What is the name of the smallest breed of horses?
Because the main difference between a horse and a pony is height. Any animal whose height measured at the withers does not exceed 14 hands and two inches (58 inches) is considered a pony. By that definition, Arabian and Quarter horses may be under the height designation to be considered horses. But if we’re counting ponies, then the smallest breed is the Falebella of Argentina. The tallest of the breed stands about 74cm (30 inches) at the shoulder. The “SMALLEST” pony in history was a stallion named “Little Pumpkin.” He stood 14 inches and weighed only 20 lbs! He’s not in the Guiness Books, however. They list “Black Beauty” as the smallest at 18.5 inches tall. The smallest miniature horse breeding stallion in America was Bond Tiny Tim, a miniature horse stallion measuring only 19 inches tall. Bond Tiny Tim was a dwarf horse who was bred extensively and appears in the pedigrees of hundreds of miniature horses in America. Bond Tiny Tim sired numerous national champions and lent his dwarf
