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Is there a difference between a shetland pony and a minirature horse2007-11-24 21:18:09

if so what?

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They are different breeds. Mini horses should have the same conformation as horses, only smaller, ideally their proportions are identical to a horses. Shetlands are small ponies, and have conformation that is very different from horses. They have shorter legs, are stockier, etc.

edit- They would cost around the same ammount to keep. Shetlands (from my experiance) are not as high maintinance as minis, but their attitudes make them less then ideal kids ponies most of the time. I actually think that horses are easier to care for than ponies, you dont have to worry about them foundering all the time, and they are generally more mellow/ less pushy. The only difference in cost is the ammount of feed really, but feed is the least of all the expenses when you own any kind of equine...

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one is a horse and one is a pony

they are not the same they are completely different breeds

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yes a min. horse is below 32inches

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miniature horses are just that. mini horses. they have the same body type of a large horse and same bone structure. shetland ponies are ponies and have that body type. the difference between horses and ponies is their height.

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All good answers above, but they leave out to me the most important part....Shetland ponies are evil!

Well of course that's not fair, but we used to live in the Orkney Islands of Scotland, just south of the Shetland Isles. The Shetland ponies up there remain very true to type. They were bred to carry grown ups, not kids, and for work not play. They can also survive on about 3 blades of grass every other week (I'm joking - but they are great doers, and you have to be careful not to overfeed.)