Norwegian Riding Pony

Also Known As: Norwegian Sport Pony


This is a sim breed! (Non-gaited, non-racing)


Created to fill a gap and mirror the other Nordic breed sections with a Sport/Riding pony, the ASNC has created the Norwegian Riding Pony. Any horse standing no taller than 14.2 hh (148 cm) with no less than 50% approved Norwegian bloodlines (or otherwise at least 3rd generation Norwegian Riding Pony) may be registered as a Norwegian Riding Pony, so long as it can pass at least one of a) the riding test, and/or b) the driving test used by the Norwegian Fjord Horse stud book inspections.


The foundation "Norwegian Bloodlines" must come from any combination of Nordlandshest/Lyngshest, Norwegian Coldblood Trotter, and/or Norwegian Warmblood*.
*Norwegian Warmbloods used for Norwegian Riding Pony breeding must be born NWBs, not approved into the books from another stud book.


Recommended non-Norwegian breeds for crossing are: other Nordic Riding/Sport pony breeds, Gotland Pony/Russ, Welsh, Connemara, New Forest Pony, British Riding Pony and German Riding Pony. Due to the breed restrictions on cross breeding, the ASNC does not recommend using the Icelandic Horse, Faroe Pony or Norwegian Fjord Horse in your Norwegian Riding Pony breeding program.


Furthermore, the ASNC recommends breeding only Norwegian Riding Pony x Norwegian Riding Pony in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th generations to solidify the breed's standards before crossing out again to diversify the gene pool.


First Generation: Norwegian breed (see above) x other (see above)
Second Generation: Norwegian Riding Pony x Norwegian Riding Pony or Norwegian Riding Pony x Norwegian breed (see above)
Third - Fifth Generations: Norwegian Riding Pony x Norwegian Riding Pony
Later Generations: Norwegian Riding Pony x Norwegian Riding Pony, Norwegian Riding Pony x Norwegian breed (see above), or Norwegian Riding Pony x other (see above)


Common Coat Colours: Any solid colour (champagne & pearl dilutions are extremely rare), Roan, Sabino
Permitted Coat Colours: All
Average Height Range: 13.0 - 14.2 hh (132 - 148 cm)
Permitted Height Range: 11.0 - 14.2 hh (112 - 148 cm)