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Anonymous - 2013-03-16
American Shetland ponies are completly different from Shetland ponies, they are now catagorised as a seperate breed and i can tell you, as a shetland pony breeder (from shetland) american shetland ponies are not even close to ours anymore!

Margaret Louw - 2013-03-11
They say he is a friesian but he stands 18,1 hands and he is only 5 years old he has to white socks (back). Is he a friesian or a Draft horse? Thank you. Margaret

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Jasmine Brough Hinesley - 2013-03-11
If he is 5 years old then he is probably as tall as he is going to get. Do you have papers or a reliable source on who his parents are? There's really no way to know unless you have his lineage background. It's quite possible he is just extra tall for a Friesian.

Craig - 2013-03-08
2-4% of their weight? A 1,000 pound Fjord would get between 20-40 pounds of feed a day! What am I missing here?

Anonymous - 2011-05-04
These horses are AMAZING!

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Charlie Roche - 2011-05-05
Wouldn't you just love one?
Pamela Kreider - 2012-12-10
I love my horse!

MS. H. Ollava - 2012-02-19
Shire horses...HAA (I'd love one) The shire horse was ridden by knights in medieval times.

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Charlie Roche - 2012-02-20
Gosh - and I was waiting for the Knight and all I had to do was get the horse? Thanks for the info -

bacon boy - 2010-11-07
I like ponies.

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Anonymous - 2010-11-15
Me too.
courtney - 2012-02-16
I got one. She is so cute. I love her.
Ellie - 2013-02-10
I wish I had 1. I ride them at Chiswell green riding school.

Cheryl - 2013-03-03
I have a beautiful Morgan mare, I had her since she was 7 mo's old. Now almost 13 yrs old. She is a liver ch-Choc dapple. She is a very fast learner and loves to do tricks, all though, she tends to lie about her age. She loves to jump and trail ride. I'm going to teach her western dressage. She loves music and is a ham in show, and parades. Oh by the way, she is 20% Justin Morgan bloodlines. Justin Morgan came from a mix of Thoroughbred, Arabian, and the Standard bred horse line, in the 1700's. Justin Morgan was born in 1789 and was called Figure then called Justin Morgan.

doug - 2013-02-06
I agree about the Morgan breed....I owned two in the past......both are gone sad to say.....both were very smart and fast learners.. used as saddle rides only but were what I call 'Lap Horses' that is to say 'they needed to be near me all the time' would jump standard fence to be near me, and walk a cattle guard with ease. The Best! Doug

Tina - 2012-09-17
Can anyone confirm, that if a Thoroughbred Stallion is gelded at age 7, that he will always have his stallion bad habits- he is now 8 and being very pushy, taking off, fighting w/ other horses, badly enough to have one swift kick to another horse and killed it. Not a good option to rescue for a teenage experienced rider??

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Charlie Roche - 2012-09-18
Memories - ah those memories. Most say it would take a year or so for the stallion to calm a bit but many say, he just won't. He was mature and was a stalion and those behaviors have become part of his personality. It is possible he may calm down but at 7 - he was a mature male and he will most likely retain the behaviors.
Keeva - 2013-03-01
Yes most stallions have it in their head from a very young age that there the ringleaderso best be geldedat 2-3 years old.

.....?..... - 2012-02-05
I had a haffi. It bucked me off and nearly killed me! So now i hate them. Are they all like that?

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Charlie Roche - 2012-02-06
I really am sorry you were thrown. Not fun, been there down that a whole bunch of times. You would have thought I would have learned. You can't get mad at a bicycle cuz it ran into the curb. You can't get mad at the curb for being there. You can't get mad at the stair cuz you tripped. You don't get mad at the horse cuz you got tossed. You get right back on and take it slow and easy - maybe just walk in the coral area for a few days. Wait until you are relaxed and comfortable. Walk - and walk until you and the horse are comfortable. Have someone with you. Now, if you believe the horse is ill, ill tempered, out of control - have a vet come out and check the horse.
Kaitlyn J - 2012-02-09
Well clearly you are a novice rider! And No they are not! All horses bucked someone off. If you were riding a BROKE horse and riding PROPERLY that probably would not have happened.
eva - 2012-02-26
You are a beginner no horse is bad. Bad ones are all only either untrained or mistreated.
Teresa - 2013-02-18
Wow NO! I have been around lots of TW and SSH! But the Haflinger is a beautiful, well mannered, amazing horse! The first time I got on my geldings back I trusted him with my life. I will NEVER ride anything but a Haflinger ! God sent is that breed!

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