Recent content by busyb

I hate to see adults/older children on Mini's. There is a girl on another list I am on who has posted pics of her "riding" her mini. She is of the sit on it with your feet on the ground type. Of course, she also seems to only buy stallion mini's for no purpose other than to own stallions, as...

One way to look for greying is to check the eyelashes. If you see just one white hair, you have a grey. I use to have an Andalusian cross, and knew many Andy babies, all born black, bay or chestnut. All of the ones from my horses sire greyed. My boy was born a bright chestnut and by the age...

Hi, I am new here and have mainly been a lurker. I have had large horses all my life, and about ten years ago I also had a 34"inch mini who was trained to drive, but only driven sporadically (as in three times after training perhaps) due to my involvement with the dressage world. I aquired a...

For those of you that do pole work with your mini's, what distance do you set them apart for starting walk and trot work? I have used them for years for my full size horses, but setting for an 16.1hh horse is a lot different than setting for a 31" inch one. I do like the "lighter" version and...