WINTER WOOLIES GYMKHANA

EVENT NO: 5323
DATE: 27TH JULY, 2008
VENUE: THE HOME OF LAPEROUSE PONY CLUB
BUNNERONG EQUESTRIAN GROUNDS
WASSELL ST MATRAVILLE, NSW 2036

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Palouse Ponies are Cool As...

The Australian Palouse Pony Association was formed at a meeting of interested persons during June, 1974.

It was formed to create a registry for the coloured ponies which had been bred with the upsurge of the popularity of the Appaloosa Horse. Because of a height limit these ponies could not be registered as Appaloosas and so was born a breed association now known as the Australian Palouse Pony Association. The name Palouse was chosen as an original name which could not be confused with the Appaloosa Horse which is over 14 hands high, While the Palouse is under 14 hands high. Palouse was chosen as the name because it is the name of the valley and river in Idaho U.S.A. where the Nez Perce Indians bred the colourful horse which has since been popularised as the Appaloosa Horse while the pony is now known in Australia as the Palouse.