Esperia Pony
 Pair in harness at Fieracavalli, Verona, 2014 | |
 Driven five-in-hand at Fieracavalli | |
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| Country of origin | Italy |
| Distribution | Lazio |
| Standard | Associazione Italiana Allevatori] |
The Esperia Pony, Italian: Pony dell'Esperia or Pony di Esperia, is an Italian breed of small horse or pony originating in the area of the Monti Aurunci, the Monti Ausoni and the Monti Lepini, near Esperia in the province of Frosinone, in the Lazio region of Italy.[3]: 131 [4]: 464 [5] It is one of the fifteen indigenous horse "breeds of limited distribution" recognised by the Associazione Italiana Allevatori, the Italian national breeders' association. It is the only Italian breed to be officially denominated a pony.[6]
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- ^ Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to: The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
- ^ Breed data sheet: Pony di Esperia / Italy (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed May 2025.
- ^ Daniele Bigi, Alessio Zanon (2008). Atlante delle razze autoctone: Bovini, equini, ovicaprini, suini allevati in Italia (in Italian). Milan: Edagricole. ISBN 9788850652594.
- ^ Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.
- ^ Pony di Esperia (in Italian). Associazione Italiana Allevatori. Archived 30 April 2011.
- ^ Il Registro Anagrafico delle razze Equine ed Asinine a limitata diffusione (in Italian). Associazione Italiana Allevatori. Archived 2 June 2011.
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