A friend's small herd of seven Miniature Horses have been delivering a crop of unexpected foals - the pesky, typical little stallion is an escape artist, doncha know! The mare below is making us all hurt, we are wondering if she is packing twins ...
These babies are only about 17" tall right now. The minis get about the size of St. Bernards, at the most. They actually have shows for them, where they are shown "in hand" with halters and judged on conformation, etc, just like regular horses. They are also sometimes trained to pull carts, and shown driving. They are not really rideable, although I've seen small kids put up on them over the years. Cute as a button, don't eat as much, all the fun of a big horse, for small pastures and small barns!Can you see his her little tongue sticking out? She just had a drink at the snack bar!
Minis have a separate registry, as HORSES, not ponies. So don't make the mistake of calling them "cute little ponies" - that could earn you a shove on the leg by an indignant mini!
THE END!! (I LOVE those fuzzy little tails!)
Minis have a separate registry, as HORSES, not ponies. So don't make the mistake of calling them "cute little ponies" - that could earn you a shove on the leg by an indignant mini!
THE END!! (I LOVE those fuzzy little tails!)
Those are the cutest little animals on the planet! Oh, they are amazing, aren't they? Are they mean, or pretty mellow? Or probably, like everything else, there's as many variations as animals. Totally cuties. :)
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