Breed Books

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Breeds in Horse and Pony Books

American Saddlebred

Dorothy Lyons: Harlequin Hullaballoo/Bluegrass Champion -

American Standardbred

Genevieve Torrey Eames: The Good Luck Colt - Martin and his father dream of winning the Hambletonian
Marguerite Henry: Born to Trot - Rosalind the Standardbred trots to success

Appaloosa

(not a breed, I know....)

Judith M Berrisford: Pippa and the Mystery Pony - Pippa and her brother rescue an Appaloosa
Jessie Haas: Appaloosa Zebra
Henry V Larom: Ride Like an Indian! - Jerry is unhappy he has to ride the Appaloosa
Dorothy Lyons: Bright Wampum
Jenny Oldfield: Navaho Joe - Kirsty tries to catch the Appaloosa who’s appeared on the ranch, but can’t
Glen Rounds: Stolen Pony
Glen Rounds: Hunted Pony - an Appaloosa stallion guards his herd
Gary Christopher Vezzolli: Spring Valley’s Spotted Champion - Sprping Valley stakes its reputation on an Appaloosa
Nancy Springer: Colt - Colt’s inclination is to say “no” to everything until he meets the appaloosa
Elizabeth van Steenwyk: Ride to Win - Nancy tries to find out what her Appaloosa is good at
Elizabeth van Steenwyk: The Secret of the Spotted Horse - Reddy begins to wonder if his cheaply bought horse is stolen
Jerry West: The Happy Hollisters - adventure involving a stolen Appaloosa

Arab/Arabian
Sue’s Circus Pony: J M Berrisford
Ponies All Summer: J M Berrisford
Sue’s TV Pony: J M Berrisford
Jill and Prince the Pony: Joan Dickins
Summer Ponies: Wendy Douthwaite
Dream Pony: Wendy Douthwaite
On Location: Wendy Douthwaite
Running Free: Wendy Douthwaite
King of the Wind: Marguerite Henry (1947)
The Jinny series: Patricia Leitch (Armada 1976-1988)
Melka, the story of an Arabian Pony: Joan Penney (Methuen, 1934)
Melka in England: Joan Penney (Methuen, 1935)
Tessa and Some Ponies: Lady Kitty Ritson
The Earth Sings: Glenda Spooner (Latimer House, 1950)
Dancing Horse: Carol Vaughan

Bhutan Pony

M E Buckingham - Phari - the adventures of a Bhutan/Bhutia pony

Brumby

Elyne Mitchell: The Silver Brumby series
Mary Elwyn-Patchett: Brumby series
Alison Lester: The Shadow Brumby
Gladys Lister: Leafy and Prince Brumby
Reginald Ottley; Brumbie Dust, Black Sorrow

Camargue
Marlena Frick: The Homecoming - an elderly man struggles to save the horse he bought at a Camargue Horse Fair
René Guillot: The Wild White Stallion
René Guillot: Riders of the Wind
Pat Smythe: The Three Jays on Holiday - the three go on holiday to France, and take part in a round up on the Camargue

China Pony
Hua Ma The Flower Pony: Cecilia Knowles (Falcon Press, 1947)

Chincoteague and Assateague Pony
Misty series: Marguerite Henry

Connemara
C W Anderson: The Blind Connemara: the struggles of a blind pony
Esme Hamilton: Speedy: Speedy’s story from foalhood to point-to-point
Ann Henning: Connemara Stallion series - Cuaifeach is a problem until he meets Doreen

Dartmoor
Allen Chaffee : Wandy the Wild Pony, Wandy Wins - the story of a Dartmoor pony
Lilias Edwards: The Dancing Pony - Debbie is enchanted by the Dartmoor pony she finds pulling a cart
Gordon Griffiths: Silver Blue - the story of a Dartmoor pony
Marjorie M Oliver: Ponies and Caravans - a caravan journey to buy Dartmoor ponies
Marjorie M Oliver: The Ponies of Bunts - country life with ponies, including some Dartmoors
Marjorie M Oliver: Riding Days in Hook’s Hollow, Land of Ponies, Horseman’s Island - children, adventure and Dartmoors
M E Proctor: The Treasure Riders -
Josephine Pullein-Thompson: The Trick Jumpers - children try and raise money by doing a trick jumping display
Allan Seaby: Dinah the Dartmoor Pony - the story of a Dartmoor pony
Vian Smith: Martin Rides the Moor - Martin is deaf after an accident, and his parents buy him a Dartmoor to help him cope

Donkeys
Dowsha - the Story of a Donkey
Brighty of the Grand Canyon: Marguerite Henry
The Donkey Race: Diana Pullein-Thompson
Dan and his Donkey: Pamela Rogers
A Pony of Your Own: Mary Gervaise
Thanks to Dandy: G O’Connor
Jane’s Lonely Donkey: Jill Stevens
The Turf Cutter’s Donkey: Patricia Lynch

Exmoor
Ruth Clarke: Bonny the Pony
Mary de la Mahotière - Round-up on Exmoor - holiday story based on Exmoor
Victoria Eveleigh - Katy series - Katy’s adventures with her Exmoor pony
Jane Munro Gaymer: Brownie - Exmoor pony story
Golden Gorse: Moorland Mousie, Older Mousie: the quintessential Exmoor pony stories
Golden Gorse: Janet and Felicity: The Young Horsebreakers - two girls break in Exmoors
Elinore Havers: A Pony to Catch - two children are promised a pony, if they can catch him
Elinore Havers: Pony Watch - adventures on Exmoor of a gang of children, one of whom rides an Exmoor
Eleanor Helme: Shank’s Pony, Suitable Owners, White Winter - Adam the Exmoor and his humans
Eleanor Helme & Nance Paul: Jerry, the story of an Exmoor Pony, The Joker & Jerry Again
Joyce Mary Lennon: Misty the Grey Pony - Exmoor pony story
Pamela McGregor Morris: Exmoor Ben
Hermione Ratliffe: Golden Knight and Other Stories - one story is about an Exmoor/Thoroughbred cross
Allen Seaby: Exmoor Lass and Other Pony Stories - short stories, including one on an Exmoor
Eunice Young Smith: Shoon, Wild Pony of the Moors - a boy finds an Exmoor pony in the wild
May Wynne: The Story of Heather

Fell
Sue Garnett: Ponies of Swallowdale Farm
Patricia Leitch: Afraid to Ride - Diggory the Fell pony is condemned as unrideable
Susan Millard: One Fell Swoop - the amusing side of the Fell
K M Peyton: Stealaway
Fiona Satow : My Friend Krow
Margery Sharp: Second Best Pony - can a Fell pony compete?
Joyce Stranger: Casey - a couple of Fells have an incidental role in this cat story.

Hackney
Daphne Machin Goodall: Silver Spring - collection of short stories, one of which features a hackney who jumps

Heavy Horses
Gillian Baxter: Save the Ponies -
Emma Brock: Plug Horse Derby -
Catherine Cookson: Joe and the Gladiator -
Jessie Haas: Uncle Daney’s Way -
James Herriott: Bonny’s Big Day - picture book about a heavy horse entered in a pets competition
Primrose Cumming: Ben - photographic story about a carthorse
Monica Edwards: No Mistaking Corker - Corker has been stolen
Monica Edwards: Cargo of Horses - Tamzin et al save a variety of horses; some are heavy horses, as well as vanners
Marguerite Henry: Five O’Clock Charlie
Christine Pullein-Thompson: The Empty Field - riding school children try and save 3 heavy horses from slaughter

Clydesdale

Lois Castellain: Adolphus series - cartoons featuring Clydesdale Adolphus and his friends

Percheron

Chris Platt: Stargazer - American story about Jordan Mackenzie, who longs to have a black Percheron
Edward Tracy: King of the Stallions - a Percheron stallion is badly treated by a blacksmith, who threatens him
Carol Vaughan: Missing Matilda, Two Foals for Matilda, Trekkers’ Trail - series about Matilda the Percheron

Shire

Primrose Cumming : The Great Horses
Pippa Funnell: Goliath, the Rescue Horse - Tilly rescues a neglected Shire
Joyce Stranger: Breed of Giants
Joyce Stranger: January Queen
Simon Weston: Nelson series - larky books about a retired Shire who pulled a milk float

Suffolk Punch

Primrose Cumming: Trouble at Trimbles - not a lot of horse content, but the farm horse is a Suffolk
Michael Morpurgo: Not Bad for a Bad Lad - a boy has his life changed by working with Suffolk horses in prison

Highland
Gillian Baxter: Horses in the Glen - adventures at a trekking centre
Judith M Berrisford: Jackie and the Pony Rivals - shenanigans between studs. Set on a Highland stud.
Joanna Cannan: We Met Our Cousins - London children meet Highland ponies as well as their cousins
Patricia Leitch: The Jinny series: - Jinny and her brother have two Highlands on loan. Shantih doesn’t have it all her own way.
Patricia Leitch: A Pony of Our Own - two children save up enough to buy Kirsty the Highand
Patricia Leitch: The Horse from Black Loch - besides the mystical horse, there’s lots of solid and useful Highands
Patricia Leitch: Pony Surprise - two children borrow a Highland with definite ideas of his own
Patricia Leitch: Highland Pony Trek - a making the ponies pay story
Jane McIlwaine: Pony Trekking Summer - an adventurous holiday at a Highland Pony trekking centre
Margaret MacPherson: Ponies for Hire - a struggling farming family try to find a way to make Highlands pay
Frances Murray: Horses in the Heather - adventures with Highlands

Hungarian Horse
The White Horse of Hungary: Margaret Ruthin

Lipizzaner
Gillian Baxter: The Stables at Hampton
Page Cooper: Amigo - Franz and his father have Lipizzaners in their circus act
Marguerite Henry: White Stallion of Lipizza
Vernon Bowen: The Emperor’s White Horses - the story of the Spanish Riding School during WW2
Anne Colver: Pluto - Brave Lipizzaner Stallion - a boy wants to work with the horses forced to flee from Vienna
Felix Salten: Florian - the trials and tribulations of a Lipizzaner after the First World War
Mary Stewart: Airs above the Ground - adult romantic thriller involving a stolen Lipizzaner
Mary Treadgold: The Heron Ride - no actual Lipizzaner content, but Onkle Anton was a former rider at the Spanish Riding School
Lee Wyndham: Susie and the Ballet Horse - Suzie dances with a Lipizzaner

Lundy Pony

Victoria Eveleigh: Midnight on Lundy - growing up and going to school on the mainland means leaving the Lundy ponies

Morgan
A Morgan for Melinda: Doris Gates
A Filly for Melinda: Doris Gates
Justin Morgan: Marguerite Henry
Stealaway: K M Peyton

Mule
Brown Sunshine of Sawdust Valley: Marguerite Henry

New Forest
Joan Begbie: Freelance the Pony - Judith and her mother work to be able to buy Freelance the New Forest
Judith M Berrisford: Jackie and the Pony Thieves - Jackie and Babs stay in the New Forest, and find ponies are being stolen
Mary Buckland: Trusty, our New Forest Pony - early story of a New Forest pony
Ruby Ferguson: Pony Jobs for Jill- amongst other things, Ann and Jill have to break in New Forest ponies
Irene Makin: Ponies in the Attic - Debbie is lonely but makes friends
Jean Medcalfe: Friskey the New Forest Pony
Stephen Mogridge: New Forest series - adventures based in the New Forest, with some pony interest
E H Parsons: The Twins in the New Forest, Quest for a Pony, Family in the Saddle - set in the New Forest
K M Peyton: Fly-by-Night, The Team - Ruth buys an unbroken New Forest pony
Josephine Pullein-Thompson: Six Ponies - the Pony Club has six New Forest ponies to break in
Lady Kitty Ritson: Molly the New Forest Pony - Dick rescues Molly the New Forest
Jean Rowan: Rufus the New Forest Pony
Allan Seaby: Skewbald, Sons of Skewbald - no holds barred life story of a pony and his descendants

Norfolk Trotter
K M Peyton: Small Gains and Greater Gains [check]

Pit Ponies

Hans Baumann: Andy’s Pit Pony
Leila Berg: Andy’s Pit Pony
Hilda Boden: Little Grey Pony
Sheila Lavelle: The Strawberry Jam Pony
Nina Lloyd-Banning: Pit Pony
Rosemary Sisson: Escape from the Dark

Pony of the Americas

Lynn Hall - Dragon series -

Quarter Horse
Quarter Horse Boy: Mary Elwyn-Patchett

Sable Island Pony
Dixie Dobie - A Sable Island Pony: Margaret S. Johnson and Helen Lossing Johnson (Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York 1945)

Shetland
Gillian Baxter: Pantomime Ponies - Shetland ponies do panto
J M Berrisford : Jackie and Pony Island - features a Shetland pony, Dougal, amongst other equines
Paul Brown: Piper’s Pony, the Story of Patchwork - the story of Piper and his Shetland Patchwork
Ursula Bruns: Snow Ponies - set on a farm which breeds Shetlands and Iceland ponies
Joanna Cannan: Hamish: lovely picture story of a Shetland pony
Lois Castellain: Adolphus series - cartoon adventures of a cart horse and his Shetland friend
Mary Colville: Plain Jane, the Story of a Shetland Pony - the adventures of Blaese
Peter Clover: The Sheltie series - Emma and her pony Sheltie have many adventures
Jenny Dale: Lottie the Little Pony - Jenny is excited when she gets a pony but Lottie seems very small...
Lucy Daniels: Shetland in the Shed - when Polly goes to stay with the Hope family, her Shetland comes too
Marion Doren: A Pony in the Field - Meg’s Shetland is a lot more work than she thought
Brian Fairfax-Lucy: Horses in the Valley - three horses, including a Shetland, discuss their owners
Frances Frost: Windyfoot series - adventures of an American boy and his Shetland pony
Kathleen Fidler : Haki the Shetland Pony - Adam trains his Shetland, but he is sold
Ruby Ferguson : A Stable for Jill - Jill and friends start a stable with, amongst other equines, a Shetland - Dot
Martin Gale: A Pony Named Nubbin - Nubbin the Shetland is trained to be a riding school pony, but she’s stubborn
Daphne Machin-Goodall: Silver Spring - includes a short story about a Shetland
Anne Bosworth Greene: Greylight, The White Pony in the Hills - Greylight the Shetland goes to live with Babs
Clarence Hawkes: Dapples of the Circus: the Story of a Shetland Pony and a Boy
Elizabeth Harrover Johnson: The Pony That Didn’t Grow - Beth gets given a Shetland
Nils Hogner: Tanny - a Shetland pony adopts a deer
Margaret S. Johnson: Kelpie - A Shetland Pony
Jeanne Mellin: Pidgy’s Surprise - Cindy owns Pidgy, a Shetland, but dreams of something more glamorous
Jenny Oldfield: Home Farm Friends - includes a short story about a Shetland
Jenny Oldfield; Scott the Braveheart - on their way home, the twins spot a Shetland at the side of the road
K M Peyton: Pony in the Dark - Tom’s favourite Shetland is sold to work in the mines
Frances Priddy: Barbie - Barbie doesn’t want to win a Shetland pony, but does
Allan Seaby: Sheltie the Shetland Pony
Anna Sellberg: Anna and the Crying Clown - Anna and her friends holiday on her grandparents’ Shetland stud

Tennessee Walking Horse

Eleanor F Brown: A Horse for Peter - Tennessee Walking Horse Evening Star is useless unless Peter is watching him
Marguerite Henry: Brown Sunshine of Sawdust Valley - mostly about a mule, but there is a TWH called Strolling Joe
Marsha Hubler: Rickie Rides to the Rescue - Rickie is set on buying a TWH called Cocoa, but he Is sold to someone else

Tibetan Pony
Phari: M E Buckingham

Welsh
Judith M Berrisford: The Jackie series - Jackie’s pony Misty is a grey Welsh pony
Judith M Berrisford: Five Foals and Philippa: a Welsh stud and its struggle to survive
Hilda Boden: Pony Trek - a family go to buy two Welsh ponies and journey back to their home
Hilda Boden: Pony Boy - a boy trains a Welsh pony
Paul Brown: Silver Heels - story of a part Welsh pony
Paul Brown : Daffy Taffy - a Welsh pony gets himself into some very silly situations
Amanda Gavin: To Find a Golden Pony - a girl’s ability to spot horseflesh is challenged when she buys the Welsh pony Saxon
D Glyn-Forest: Gipsy’s Way - a Welsh pony goes missing
Cecilia Knowles: Hippo, a Welsh Cob - the story of a black Welsh cob
Pamela MacGregor: Morris: Topper - the life story of a grey Welsh pony
K M Peyton: Fly-by-Night, The Team - Toadflax, who appears in both books, is a Welsh cob
Lucy Rees: Horse of Air - a girl finds her dream horse, Brenin, a Welsh cob
Lucy Rees: Wild Pony - Pippa saves up enough money to buy a Welsh pony
Allan Seaby: Mona the Welsh Pony - story of a Welsh pony
Alan Smith: Snowy - life story of a Welsh pony
Linell Nash Smith - Auction Pony - a story of life for a Welsh pony on the American show circuit

Western Isles Pony
Joanna Cannan : I Wrote a Pony Book - a girl strikes out and does her own thing, despite her ghastly parents
Christine Pullein-Thompson: Ride by Night - adventures with ponies, including a couple of Western Isles [check]