Manipuri pony

Manipuri Pony
Conservation status
Other names
  • Manipur Pony
  • Meitei Sagol[3]
Country of originIndia
Distribution
StandardIndigenous Horse Society of India
Traits
Height
    • usually 122–132 cm
    • up to 136 cm[4]: 484 
Colourfourteen recognised colours[4]: 484 
Manipuri horseman in an illustration from 1855

The Manipuri Pony (Meitei: Meitei Sagol)[5][6] is a traditional Indian breed of small horse or pony from Assam and Manipur in north-eastern India. It appears both in the history and the mythology of Manipur, and was used for warfare and polo. It is believed to have been the polo pony in use in Assam in the mid-nineteenth century when British tea planters first saw polo being played, and the height limits set for polo ponies were based on ponies of this breed. It was very numerous in the early twentieth century, but numbers have since fallen. A breed society was established in 1977, and a breed standard was drawn up by the Indigenous Horse Society of India in 2009.[4]: 484 

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  5. ^ Porter, Valerie; Alderson, Lawrence; Hall, Stephen J. G.; Sponenberg, D. Phillip (9 March 2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding, 2 Volume Pack. CABI. p. 484. ISBN 978-1-84593-466-8.
  6. ^ LAMBA, SWARN (17 December 2021). Let's Play: Kanche and other Traditional games of India. Zorba Books. p. 114. ISBN 978-93-90640-60-7.