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what height does a pony become a horse
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what height does a pony become a horse
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Usually, size alone marks the difference between horses and ponies. The threshold is 14.2 hh (1.47 m) for an adult.When a horse is 14.2 hh exactly, it is called borderline and is either a horse or a pony depending on the breed. (According to Horse Facts). However, that said, ponies tend to have different physical characteristics than horses, therefore some minature horse breeders prefer that term as opposed to pony since it implies small horses. Breeding and raising minature horses here in the western U.S. is a popular business, while ponies tend to actually be physically larger in many cases making it less clear whether it is more appropriate to use the word "pony" to describe a size or a type...
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