Comments on: HN Classifieds: ‘Appaloosa Mini Mare – $250′

By: Lisa Thomas

Lisa Thomas — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 00:57:59 +0000

We brought home a friend’s mini tonight to babysit our enormous 12.2h welsh pony. My kids are hooked, and I’m trying to resist the temptation of another vet bill. I googled Mini’s for sale in Pa & actually found a site for “buy 2 minis, get one free”. What, is this Joseph A. Banks! That’s just not right!!

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:42:15 +0000

We brought my mini home in the back of a suburban…. He was just a weanling though and we’d folded the third row seats down, laid a tarp and a bunch of straw and shavings and one of those xtra large dog crates, which he fit into. It was kind of like those airplane shipping containers they use for horses, but smaller!

By: Victoria

Victoria — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:57:18 +0000

Thanks to Amy Lee for putting this on facebook! My trainer’s daughter used to ride a mini when she was 3 and 4. Goliath (aptly named haha) was a great mini and is a great teacher to the kids at the farm!

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:36:44 +0000

My 18 month old rides my minis with a little lead line saddle but that’s just walking , I drive my minis for exercise.

By: 48north

48north — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:12:36 +0000

You don’t ride minis, regardless of how small the rider is, and regardless of finding a small saddle. The fact that you can find a saddle for a mini only says that somebody knows how stupid people can be, and is filling the niche. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’ve never heard of Mini Seat Equitation being a class at a mini show. Maybe driving and halter, but riding? I don’t think so.