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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 Norma Streeter Hamilton In the spring of 1967, Linda (Streeter), aka Mom, took her stout red tobiano pony, Flicka, to the neighbors rose gray Arab stud. He had a name but it has been lost to history. In those days per Linda, Flicka and her new boyfriend were just put in the pasture together…
By Norma Switalski Palin is the daughter of Shetland Pony royalty. Her mom and dad were well-known pony stars. Maybe that is why the breeders named her Buckeye WCF Classical Grace Kelly. Grace Kelly, the person, became a princess. Palin was born believing that she was a princess and took the role very seriously! Palin is as…
By Norma Switalski DreamHorse.com was a wonderful place to look at and dream about owing a special equine. One day I was perusing the site and there was Buckeye WCF I’m All Gold. He was a pretty buckskin, pinto, miniature horse, weanling, gelding. Gold was offered by one of the most prestigious miniature horse farms…
By Rachel Sackrider We bought Polka Dot from our friend Emily Ream in the summer of 2022 as a pasture mate for our retired horse, Parker. We had recently lost our last pony and Parker was very lonely. Polka Dot was kid-safe and mother-approved and knew how to ride and drive so she was the perfect fit…
By Name of Owner When I think about all of the horses, ponies, and minis that I’ve purchased, Gar was the best purchase that I ever made. He wasn’t cheap, but he was a steal. At the time, my daughter was about 5 years old. I wanted a miniature horse that I could trust. That…
By Beth Brown Major was a laminitic pinto pony that my mom got for me from a family friend. He was fat, headstrong, and hard-mouthed. Perfect for 5 year-old me. I rode him all over our farm property, and I became convinced that I was actually an “Indian” because I had dark hair and a pinto…
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…
By Name of Owner Coming from a big Swedish family with six daughters, we couldn’t afford to own ponies or horses. So, we worked very very hard at the barn to pay for lesson ponies and local horse shows. This is “Sluggo” and I at a local show in Stockholm in the mid/late 80s. He…
by Kasi Huver To put it simply, Laser was kind of an asshole. He had a nasty buck, he knew how to snuggle up to you and then use just his front teeth to pinch your skin, he would roll when he saw you coming to get him in the paddock, and he’d run away…
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…