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It finally dried up here and got warm enough that I didn't need 90 pounds of clothes to work horses. These 2 little guys are starting to learn to drive. I start them in the drag, then intoduce the cart once they are steady in the drag. Both were pretty good, just a couple of times they break...

Lori.. You crack me up LOLOLOL.

Ok, yes and no to the above. In my totally honest opinion, I have a "park action" type breed. There is no way I could even attempt to get my leggy, necky pretty nice (IMHO) mini to trot like my hackney. I could use all the "devices" known to mankind, and he will never do it au natual, and...

Yes but is not an honest 38". My pony is an honest 50", at the wither. Period. My hunter is an honest 16'2 at the wither. The eventer horse is an honest 17.0 hands at the wither. The pacer I jog at the track is an hones 15.0 at the wither. My former show mare (Saddlebred) has an hones 16.2...

Desiree..you are soo right. If the horse (be it mare, gelding or stud) ships well.. that is key. Mirage lost about 25 pounds...thank heavens we were not breeding with him at the time!. Know your horse..that is the key!

Thanks Boinky..haw many of you can tell you are looking at a blooded Arab? Blooded Quarter horse? Standardbred? Why can you? Years and years of selective breeding, based on a type or standard that was created many many many years ago, and yes you get the oddball (ie color) or fads (honking...

BINGO..you can have a mini "arab type" mini "Thelwell type" or a Shetland "hackney type" or Shetland "Thelwell type" The difference, about a hundred years of breed specific bloodlines that can be traced back to Scotland. For the Shetlands that is. Minis?? Well it could have been a short POA...

IMHO..I see no difference in showing a pregnant mare versus one maybe on regumate. Sometimes bred mares end up being better show horses. You showed your mare with her foal last year?? Seems like she was fine right?? I have shown many pony mares that were in foal ...get her shots up to date...

This is a site I lurk on..cool picture Bambi wins it all...

Funnybunny... BINGO we have a winner! Those wonderful comments you posted are exactly my sentiments of why the dogs "left" the ring. I guess I could have re-iterated better in my original post, but the 2 dogs are superior examples of their breed. I myself, would, knowing that Peter Green was...

Now maybe the horse/mini/pony judges out there should take a page out of Mr. Terrier (Mr. Green's) book. He dismissed 2 dogs (Airdale (sp) and Cairn Terrier's) due to conflict of interest with their handlers. If the handler won't bow out or hand over the dog to someone else, than kudos to the...

Yes Desiree there is a shot the vet can give. You can actually give it at anytime, it just means the later into a mare's preg the harder it is on her. My vet calls it a "Hot Shot". It is also given to force a mare into season within a day or two of the shot. Kim

Eek I only got 12 and I AM CANADIAN LOL Kim

She is definately well bred on her sire's side. BTW usually when listing pedigrees the sire is noted first. I had the pleasure of seeing Centerfold win the World's Grand Championship when he was three and again @ 15 or so. He was the first Hackney to win the Junior Champ and then the Grand...

Oh so typical...SHETLAND PONY!!!!!!!!

Oh Dona... I still think this is my FAVORITE horse of all time. I have loved him since you first posted him has a bitty baby. If he EVER needs to find a home, my home is his. I'd kill to have him, I can just see him in a patent leather Freedman Harness (world's best) and my black/gold...

Thanx..I am a die-hard died-in-the-wool hackney person. That's primarily what I show/breed so I know a bunch of people/breeders in the fraternity! Too many in fact LOLOL Kim

Welcome to the Hackney World! I have always had Hackneys, and just luv em! At 48" she could fit into anywhere from a 60" to 63". My 50" pony wears a 60, mind you his back is short. She must have been bred by Jimmy Miller or Anna Marie Knipp (PS saddly Jimmy Miller just passed away). Would...

Looks like a blast! Jen, where did you get your blinker hood!>> I have a Radon one that doesn't quite sit right on a mini head while it sits great on my hackney's head! I like the look of yours! Kim

I am with Fizzy on this one. Fixed contraptions can and will do more harm than something you can operate. Horses will lean on the bit, evade the bit, round the wrong way to evade etc. My hands/eyes are faster than a fixed idea. See my post in the bitting rig topic to see my longlining set...