Sadie and Pixie

By Caiti Gordon I got my first pony when I was 2. My first pony’s name was Shorty, named after my Uncle Shorty Parks. He was a 38-inch sorrel with the prettiest cream tail (his tail was 56 inches long and my mom always kept it up in a braid). Shorty was in his mid-20s…

By Crystal A. Andreas, San Bernardino Co., California I will now tell you about my pony “Marmalade” that came all the way from St. Paul, Minn., to Sunny California. One day I happened to find a paper with ever so many ponies in it, and as I always wanted one I became very much interested…

By Clarence Grover, Polk Co., Minnesota I received “Star” June 2nd and papa and I went to town to get him.  We had him in the wagon box in the crate and took him home with the oxen, which you will see in the picture. “Star” is a pretty, brown Shetland pony, three years old and…

By Heather Brower Koeman The boys had been asking for a pony for a while but I just wasn’t sure if they were ready. A friend of mine sent me Dash’s photo and info and I knew right away that the boys needed him! He was already kid-safe and was a family pony so off…

Buttercup came home on September 15, 1977. She was my first pony. Buttercup was blond and beautiful and confident… everything that I was not. Buttercup was an unregistered, 54” palomino pony. I showed her at open shows and in 4-H. Her lope was not slow. In fact, we were pretty sure that she kept trying…

By Name of Owner He was a sorrel and white tobiano with hair of similar texture and appearance of a wire-haired Jack Russell terrier – year-round. I believe Poncho was in his twenties when he was finally handed down to me by my older sisters. He used to just lay in the pasture and let…