02-17-2010, 10:32 PM
Quote:Also does nyone have a lead with Y Gododdin's shaggy white ponies?I doubt you'll find anything concrete, since there wasn't any concept of breeds (ie, pedigreed stock and closed stud books) until well into modern times - 18th and 19th C.
There are no modern British breeds that are exclusively grey although all but the Exmoor include grey in their "colour range" (and even the Exmoor had some greys in the 1930s). Jervaulx Abbey Rolls, much much later than Y Goddoddin, list a larger number of "white" or "grey" animals than any other. I have no idea why, and am sceptical of some of the theories that are put forward - besides them being clean out of this period.
Why do you need to know?
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