WELSH SECTION A

THE WELSH MOUNTAIN PONY'S ARABIAN HERITAGE IS CLEAR IN ITS PRETTY DISHED FACE, BUT IT IS FAR FROM JUST A PRETTY TOY. THE WELSH MOUNTAIN PONY - OR SECTION A IN THE WELSH PONY AND COB SOCIETY STUDBOOK - IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL THE WELSH BREEDS AND HAS ROAMED THE HILLS AND VALLEYS OF WALES FOR CENTURIES. IT WAS CERTAINLY THERE BEFORE THE ROMANS, AND ITS ARABIAN INHERITANCE IS POSSIBLY DUE TO THEIR ABANDONING THEIR HORSES WHEN THEY WITHDREW IN 410 AD.