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The Big Book of Small Equines: A Celebration of Miniature Horses and Shetland Ponies

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What a wonderful adventure into the lives of ponies. I enjoyed the history of the people, their ponies and minis. The photography is outstanding. This is a great coffee table book for the pony enthusiast. It's also a great introduction to small equine for folks interested in ponies and minis. Kudos to the authors.

I have the Kindle version of this book. DO NOT order it! I got only an indexed reference list, and no book whatsoever! Zero text.

I enjoyed this book very much - the small equine breeds were covered with good examples from ambassadors of the breeds represented.

This book claims to be a "Celebration of miniature horses and shetland ponies" There are few photographs of small equines just being their adorable selves. There is too much focus on the show horse, the greased up faces, overgrown hooves, artificial gaits and unhappy performance. Some of these poor horses look like Tenn. Walking Horses and Saddlebreds! Those horses are the most abused show horses ever, their hooves are built up, sored and stacked to get the super high stepping gait, pain is involved. Are they doing these things to the little guys too? Looks like it. There are also pictures of broken, tied up, set up tails! Unbelievable! All of those practices are considered by most people and orginizations to be cruel and unnessesary, for looks only... no matter how uncomfortable the horse is.

I will return my copy.
Holly