The Czechoslovakian Small Riding Pony is a breed of pony used as a riding animal for children. Development of this small riding pony began in 1980 at the Agricultural University in Nitra. The initial breeding stock about seventy mares were kept at the Nová Bana farm. Broodmares were selected mostly of Arabian stock and also included Hanoverian Slovak Warmblood and Hucul. A herd of twenty-seven mares averaging 14.2 hands were selected for the first crosses to a Welsh pony stallion Branco.