Asturcón

The Asturcón is an ancient Spanish breed of small horse or pony from the autonomous region of Asturias in the northern part of the country.

It has been documented since Roman times:[5] it has an unusual ambling gait, which was described by Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historia.

It is of Celtic type, and shows similarity to the Pottok and Losino of Spain, the Garrano of Portugal, and the Dartmoor, Exmoor, Fell, Highland, Shetland and Welsh breeds of the British Isles.

[10] With an average weight of some 300 kg In the early twenty-first century the only coat colour admitted for registration in the stud-book was black, with no marking other than a small frontal star.

[4]: 449  In the breed standard published in early 2012 by the Government of Asturias, the permitted coat colours are black, bay and chestnut, still with no marking other than a small star.

a small black horse dragging a loaded wooden sled on grass
At the Fiesta del Asturcón in the Sierra del Sueve in 2015