a wiry, wild pony of a distinctive type found on Sable Island in the Atlantic off the coast of Nova Scotia.
- 1962  The typical Sable Island pony, Lawlor says, "is a brightly colored bay with black points. There are also a few blacks."
- 1964  [We] mentioned P.E.I.'s Big Jim Prendergast . . . and his efforts to save the Sable island ponies.