| Country of origin | China |
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Lijiang ponies are a newly developedbreed ofhorse, restricted to theLijiang District, inChina. This is an area of high altitude with a greatly varied climate. The economy required a more powerful pony than was found in the area, so in 1944 theArabian,Yili,Hequ,Kabarda and small typeArdennes were introduced. Crossbreeding and interbreeding of the progeny has developed a horse ideal for the needs of the area. Today, there are approximately 4,000 Lijiang ponies.
Lijiang ponies were crossed with Arab and Arab-Kabarda and the offspring were increased in size to about 12.2hands, but additional work to increase the size of this breed has not yet been successful.
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