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User Login Email: Password:    » Forgot Password?  » New Member Sign Up Visitors Online: Today's Visits: Yesterday's Visits: Horses Menu Home Horses For Sale Welcome to American Shetland ! You are here: Terrific-Horses.com > Horse Breeds > American Shetland Book Search: American Shetland Description The American Shetland was originally bred mainly in the state of Indiana after its importation from the Scottish Shetland Islands in 1885. The American Shetland is selectively bred unlike its predecessors that were a product of the environment. Within 50 years of this importation two different pony breeds emerged. The American Shetland and the Pony of the Americas. The American Shetland was a crossbred of the finer types of the Island Shetlands and the Hackney Ponies and then the result was crossbred further with Arabians and Thoroughbreds. This combination produced a pony with character and an outline like that of the Hackney but yet maintaining its luxuriance of the mane and tail of the Shetland with longer, finer legs and a little more height. The American Shetland is a very versatile pony and smart in harness. They can pull four-wheeled or two- wheeled buggies or can be ridden in either English or western tack. The “hunter type” of American Shetland can compete in small jumping courses and others can be show ponies. Google Ads

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