The marsh ponies are descendants of Shetland ponies and the marsh tacky, a horse native to South Carolina. They were crossed in the 1950s and 60s by the Charles Gay family, the founders of the Gay ...

Earlier today we mentioned a new "ad campaign" that VisitScotland has just started, a photo shoot involving a couple of Shetland ponies wearing eye-catching cardigans. These ponies-in-cardigans ...

A MAN has appeared in court charged with having sex with a Shetland pony. Damion Ogeare allegedly broke into a farm in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, and abused the female mare. The 43-year-old appeared ...

Shetland ponies have been visiting dementia hospital patients in Aberdeen as part of a new therapy. The miniature ponies are specially trained as therapy pets and have already been brought into ...

An Orkney farmer took extreme measures when her Shetland pony suffered a cracked tooth. The pony, named Rubee, needed to see a specialist vet for treatment and the quickest way to get her there ...