Sable Island pony

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a wiry, wild pony of a distinctive type found on Sable Island in the Atlantic off the coast of Nova Scotia.

Quotations

1962

The typical Sable Island pony, Lawlor says, "is a brightly colored bay with black points. There are also a few blacks."

1964

[We] mentioned P.E.I.'s Big Jim Prendergast . . . and his efforts to save the Sable island ponies.