What is the difference between a horse and a pony?

Question

What is the difference between a horse and a pony?

Answer 1

A horse is over 14.2 hands, a pony is 14.2 hands or less.  Pony breeds usually are built differently than horse horse breeds, with horses being leaner and ponies being stockier as a general rule.  Ponies are also generally more likely to founder since people will commonly overfeed/under excerise them and they we bred to be hardy.

Answer 2

In a nut shell a pony is smaller and a horse is bigger :)

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Answer 3

For many forms of competition, the official definition of a pony is a member of equus caballus that measures less than 14.2 hands (hh) (1.47 meters or 58 inches) at the withers. Horses are 14.2 or taller. However, the term "pony" can be used in general (or affectionately) for any small horse, regardless of its actual size or breed. Furthermore, some horse breeds may have individuals who mature under 14.2 but are still called "horses" and are allowed to compete as horses. In Australia horses that measure from 14 hands to 15 hands are known as a galloway. Thus ponies in Australia measure under 14 hands.[1]

People who are unfamiliar with horses may confuse an adult pony with a young, immature horse. While foals that will grow up to be horse-sized may be no taller than some ponies in their first months of life, they are very different. A pony can be ridden and put to work, while a foal is too young to be ridden or used as a working animal. Foals, whether they grow up to be horse or pony-sized, can be distinguished from adult horses by their extremely long legs and slim bodies. Their heads and eyes also exhibit juvenile characteristics. Furthermore, in most cases, nursing foals will be in very close proximity to a mare who is the mother (dam) of the foal. While ponies exhibit some neoteny with the wide foreheads and small size, their body proportions are similar to that of an adult horse.

Answer 4

the  other  one  is  a  little  older.

Answer 5

A pony is shorter than 14.2hh. A horse is taller than 14.2hh.

hh stands for hands (which is what horses are measured in). A hand is 4 inches.