If you breed a quarter horse mare with a pony stallion, do you get a quarter pony?

apha_barrelracer: If you breed a quarter horse mare with a pony stallion, do you get a quarter pony?
Just curious, have always wondered if thats what you get or not. Also what kind of pony would the stallion have to be?
Honeyswife – you would do Artificial Insemination.

Answers and Views:

Answer by toni1336
I’m not 100% on this, but I believe a quarter pony is a purebred quarter horse who does not meet the height requirements to be a horse.

Answer by Mulereiner #
I’m with tony on this too. Quarter ponies are basically smaller QH’s.

If you breed it to a pony stallion, you get a 1/2 breed horse. It wouldn’t be a purebred.

Answer by honeyswife
You get a mixed breed pony if it’s below a certain size…there is not quarter pony breed. If the pony stud was smaller than the quarter horse how would they manage to breed?

Answer by ibbibud
No. A quarter pony is from either quarter pony parents or is atoo small to register quarter horse. You will get a quarterhorse cross. It may be horse sized or pony sized. It will not be allowed to register with the AQHA. I am not sure of the registry specifics for the pony stallion, but it may be eligible for registry there. Technically, if it’s under 14.1, it’ll be a “quarter pony” anyway, just might not be able to get registered as such.

Answer by Everbely
As far as I know the quarter pony registry is by height and by body style and neither parent needs to be registered, though I haven’t check this out lately and reg. my last quarter pony 12 years or so ago. Things could have changed. A friend of mine who breeds quarter ponies uses her Shetland stallion on QH mares.
Many Quarter ponies are from two reg. quarter ponies, some are quarter horses that just aren’t very tall. That’s what the one I registered was. I know there is someone in Canada producing Quarter ponies with a Welsh stallion. At least I think it’s in Canada.
I know that one registry will take any color of pony and I think there is another which takes only solid animals.
But, like I said, it’s been awhile since I looked into this breed and things could have changed

Answer by katie
you wouldn’t have to AI you could back the mare in a ditch or let the stud use a ramp. Although it would be much easier and safer to back the mare in a ditch.

Answer by sugarpills
Basically, but he would need a ramp, LOL.

Answer by Jeff Sadler
Honeyswife You could AI but a far better way is to simply put the stud on a pond bank and the mare at the bottom. This is how you get the large draft mules since draft mares are far too large to be bred by even the mammoth Jack donkeys.

Answer by allison k
it would be a mixed breed, if it grew to be under 14.2 it would be a mixed breed pony

Answer by westerngamergirl
absolutely! a qh pony is a qh that was bred with any type of pony. it doesn’t matter which parent is qh or pony.

Answer by whiteclover
The very first Quarter Ponies were bred here in Virginia at a farm just up the road from mine. I purchased one for my son 15 years ago. It is a quarterhorse mare bred to a welsh cob pony. My pony goes western, english, he jumps through a hula hoop and he pulls a cart.

Answer by Fancys_Mamma
why would you do that anyways