The Walers of The Light Horse (Pt 1) These horses from the colony of New South Wales became known as ‘New South Walers’ or ‘Walers’ for short. Bred from thoroughbred stock, Cape Pony, Timor Pony and perhaps the huge Percheron during the 19th Century, they were highly prized in the empire for being hardy horses with great endurance. Banjo Patterson describes the mount of the Man from Snowy River which sounds remarkably like a Waler: “…on a small and weedy beast. Something of a racehorse undersize