Height: From 1.25m-1.42m for mares; from 1.22m-1.44m for males. Color: Mainly bay, a few gray and dark bay. The Jumli Horse resembles the Bhutia. It is a small, solid animal with a wide forehead; almond-shaped eyes; a horizontal-set neck; straight back; extremely sloping croup; low-set tail; small hooves; and a dense, thick mane and tail. Distribution: Essentially in the Jumla district, Nepal, and the Uttarakhand region in India. The Jumli is resilient, has endurance, and is very well adapted to hilly and mountain regions. It is very sure-footed, even in snow. It has good health and is undemanding and easy to raise. The Jumli is a good pack horse, still used for transportation in dfficult-to-reach areas. It has also been used for tourism, to accompany trekkers. The mares are used to produce excellent mules. Essentially the all-purpose horse of the Nepalese, mechanization made it less useful, and the population is in decline.

This is the best known indigenous breed.

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