Dales and Fell Ponies

See also:

The Shire Horse | The Suffolk Punch | The Clydesdale
The Cleveland | The Percheron

These two closely related breeds developed in the northern Pennines; Dales Ponies in North Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland, and Fell Ponies on the wild moors of Cumberland and Westmorland. The greatest influence on their foundation stock was the Galloway, but Friesian and Clydesdale blood also contributed.

Their main service was as packhorses but both did worked on small upland farms and in the lead and coalmines. Constitutionally "hard as nails," both were dark in colour, without markings, and with feathers, long manes and tails.