Western Sudan Pony

These are distributed principally in southern Darfur and south-western Kordofan, extending into southern Chad,[3]: 408  and are known generically as Gharbaui ("western")[a] or by a variety of regional names including Darfur Pony and Kordofani.

In the twentieth century a government programme of "improvement" was instituted at the stud farm of Nyala in South Darfur, and local mares were put to stallions of Arab and Thoroughbred stock, with consequent degradation of the local types; what the cross-bred animals gained in size they lost in hardiness and type.

[2] The conservation status of the breed was listed as "not at risk" by the FAO in 2007, and also by the DAD-IS database in 2023.

[6]: 245  It resembles the Barb and has many of its good qualities, particularly its hardiness and endurance.

[3]: 408 [6]: 245  The neck and shoulders are strong and the back and croup well formed; the legs tend to be poorly conformed.