Anadolu Pony

Anadolu
Conservation status	FAO (2007): no data; DAD-IS (2025): unknown ;
Other names	Anadolu Yerci; Anadoly Yerci; Anadolu Pony; Anatolian;
Country of origin	Turkey
Use	riding horse; pack animal; light draught;
Traits
Height	124–142 cm;
	Equus ferus caballus;

The Anadolu or Anatolian is a Turkish breed of small horse within the broad Anatolian Native group of breeds.^[4]^: 488 It has some relation to a broad range of western Asian breeds of riding horse.

History

The Anadolu is a traditional breed of Anatolia – the Asian part of Turkey, from which the name of the breed derives – and of eastern and south-eastern Anatolia in particular. It has some relation to a broad range of western Asian breeds, among them the Akhal-Teke, the Arab, the Deliboz, the Kabarda, the Karabakh, the Persian and the Turkoman.^[4]^: 488

It is the most numerous horse breed of Turkey,^[4]^: 488 but no population data has ever been reported to DAD-IS; in 2025 its conservation status was unknown.^[2]

Characteristics

The horses usually stand between 124 and 142 cm at the withers. The profile of the head is variable, ranging from concave or dished to convex.^[4]^: 488

Use

The Anadolu may be used as a riding horse, as a pack animal or to pull light vehicles.^[4]^: 488

References

^ Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to: The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Breed data sheet: Anatolian / Türkiye (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2025.
^ Valerie Porter, Ian Lauder Mason (2002). Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types, and Varieties (fifth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 085199430X.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.

[barb-1] Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to: The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.

[dad-2] Breed data sheet: Anatolian / Türkiye (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed August 2025.

[mason-3] Valerie Porter, Ian Lauder Mason (2002). Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types, and Varieties (fifth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 085199430X.

[cabi-4] Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.

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