• Source: Western Sudan Pony

Western Sudan Pony is an exonym for a Sudanese breed or group of breeds or ecotypes of small horse or pony. These are distributed principally in southern Darfur and south-western Kordofan, extending into southern Chad,: 408  and are known generically as Gharbaui ("western") or by a variety of regional names including Darfur Pony and Kordofani.: 8 
The Western Sudan Pony is one of four recognised horse breeds in Sudan, the others being the Dongola or Dongolawi, the Sudanese Country-Bred and the Tawleed.: 505 




History


The Gharbaui is originally of Barb type. In the twentieth century a government programme of "improvement" was instituted at the stud farm of Nyala in South Darfur, and local mares were put to stallions of Arab and Thoroughbred stock, with consequent degradation of the local types; what the cross-bred animals gained in size they lost in hardiness and type.: 408 : 245  By the 1950s or 1960s few of the horses remained unaffected by this process.: 408 
In 1994 the total number of the horses was reported to be 8000–10000. The conservation status of the breed was listed as "not at risk" by the FAO in 2007, and also by the DAD-IS database in 2023.: 111 




Characteristics


The Gharbaui is a small horse, with an average height at the withers of some 140 cm or 145 cm.: 245  It resembles the Barb and has many of its good qualities, particularly its hardiness and endurance.: 408 : 245  The neck and shoulders are strong and the back and croup well formed; the legs tend to be poorly conformed.: 245  The profile is convex.: 408  The coat is most commonly grey, but may also be bay or chestnut.: 408 : 245 




Use



The horses are used for riding and as draught animals.: 408 




Notes






References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Western Sudan Pony
• Horses in Sudan
• List of horse breeds
• Sudanese Country-Bred
• List of African horse breeds
• Tawleed
• List of horse breeds in DAD-IS
• Muhammad Ahmad
• List of solved missing person cases: 1950–1999
• Horse