Breed Characteristics
Standing up to 14 hands high at the withers, the American Walking pony is a relatively large pony-type. It has a clean, smallish head on a well arched and muscled neck. The shoulder is slightly sloped, the hips are well muscled and the back is relatively short. It can be most colours.
The American Walking Pony is capable of performing up multiple gaits, including the walk, pleasure walk, merry walk, trot, canter, slow gait and the rack. The pleasure walk and merry walk are unique to the breed. Both the Pleasure walk and the Merry walk are four-time beat gaits that are faster than a regular walk, and are described as being very light and free. The Merry Walk is the faster of the two.
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