Lovely little Mini! A really thick, heavy mane.
Yes Robert there’s a big difference between Miniature Horses and ponies. A Miniature Horse is like a full size horse but in miniature. Mini’s bone structure and whole body needs to be fine with slender legs etc in other words – a horse in miniature. A pony on the other hand, usually has much heavier legs and body. All horses grow in a thicker “Winter Coat” as Winter and the colder weather, gets near. They shed this Winter coat as the year warms up in the Spring. Grooming to “bring out their Winter coat” in Spring, is a task all horse owners go through – handfulls of it every day until their beautiful, shiny “Summer coat” comes in.

Ive had horses all my life and also owned 2 Miniature Horses, which I used to show, many years ago. I only have 1 Mini left now, and hes getting old – nearly 25 years old. But as a young horse “Star Dreamer” won many prizes in the Show Ring. He needs careful managing now hes so old, but Ive had him since I bought him as a 7 month old foal, and hes pretty special to me!

I love your horse! She’s shaggier than my horse ever was, but my horse (who was a very tall TB) would have fallen in love with your mini. He loved to guard and protect foals and ponies and minis. He was best friends with a shaggy one that looked like this Thanks for sharing this with us!

I love this picture, and the way the pen and colour work together.