MINIATURE HORSE
(Equus falabella)

Origin and History
The earliest history of miniature horses was in the 1650 AD records of the Palace at Versailles where King Louis XIV kept a vast zoo including tiny horses. The miniature horse is the result of nearly 400 years of selective breeding. The term ‘Miniature Horse’ was created in the 1970s because some breeders of midget ponies felt that a more deceptive name would make them more salable and desirable.

Description
Physical
Miniature Horses appear the same as a regular horse but when compared to a full-sized horse, miniaturized horses have huge heads, short necks and other conformational flaws attributable to breeding dwarfism traits. They come in a variety of colors: Bay, black, buckskin, champagne, chestnut, cremello, dun, grey, grullo, palomino, perlino, pinto, roan, and white.