Asturcón
Sign in to savethumb|alt=a small black horse dragging a loaded wooden sled on grass|At the Fiesta del Asturcón in the Sierra del Sueve in 2015 The Asturcón is a Spanish breed of small horse or pony from the autonomous region of Asturias in the northern part of the country. It has been documented since Roman times: it has an unusual ambling gait, which was described by Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historia. It is of Celtic type, and shows similarity to the Pottok and Losino of Spain, the Garrano of Portugal, and the Dartmoor, Exmoor, Fell, Highland, Shetland and Welsh breeds of the British Isles.
Key facts
- Horse breed.name
- Asturcon
- Horse breed.image
- Asturcon.jpg
- Horse breed.altname
- Asturian Pony
- Horse breed.country
- Spain
- Horse breed.distribution
- Asturias, elsewhere in Spain
- Horse breed.standard
- Principado de Asturias (in Spanish, pages 2–5)
- Horse breed.colour
- black
- Horse breed.height
- 130–147 cm
- Horse breed.male_height
- 130 cm
- Horse breed.female_height
- 123–125 cm
- Horse breed.male_weight
- 275 kg
- Horse breed.female_weight
- 250 kg
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
4 sectionsContents
- History
- Characteristics
- References
- Further reading
thumb|alt=a small black horse dragging a loaded wooden sled on grass|At the Fiesta del Asturcón in the Sierra del Sueve in 2015 The Asturcón is a Spanish breed of small horse or pony from the autonomous region of Asturias in the northern part of the country. It has been documented since Roman times: it has an unusual ambling gait, which was described by Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historia. It is of Celtic type, and shows similarity to the Pottok and Losino of Spain, the Garrano of Portugal, and the Dartmoor, Exmoor, Fell, Highland, Shetland and Welsh breeds of the British Isles.
== History ==