On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 09:16:02AM -0800, Judy Ryder wrote: > But my 14.1 Icelandic will never be a horse, and my 14 hand Tennessee Walker > will never be a pony. > > There are different characteristics that define pony and horse, not simply > height or colloquial terms.
the organizations that have the most to do with defining the differences are ones that classify "horse" and "pony" separately for showing purposes, usually for jumping (but sometimes, as in dressage, for age of rider allowed). they uniformly use the 14.2 height marker, and according to them, both the animals you describe are ponies. you may disagree. personally i think semantic arguments are inherently pretty stupid. --vicka
