2013 WIHS Shetland Pony Racing

[@earthskychocolates3181]

That old guy blowing the horn is literally so precious

[@sherrie9241]

I had a shetland pony as a child..He was round, fuzzy and absolutely adorable... I loved him, he loved me...I still miss him..

[@Linda-hs1lk]

They're so cute. I already had two half brothers but I bought a little pregnant mare only a couple of days ago. She's so friendly and has the most beautiful face. Can't wait for her to get her foal!! Months to go though...

[@sherrie9241]

Saartje Hond aww, who wouldnt love a shetland? ive heard of people that didnt, but couldnt trust those people..hahah..Congrats on your new baby girl...

[@KcIsAmAzIn]

This is so cute and it's good to see all the riders are nice to their ponies and their fellow riders (like when the girl in yellow fell off and the winner checked if she was ok) I wish thoroughbred races could be more like this, no whips, all friendly

[@flyingchangeequine91]

WHY HAVE I NOT HEARD OF THIS UNTIL NOW?!!! I MUST NOW BECOME A PONY JOCKEY!!!

[@forjuniorgolfers]

Just found these, watching them all, these are sooooo cool!! Great riders too, they are doing awesome!

[@christiany.m.3604]

Me too!! I'd rather place bets on these instead!!

[@zeshanalichauhan4431]

oh my God, no.5 was so cute and also her jokey

[@ladyfox825]

In the 2nd race I think #5 should have won!!! That #4 did her wrong...:(:(:( #5 pony was really fast too!!! :D:D:D

[@Zoawesomeshowjumper]

Number 5 in the second race won clearly

[@brandiewilson8100]

not fair number #1 had head start

[@catiafreitas6981]

I love ponys and horses i go horse riding but i dont have my own pony or horse , well done to you i hope you had the best time of your live

[@RiskyMoto]

The cream colored pony in race #2 was like screw you guys. Just because im small dont mean i can kick some pony butt

[@addisonraiyne3872]

+Lindsey Baker HAHA! I agree!

[@ellacurry5524]

+Addison Raiyne ikr

[@ellieeq3531]

RiskyMoto Palomino

[@indarragirlzz5549]

You can see that there was a head start. -.-

[@thehalopro6154]

So cute I had a Shetland when I was little they are so cheeky

[@biv4378]

In the second race, I believe #5 won by a tiny bit. That pony was fast either way.

[@WashingtonHorseShow]

It's amazing how fast these little ponies are!!

[@iluvmyhorseghost]

THAT GIRL HAD A HEAD START! THAT PISSES ME OFF! SHE DIDN"T WIN!

[@MiaEquestrian87]

Same

[@reginachaney4410]

yeah! i saw that too she was also older then the rest of the riders

[@schelichstar5001]

Number 1 cut number 2 off ! THAT WAS NOT FAIR!

[@nyja3914]

The girl that was on smarty pants could be a barrel racer for real

[@MiaEquestrian87]

I am

[@beritsmith5842]

Idk if anyone else thought this but I thought number 5 won in the second race just saying

[@matildaequestrian6178]

Berit Smith I know

[@annathompson4261]

LOL i LOVE ponies and for them to race eachother... man will that be cute!

[@Lilaloume]

Everything is bigger in USA, cars, country, even ponies :D

[@vincegundowry4222]

No number 2 is going to have a head start

[@majkjems]

well that little winner won by a foot. Just about how far ahead it was when the flag dropped! Even start,head to head with that paint? I'd bet a different outcome.....

[@thebreyerlover121]

THIS MADE ME SOOO HAPPY! lol :) :3

[@jetxboxrz175]

I really want to do this, it looks SO fun XD

[@jessicataylor3636]

I am going to do it soon on my shetland bella

[@oliviabircheart8883]

same! I think I'm too big though haha. SSO twins >:D

[@jetxboxrz175]

Olivia Bircheart Hehe >:D

[@jessicataylor3636]

I am doing it soon

[@jessicataylor3636]

olivia

[@leola8120]

I love horses so much

[@limitededition3442]

these are our ponies and in the first race there was no head start its just how they start. theyre all very good racer ponies and all (but two) was ours so it didnt really matter. we congratulate those who were in the pony races back in october!! and the winner of the first race(ellie perri) it was her last race so it ment a lot to her to stop on a good note so id appreciate it if you guys wouldnt talk so poorly about her and Mardi and the other jockies.

[@ajjemmett6265]

that was so cute! I wish I could race a Shetland pony

[@kaitimusprime]

How cute!

[@ludwigbeilschmidt3657]

#1 had a head start...

[@lexuscollins5764]

number 1 had a head start!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mluvanimalslaxgirl59]

that first pony that won had a head start un fair race they need to find a better way to start them all out evenly cause the first pony ran before the others were lined up evenly

[@vincegundowry4222]

No she won number 4

[@schelichstar5001]

How do you get to be a jocky in one of these races?

[@spiderhourani4757]

Number 5 win

[@nevaschnee701]

Das ist doch voll fies Die Gewinnerin hate fast nen halben Meter Vorsprung.Und außerdem hat sie die 2.Gewinnerin also die die direckt hinter ihr war immer voll an die Hecke gedrückt, klar das sie dann gewonnen hat.Und ALLE Reiter sind für die kleinen Ponys VIEL ZU GROß.

[@Ruby-kx1xs]

I watched this on the day I went horse riding

[@nyja3914]

Cause she seems like she can cut tight corners clean

[@onlif3supp0rt]

Was it only me that I just saw the girl in neon green fall by the end of the race which I think she got stepped or hit in her side of her stomach>.

[@Saartje05]

BIG shetlandponies.

[@rafaelgalaz9513]

how old are they

[@katemalone8018]

Those races are not fair

[@smorebunny]

Number one had a head start...

[@Saartje05]

@Emma Myruski. 14 Years is nothing for a shetlandpony. It means he's still a teenager. They can get forty or even fifty years old. This pony is still a kid.

[@Saartje05]

Arzu Hoffman Als je er niks van af weet moet je niet kletsen. Mijn haflinger is al dertig jaar. De oudste shetlander ter wereld is 56 jaar geworden. De meesten gaan helaas als tiener al naar de slager.. De oudste pony in Soest is 50 jaar geworden. Die heeft nog de ponytram in Amersfoort getrokken. Eerst jezelf beter informeren voordat je reageert.

[@meghanmurphy2623]

No 14 is getting up in age for a pony, a pony age the same as horses. They have a longer life expectancy then horses but they age just the same. 14 is still a good age though for a pony to be working at, if anything the pony is in his prime now.

[@Saartje05]

Meghan Murphy 14 Years isn't old for a pony. And no shetlanderponies can get much older than big horses. But yes, the pony is in its prime now.

[@meghanmurphy2623]

Saartje05 I never said 14 was old, but once they hit that 15 mark they start getting up into age. I have a shetland who is well in his 30's, just stopped riding him a few years ago, my cousins did at least seeing I grew out of him 13 years ago.

[@Saartje05]

Arzu Hoffman Heb ik ook niet gezegd sukkel.

[@Summershedd]

Dude, notice how none of them reward their ponies when they win. Literally the only 1 who patted their pony, was the girl who won the 1st race..

[@AlliWalker]

What does patting mean to a horse? People do it because it makes them feel good but it doesn't register to a horse or pony as a reward. You are literally hitting it on the neck. lol What a great reward! Now scratching a horse on the withers is something horses do in nature and would understand as being friendly.

[@dieginny3140]

Horses actually do understand a pat as a reward. At least most do. Have you ever heard of pavlovs classical conditoning? A pat is a neutral stimuli to the horse, so it doesn't trigger an reaction. But if a pat is repeatedly combined with a treat (which is a natural positive stimuli) the horse will remember that a pat is a nice thing, even if the treat is taken away. My mare is a quick learner and a pat works very well for her. If I teach her something new and pat her if she did something right, she instantly drops her head and snorts. She usually understands after a few repititions and some nice pats. If I don't pat her, she won't understand what is right or wrong and get's grumpy. I'm sure not every horse understands a pat as a reward, some don't like a pat at all, that's where scratching the wither might be a better solution. :D

[@AlliWalker]

It's been proved in horse psychology books that pats don't register as a reward. There's nothing in a horse's natural social cue that is like a pat (compared to getting a scratch on the withers) so it is literally white noise. People do it because it makes them feel better. I do it sometimes and I know it's silly.

[@dieginny3140]

Allison Walker Oh really? Never heard about that... I can only talk about the things I've experienced myself, and I've seen a lot of horses react in a positive manner when being patted... I think it's very similar to clicker training. The horse is taught that the clicking noise is positive and reacts to it. Of course there wouldn't be any reaction, if the horse has never learned that the clicking noise is positive, same goes for pats :D I agree that the scratching is more natural, and easier to understand for a horse, but I don't think it's completly right to say that a horse could never understand a pat as a reward :)

[@ExpectingStorms]

My favorite part of this? When the winner stopped and made sure the young lady who fell off was OK before moving on.

[@kitkattwittlesticks944]

Mine, too

[@ah1998]

whaa!? the palomino in the second race got robbed! He won by a whisker!

[@MillieGirl1026]

This is cute but number 1 got a head start

[@PaArDjEsDaArHoUiKvAn]

number one is to BIG, and that are very large schetlandpony's, never seen them so big... only a schetland x Welsh mix are so big and elegant. schetty's schouldn't be elegant

[@bankscloverbaywatch2578]

You can't even spell Shetland, so you probably have no idea what you are talking about anyway. And my first pony was a purebred 9hh Shetland, so they can be quite large. He was also quite elegant.

[@laceandbits]

hopeforpaws, I actually agree with you but then I'm comparing the Shetland ponies that I see here in Britain to the ones in these races which are probably from bloodlines which have been selectively bred in America for generations. Our purebred Scottish Shetland ponies are heavier in the body and shorter in the leg than the ones in this video. If you know or can research the Thelwell pony cartoons, our Shetlands look like his Shetlands, yours look like his elegant cartoon show ponies. The same thing has happened with some dog breeds - your cocker spaniels now look so different to their UK ancestors that they are specifically called American cocker spaniels and interbreeding back to the English strain is discouraged.

[@sarahh5018]

SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sierraandbuster2686]

I love how the girl that won was patting her pony

[@hayleyharding3465]

Me to🐎

[@hayleyharding3465]

I love horses so much

[@adventuresofwallethecat4800]

Guys that was not a head start. They do not count cheating in racing. That pony just walked faster, and the other walked up slower, those ponies could have walked fast but they didn't. Hers was just faster, it WOULD have been cheating if she had trotted or cantered up.

[@oliviabircheart8883]

this looks like fun, when I was younger I wanted to be a jockey and I never knew about this. shame😂

[@equinesport]

This made my day; so funny

[@sassygrxlla8470]

I think this is all fun in games but theses kids still look really big on the ponies

[@stephen30ish]

RUN RUN go!

[@sophiesue6293]

#1 got a head start

[@ellietisdell4748]

U can tell that most of these kids just get on and ride, probably getting someone else to groom, tack up and overall bond with the horse... Sad really

[@vannascardullo2551]

This also happens with older jockeys, the ones on the thoroughbreds.

[@kylaj5510]

Giovanna Scardullo some jockeys do bond with the horse.....or at least they used to

[@joelcavazos7964]

I'm a kid and I do it by my self and ride

[@hannahbearsch1516]

actually most of these kids own these ponies. they love them, been riding for years and know what they're doing. I'm a personal groom for #1 and the rider is my instructors daughter and this was her last race on her horse Mardi. so I can assure they do know what they're doing and care for them :)

[@ciarahowse2872]

And how do you know this? Do you know these kids? Also, to the other person, the professional jockeys in the racing world most often aren't allowed to spend time with the horse. They are hired to ride the horse, make it win, then leave. That's how it works.

[@ritakinder3137]

the number 2 pony won , not the one they gave it too, the one who they said won went through the brush to the finish line ,

[@JoudanJanaiHa]

Some of those grown little kids are too fcking big for those ponies. The poor creatures

[@tristancurrie2487]

Those are so american Shetlands! At home I have a bay american Shetland and she is just like that. She is 12.2 hand high.

[@Linda-hs1lk]

Then give it another name. A shetland is a shetland, and these aren't shetlands...

[@oliviafournier3528]

why is the lady wearing a halter??

[@Zoawesomeshowjumper]

I think. She just has it there if needed

[@KaregoAt]

I don't know what kind of ponies those were but they were no where near Shetland ponies. Proper Shetlands are little less than 1 meter tall and have round, barrel-like bellies and short, thick legs. Either that or those were some insanely fit ponies and tiny, tiny people leading them. And some of the kids were way too big for them. Poor ponies.

[@hannahbearsch1516]

these are proper Shetland ponies they are extremely fit (used in lessons, worked out) and some of the leaders are teens so yes they are smaller. the kids riding them are not "too big" for the ponies as they can carry 2x their weight and treated well and aren't hurting, they actually love to race.

[@KaregoAt]

Hannah Bearsch Okay then those ponies are the frickin Olympic athletes of ponies because I have seen extremely fit Shetland ponies and their fitness did not affect their leg length. And yes, I know Shetlands are a hardy breed but I think for the general comfort of both the horse and the rider it would be better if the riders were a tad smaller. I'm not hating on the riders, it's nothing like that, they did a good job with those ponies.

[@yeahhhboii6914]

No they are not prober shetlands and they are crossed with something then bred again I don't know. But I do know they arnt real shetties

[@KaregoAt]

Lauren Bartlett Good to know I'm not just seeing things

[@yeahhhboii6914]

KaregoAt yeah I know the legs on the ponies are to long bet they are 12 - 13hh. Stick to my traditional stetlands. Stocky, small legs, fast little movements and loads of hair haha

[@ellierowe6626]

wow , that's so cool , but poor shetlands they must be knackered

[@alexshowjumping1193]

But that is true KaregoAt

[@Onelovehorses28]

I saw it was so cute

[@emilymoore8426]

Adorable!!!

[@mundodejuguetes4629]

Por fin alguien que habla español

[@WarriorgamerjsubchallangeJ]

+Mundo de Juguetes Hóla senior espanól sorry I just started spanish

[@zeshanalichauhan4431]

no, 2nd winner was unfair. runner up was actual winner

[@equine2020]

Some riders are a big big for these small ponies. But cute to see the little kids/ponies.

[@vincegundowry4222]

Am good at riding horses THE 2 rode that girl she didn't ride well as a jockey trust me guys 😃 but it's a good race

[@brookedavidson7305]

What? this comment is so confusing

[@alexshowjumping1193]

Awwwww. So cute

[@VickyAndBleauForever]

Epic!!!!

[@Chloe-rt7pg]

The winner looks like Sabre Norris

[@emilybaxter7979]

the riders are way to big but it is soo cute

[@velocibreybrey1780]

maybe in height, but probably not in weight :P those little ponies are sturdy things

[@emilybaxter7979]

ya

[@mrclean7465]

Number 1 shouldnt have one then after she keeps looking at #2 she also moved her horse in the path of hers so she ran into her butt which put her behind

[@dpetty3461]

Very cute, but pathetic camera work. Instead of showing the entire field of adorable ponies, we only get to see the few in the front. When the announcer is interviewing the rider of the cutest pony of all, do we get to see it? Nope. And what about giving us rider and pony names for each number?

[@Techrideretc.6793]

Bro if they brought out my favorite horse and I was riding they would look so small ( the horse is tall) no hat

[@equinelilychannel2119]

1 had a head start

[@zeshanalichauhan4431]

but that was very cute jockeys and pony

[@christiany.m.3604]

You could easily tell ponyy 4 was going to take the W, it was taller, longer legs, looks stronger more muscle mass

[@breyerbaby1728]

14:32 the horse is pooping

[@SuperDzoanka]

i have a black pony called polly shes a rlly good girl

[@briannanolan7510]

That was not a head start....it was fair

[@Saartje05]

No it was not, no. 1 almost had a full ´horse´ length head start.

[@heontn18]

Look they are not to big! The ponyx are so strong that those kids fit the horses perfectly! Maybe you guys are the weak ones! And nth they did not get head starts thats fair for steeple chases! So shut up! And they are shetland ponys because they come in 3 body forms!

[@astonedkitty1338]

those are shetlands? and their not even to big everyone needs to relax

[@samanthavrijenhoek771]

uhmm that ponies can't be shetland ponies.! there so big?

[@HeatherWaterpaw]

They r pro ally miniature pony there bigger and have a heavier build then Shetland so there able to hold more weight and go faster

[@adventuresofwallethecat4800]

Actually they are shetlands. They are very fit and worked out. Lots of shetlands can be big, they have different sizes.

[@avalynnephillips5048]

XDD LOOK AT THERE LITTLE LEGS GOOOOO

[@lifeasanequestrianxx4703]

arrrrrr this is soooo cute

[@MiaEquestrian87]

NUMBER ONE HAD A FUCKING HEAD START SHE IS TOO BIG FOR THE SHETLAND PONY THEY CAN ONLY CARRY 12 OR OVER I HAVE A FEW HORSES Gypsy vanner,stawberry roan,saddlebred and dapple gray SO I KNOW IN SECOND NUMBER 5 WON CLEARLY GOD AMERICA'S DON'T GET RACING!!!!!!

[@primopetretto6966]

Bei cavalli

[@sanyhasikova4669]

Cute :*

[@iwannamixailidou4463]

Guys the second race it's going to be really fair because the number five is going to be the where because the number four it's going to do any but the number 5 it's running so much fast and she go in the first place for a bit and they told to the number five she's and weird and the number for the winer and that is very fair guys

[@110cowgirl]

Did no one notice that girl fall? haha

[@everichardson23]

these aren't shetlands!

[@fayeharding3239]

the person who won cheated by jumping over that bush so it should have been nic nac who won

[@hollycompton6775]

Cats

[@alexisbaldwin7607]

I have a horse name sweetpea

[@ScarsFromTomorrow1]

These kids are way too big for these ponies.

[@ScarsFromTomorrow1]

Annie Perron The kids are too big. Not necessarily weight so much as height. And they probably are too heavy for the ponies as well.

[@16handsoffunfunfun]

***** no one cares

[@ScarsFromTomorrow1]

***** The ponies do.

[@nein.einfachnein3974]

Nope. Shetland ponies were used as Transport horses in mines. They can carry verry much weight.

[@ScarsFromTomorrow1]

Nein. Einfach Nein Like I said they're too big in terms of height and also mine ponies aren't jumping nor do they have the weight on their back.

[@isabelleaxelsson308]

I hate when every one think shetland pony racing is cute and avery one call a normal horse racing for animal abuse....

[@christiany.m.3604]

I thought they were little people (m adults) at first

[@iwannamixailidou4463]

If u see the last race the namber 4 are cheating the number 5 must win the race did you just say that?!like of u believe they cheating the number 5 must wins and not the number four