The Riding Pony was developed in the United Kingdom, and are now bred all over the world. The term is used to refer to as show ponies, divided into classes based on height and type, hunter classes, side-saddle and in hand classes. Generally speaking, where the term "riding pony" is used in a competition schedule it is accepted as referring to a show ponies, as hunter ponies have their own classes.
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Famous quotes containing the word riding:
“Captain Carpenter rose up in his prime
Put on his pistols and went riding out
But had got wellnigh nowhere at that time
Till he fell in with ladies in a rout.”
—John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)