abandoned by their owners. |
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I remember too that he did a bit of dealing in ponies and usually had one or two in the field. |
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He became friendly with many people who had similar interests and whose love for ponies and horses was a shared hobby and way of life. |
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The tinkers live by mending pots and pans, telling fortunes and selling horses and ponies at the various fairs throughout the country. |
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We must all act now, before it is too late to stop our horses and ponies suffering long, torturous journeys to their deaths in foreign abattoirs. |
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He seems bemused by his new surroundings goats, geese, Shetland ponies and a variety of other animals. |
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It was an area of open heathland broken up by small clumps of trees, many misshapen and stunted by the constant attentions of wandering ponies. |
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There are immaculately turned out sheep, goats with coats that might have been tailored in Savile Row, ponies groomed gleamingly to perfection. |
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Fiona explained that riding school ponies and horses occasionally get lazy and bored with the same daily routine. |
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In total there were about 40 mounted huntsmen, women and children with three carriages drawn by Shetland ponies lending their support. |
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Horse thieves snatched two Shetland ponies from a field in Kingswood, leaving their owner and her six-year-old grandson distraught. |
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Shire horses and Shetland ponies drew crowds to the horse section while the showjumpers displayed their skills in the ring. |
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Just like miniature ponies, scale model airplanes and Mini-Coopers, cool, tiny things simply make you want to go all wiggly and goo-goo. |
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Riding ponies and horses around Christchurch and its environs was a wonderful leisure occupation in my girlhood. |
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Buggies and ponies and traps are to be found running through the streets in that community every day. |
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This would include vintage tractors, cars, bicycles, ponies and traps and any other kind of vintage transport or machinery. |
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We saw the stables where the pit ponies were kept prior to going down the pit. |
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The dandy brush is ideal for removing mud and sweat from unclipped horses and ponies without removing the essential oils from the coat. |
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The famous hardy and sure-footed Basotho ponies can take visitors into areas not accessible by road. |
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Once they tried to drive a herd of several hundred ponies through the line to disrupt and stampede the pack animals, but the attempt failed. |
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Three horses, two ponies and one fully-grown were stampeding over the area. |
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The sanctuary now faces the task of stabling and feeding all the ponies, horses and donkeys over the winter. |
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Afterwards the Barnetts moved to Los Angeles, acquired a fine house, and Crazy Jack kept a stableful of Indian ponies. |
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After crossing yellow meadows full of buttercups, the ponies struggle to keep their footing on rough moorland. |
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His father also used to keep shire horses and Shetland ponies. |
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Beneath us, the grass-covered, flat-roofed huts of Gujjar shepherds, the flocks of woolly sheep, the sturdy ponies and their handlers all headed to Kongdori. |
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There will be numerous sideshows on the day including mini quads, amusements, miniature ponies, bouncing castle, sheep judging competition and tug of war. |
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Back outside, tiny Icelandic ponies were prancing around the ring, their riders holding aloft banners like some form of Lilliputian cavalry charge. |
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I got to the front, and was pleasantly surprised to find that, instead of horses, two quaint looking, shaggy little ponies had been pulling us along. |
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Work will include the laying of concrete and tarmacadam in a parking area for traps and ponies that take thousands of visitors through the spectacular, seven-mile gap. |
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Here there are fewer Mercs and more ponies and traps are required to haul entire families of up to a dozen, cartloads of household appliances or mountains of hay or grass. |
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The families walked the 140-mile trip and children and elders rode on lodge-pole travois dragged by ponies and loaded with tents, kettles and food. |
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According to one legend, the ponies on this 37-mile-long barrier island are descendants of horses that survived the shipwreck of a Spanish galleon. |
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Piebalds, skewbalds and plain foxy ponies were fetching from 1,000 upwards and donkeys were also in demand, with good class mares reported to be also making 1,000 and more. |
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The whaling ship Terra Nova sailed from New Zealand in November 1910 and the expedition set off from base the following October, with mechanical sledges, ponies and dogs. |
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The rest of their ride seemed to fly past, and they walked back to the barn in the dark, untacking, grooming and leading their ponies to the field in the crisp night air. |
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It was inhabited by Soay sheep, goats, and a couple of New Forest ponies. |
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General Slim listed carrier pigeons, dogs, ponies, mules, horses, bullocks, buffaloes, and elephants as all being used by his Fourteenth Army in the Burma campaign. |
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Here there are fewer cars and more ponies and traps are required to haul entire families of up to a dozen, cartloads of household appliances or mountains of hay or grass. |
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Phillip buys Barry and Sean chinchilla rabbits, but Barry and Sean reciprocate with ponies, jodhpurs and black velvet jackets for Daphne and Chloe. |
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Then came the Indians on their ponies to pick huckleberries and to fish. |
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There were ponies frightened out of their enclosures, cattle racing mad throughout the fields, not to mention the land itself, which was all cut-up. |
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And the pony has the run of her Australian family's home, enjoying spaghetti, pizza, cake, cartoons and beer, all the stuff that horses and ponies seem to like. |
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You can enjoy the Wild West Horse, Hound and Music Show, which will feature barrel racing, trick riding, comic horses, Appaloosa ponies and American Quarter Horses. |
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The show began on Saturday, July 30 at 10 am with classes for style and appearance for horses and ponies followed by working hunter horses and ponies. |
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The riding school provides group and individual classes for equestrians of all ages and abilities who get to saddle up one of 11 horses and ponies. |
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Geez, how much had he lost playing the ponies over the years? |
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Longtime Devine-watchers pointed to Stan's fondness for playing the ponies, but he's also a basketball and football enthusiast, and has had some preternaturally bad picks. |
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Well, it wouldn't be so bad, I guess, but I haven't got the cash to support that yet, so dumb Cap Guy usually ponies it up which I guess he's getting sick of. |
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Brought up in a council estate by parents who couldn't afford to pay for lessons, he worked on a local farm in return for the chance to ride their ponies. |
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Crowds of Darwin stubby swillers kept the ponies racing until the last. |
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Its tentacles, as long and wide as rivers, end in yawning mouths which sweep the ground, devouring the nomads and their ponies, hundreds at a gulp. |
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To play a proper tournament, each of the four players on a team needs at least three ponies so they can rest in between chukkas. |
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Shire horses and a colourful collection of dogs will be rubbing shoulders with the stables' own ponies. |
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It's a world of pink shiny plastic, populated by a gang of glossy BFFs, shops, makebelieve TV studios and cutesy ponies. |
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My descriptions of Yan Yean Road include characteristic paddocks, ponies and a fringe of trees. |
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Affected horses ranged from 4 months to 19 years and were thoroughbreds, Arabians, Lipizzaners, Welsh ponies, warmbloods, and mixed breeds. |
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In 1907 there were 358 collieries and coal was produced largely by hand and pit ponies used for haulage in some pits. |
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In the Second World War the moor became a training ground, and the breed was nearly killed off, with only 50 ponies surviving the war. |
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A big remuda had been driven up, Cayuse ponies mixed with larger American horses. |
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These corfs were also hauled along the tracks using pit ponies rather than the women and boys who had previously been employed for the task. |
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I wanted that car. Also, these things are crazy on the road. Front wheel suspension, tons of ponies, but best of all, it has a tape deck. |
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Horses were first reported in 1981 to be susceptible and even a small amount of the leaves can be toxic to ponies. |
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The New Forest is known for its ponies, which have free rein over much of the area. |
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The RSPCA said the young horses and ponies available for fostering are aged between one and three and are all happy, healthy and handleable. |
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My mum and dad tried to palmme off with things like Barbies and Popples but I made it clear I was more into ponies. |
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In fact, it is Warwick International School of Riding and the only maidens are the ones trotting ponies overjumps in a neighbouring field. |
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Although the ponies could not be saved, our gratitude to them cannot be overemphasized. |
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They are really in dangerof becoming one-trick ponies better beef it up lads or give it up altogether. |
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By remaining one-trick ponies, we aren't differentiating ourselves from the competition. |
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He has disproved the beliefs of anyone who thinks soap actors are one-trick ponies. |
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But a wealth of great material such as Day Glo and Whatever We Like proved decisively they're no one-trick ponies. |
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The first path to the summit was built at the same time as the observatory and was designed to allow ponies to carry up supplies, with a maximum gradient of one in five. |
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A strong contingent of horses, ponies and riders from Bowes Manor Equestrian Centre, near Birtley, went down to the four-day championships after qualifying at regional events. |
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It is commonly thought that the flexible version was used for removing dirt from the backs of pit ponies, but there is no available documentation to verify this theory. |
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We don't have a game plan like Stoke but, in terms of people saying they are one-trick ponies, they are good at set-pieces but they have good quality as well. |
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Wild species of curlew, lapwing and redshank watched in wonder as nine konik ponies were led on to their land at the Portmore Lough nature reserve in Co Armagh. |
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Meet the fantastic Zulu, the only Zorse in Europe and see Miss Rebecca's Extraordinary Educated Equines featuring performing miniature ponies and a Highland pony. |
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Livestock include pigs, cows, sheep, horses, ponies, chickens, ducks, geese, llamas, chinchillas, rabbits, guinea pigs, sugar gliders and wallabies. |
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The summit of High Street is still known as Racecourse Hill and is so named on maps, and fell ponies can be found grazing occasionally on its summit. |
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Coal at this time was brought to the surface by a team of 75 pit ponies. |
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Our first four, Sarah, Charmaine, Johnny and Jordan have already impressed the judges once, but now they need to show that they're not just one-trick ponies. |
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The ponies are rounded up once a year to be marked and checked over. |
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Height is not the sole criterion for distinguishing horses from ponies. |
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Ponies play a crucial role in the area's ecology by eating vast amounts of vegetation and preventing the landscape turning into a wilderness. |
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Some of the land will be used for haymaking or left to grow wild and it is hoped that rare breeds, such as Exmoor Ponies could graze there. |
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Ponies could be taken as far as Red Tarn, where there were stakes to tether them while undertaking the final part on foot via Swirral Edge. |
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Pony trekking is also an option, on the rare, native Eriskay Ponies. |
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In 2003 DNPA started to subsidise moorland farmers to keep Dartmoor Ponies in an attempt to save the breed after new European legislation increased the costs of keeping them. |
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Ponies often exhibit thicker manes, tails, and overall coat. |
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