Whats the difference between a fell pony and dales pony?

Question

Also the difference between a fell pony and friesian? and a dales pony and friesian?
You dont have to answer them all, its just for pony club:) xx

Answer 1

Wellll, they're different breeds! Black and hairy - doesn't mean they're all the same thing...



The Fell and Dales have similar backgrounds, but have developed into two separate breeds. The easiest way to tell them apart in the showring is the one with ribbons in its tail is the Dales! I've known Fells since before you were born, my Granny is a Northumbria woman and instilled in me a deep love for the breed. I've got a bay one at the moment - he's a little dream.



Friesians are different entirely, they're big - they're horses, not ponies. They are from the Netherlands. Take a look at all three breed standards, you'll be able to find them online, and study them in depth.



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I'll have you know I can tell the difference between a Fell and a Dales! Although if you have poor examples of breeds you're not particularly involved with it's difficult, e.g. I've never had a new forest and they don't really stand out to me, so if you've got a poor NF and a poor Connemara with an ugly head, it can get tricky - so at least the Dales have a fallback. It reminds me of a well-known rider up here who usually rides Dales for a well-known breeder (£££) and on a couple of occasions rode a novice Dales-coloured Highland... and took championships despite pony's novicey naughtiness because the judge made some assumptions and clearly didn't notice the pony's breed - or lack of ribbons, it would seem. Don't you love showing?!

Answer 2

Fell ponies and Dales ponies are very similar - both from the same county, just different sides of the Pennines.



The Fell is smaller and you actually see it in the other colours allowed by the breed society - I have seen the usual black as well as some bays and also a very nice grey. The head is very pony-like (quite small and neat) and they are allowed to have a small star and a sock on a hind leg.



The Dales is taller, rarely found in the other colours allowed by the breed society (I've only ever seen them in black) and has a very horse-like head (a bit longer in the nose than the Fell.) They are also allowed the same markings.



The breed standards for both ponies say they have pony-like heads, but if you compare the two, the Fell's head is a little neater and more pony like and that of the Dales is a similar shape to that of the Friesian.



The Dales tend to have silky feather and the Fell tends to have more of a light feather



http://www.fellponysociety.org/

http://www.dalespony.org/



Fell - http://www.fellponysociety.org/photo_gallery.htm

Dales - http://www.dalespony.org/Gallery.html



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see arr harr - we use the ribbons to tell the difference too! Must be a life saver for the judges that usually judge other breeds but have been pulled in to judge the hairies.



I read somewhere that the ribbons were originally used as when showing first began with the Dales ponies, they had docked tails with enough hair to protect the tail in severe weather and the owners felt they ought to do something with their tails to neaten them up and make the ponies stand out.

Why they have the ribbons is somewhere in here: http://www.hamletshouse.co.uk/showing/showingguide.htm

Answer 3

It seems that fell and dale are the same.



The Dale Or Fell Pony



This pony is doubtless a very close relation of the Westmoreland tap-root, if not identically the same animal, and also resembles the Rum pony in its conformation, so that the description given of the latter may be taken as applying equally to the subject of this chapter, though the Dale pony is, generally speaking, rather the more breedy-looking animal of the two. At the same time, it is difficult to believe that there is not some intimate relationship between them, though doubtless the Dales have received more attention from north-country breeders than have the Rum ponies from the Scotsmen of the west coast. A very great recommendation of the Dale pony is his great stamina, as some members of the variety are credited with having travelled immense distances under heavy burdens; whilst the strength of their constitutions is borne evidence to by the fact that they exist and flourish on the hills on the borders of England and Scotland under conditions which would render existence impossible in the case of most horses. Like the Rum pony, the Dale pony is extremely sure-footed, and being as it were a sort of half-way breed between the horse and the pony, the Fells should prove acceptable additions to the establishments of those who desire to possess a sturdy, useful animal of rather less stature than the ordinary cob. Finally, as a proof of the antiquity and stamina of the English north-country pony, it may be stated that an account is in existence of a Mr. Sinclair of Kirkby-Lonsdale having, for a wager of 500 guineas, ridden a Galloway 1000 miles in 1000 hours at Carlisle in the year 1701, the Galloway being presumably a Fell pony.



I know diddly about friesians.

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