Newfoundland pony Reproduced by permission of John de Visser. Recently, concerned Newfoundlanders have been making efforts to reverse this trend. Possibly the oldest breed of domesticated livestock in North America, the Newfoundland pony has been declared a heritage animal. Their coats are bay, brown, black or red with black forelocks, manes and tails. Their lower legs are solid black, and they sometimes have a black stripe along their backs.
Hooves are blue-black with a very hard outer horn.
Winter coats generally grow to 5-7 cm and are a different colour from the summer coats. The above information was compiled from a variety of sources by Wendy Churchill, Alex Dalziel, Vanessa Rice. The information contained herein is accurate to August 1998.