She's just some kind of grade mini I found locally (I only paid $150 for her). I want to say she's around 38" (I did measure her but can't recall for sure). She's way too fat but otherwise built really well for a mini. She'd be... 5 or 6 now. I bought her after my daughter was born a year ago fall. Of course Sami is too small to do much yet but a few minutes of pony rides here and there. Mainly it was my excuse to get a pony. Growing up I was the tall one, so I got stuck riding the big horses in lessons. At 8, my trainer at the time got me a 15.3h QH who regularly tried to kill me (but that's another story). I always boarded my horses till I married hubby a few years ago and finally had room to keep them at home and could fulfill my lifelong dream of a pony. The neighbor family has two kids, ages 4 and 6. I put a little corral behind their house for Banner this summer and they had a ball doing pony rides with her. She's an ornery little thing with adults but has been AWESOME with the kids. They're candy-butts however, and once the weather drops below 40 they hole up in the house so Banner came home for the winter. We have her green-broke to harness, and use her in the garden to cultivate and mark out rows.
Right now she's a mess of mud and burrs. Through the summer I just keep her mane roached so it's easier to deal with. I looked in my file and can't seem to find a better picture of her. I'll have to get some when she sheds out in the spring.
