" The Hackney, with its hight-stepping action, is a native of England thought it is prized the world over a carriage horse, especially in the show ring. The Hackney horse originated in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries and is a descendant of the famous English trotting horses of the time, the Yorkshire Trotter and the Norfolk Roadster."
"The 'Hackney Pony' was developed during the second half of the heighteenth century - earlier use of the therm 'Hackney Ponies' almost certainly reffered to small part-bred Hackney horses."
"The original height limit for ponies, as recomended by the Hackney Horse Society, was 14.2hh but this was subsequently reduced to 14hh. The hight stepping acction for which the Hackney is renowned was not developed until the second half of the nineteenth century, when it became the fashion do drive elegant, showy carriage horses. It is partly inherited, partly taught and can be enhanced by training." |
