We have two Modern shetlands along with some Classics and we love the Moderns.....they are shown differently than of the Classic's and miniatures. They are very smart and you handle them alittle differently than other horses, very slowly.
Our Classic shetland is a bit more nervous than of the two Moderns and hot also to handle, that is just the way he was bred and will never change but he shows fantastic and six feet off the lead for Scott showing with body movement cues and no speaking or touching the horse. That is how we teach our horses for halter, body language.
We have a coming two yr old filly that will stay small enough to hardship AMHR next year and she placed in many classes at Congress, our other modern is a coming two year old gelding and he is awesome to show also and next year he will be in harness for his Futurity.
Check out our website for the ponies, we started with one pony and have added quite a few since we bought our Classic gelding, they are just as addictive as the miniatures, they just have a bigger engine...and tons of fun and a bit hotter.
Taylors Pony Farm in Michigan is where we bought the Modern gelding "Michigan's Sox Appeal" aka...Soxy....and he is sweet as they can be and very affectionate. Taylors have quite a few Moderns that they show all season and most of the showing is done by three youths that are grandchildren of the Taylors. That is who we bought our first Modern from and got us started in how to show a Modern and been very helpful in getting us heading in the right direction.
The other Modern filly we bought from Jackie Tyler in Wisconsin, Emerald Glenn Farm and she also has very nice ponies and Johnny Girl EGF aka....Monkey is a very sweet and loving filly and hotter than a firecracker and she can move out very nicely with her tail flagging too with her buddy Soxy in the field beside her. They are fun watching in the field playing tag...
I have some places on my website under the "Links Page" for pony farms of people that we know.
Matt Schuckert trained our Modern "Michigan's Sox Appeal" and Sox is practically push button and they are now located in Kentucky, he will be going in harness next year and will be at Matt's for training.
