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Mini Pony Hire AWARD WINNING, licensed, family business est 2008, with beautiful, well trained ponies. Professional pony hire since 2008.
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Fully insured, licenced and experienced in pony appearances for pantomime, corporate events, private parties, family celebrations, weddings, filming, educational sessions and promotional work.

20/11/2024

Even early mornings, when it's freezing cold and still a bit dark, my boys make me laugh with their antics!
Footy, snow angels, play fights and zoomies!

Today, our Public Liability Insurance renewed for the 16th year!!!!The policy title has been changed to 'Non Ridden Prof...
19/11/2024

Today, our Public Liability Insurance renewed for the 16th year!!!!

The policy title has been changed to 'Non Ridden Professional Pony Hire' and I am thrilled that it reflects what our little business has always aimed for.....
To be recognised as an accredited, ethical and trustworthy family business, with generations of knowledge and experience behind us.

I am so, so proud of what my boys have achieved and I'm extremely grateful for every bit of support and each opportunity given to us.

Who would have believed that all this would be the result of Smurf arriving in my life 31 years ago?

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We've got a new sign on the PonyVan!Doing our bit to raise awareness of the campaign, to keep horses safe on the roads....
18/11/2024

We've got a new sign on the PonyVan!

Doing our bit to raise awareness of the campaign, to keep horses safe on the roads.

Yesterday I had a lovely catch up with my friends, Marie and Andrea, from Long Ears Donkey Centre - Home of Blackberry D...
15/11/2024

Yesterday I had a lovely catch up with my friends, Marie and Andrea, from Long Ears Donkey Centre - Home of Blackberry Donkeys and Animals About Town, Mobile Petting Farm.
We had a meal and made plans for our upcoming festive appearances at Beamish Museum.
Marie gave me the most beautiful early Christmas present, my 3 handsome boys hand painted onto Christmas decorations, they are gorgeous and I love them.
Then today, as I left the museum after spending the day with the pit ponies, I saw our huge marquee had been put up....roll on next weekend for our appearances to begin. 🎄🐴🎅🥰

Alison Edwards - Pet Portraits and Nature Art

Necessity is the mother of invention! When you have to do your barn chores in the dark because it's the only time you ha...
13/11/2024

Necessity is the mother of invention!

When you have to do your barn chores in the dark because it's the only time you have spare before and after work......the p**p scoop headlight comes into its own!
Now that's dedication to clean paddocks for my boys! 🤣🔦💩

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Please sign and share.Pass wide and slow 🐎
12/11/2024

Please sign and share.
Pass wide and slow 🐎

Pass wide and slow, Katie's Law (Highway Code Section 215 as Law for Safer Horse-Riding)

I thought I'd share this as I know lots of our young friends are home schooled.
12/11/2024

I thought I'd share this as I know lots of our young friends are home schooled.

Travel back in time to take part in an immersive day of learning at Beamish Museum. Take part in our free activities or book a learning workshop for the full, immersive learning experience. Book your place now Bookable workshops Christmas Victorian Lessons Experience a traditional lesson of reading,...

I was trying to catch up on my barn jobs today, and Tom just wanted my attention to be on him at all times.I adore this ...
11/11/2024

I was trying to catch up on my barn jobs today, and Tom just wanted my attention to be on him at all times.
I adore this boy, so work always gets paused for grooming and scratches.
No wonder the rest of my day ran behind schedule.... but how can I resist the charms of my handsome boy? 🐴

What a beautiful addition to Remembrance Sunday at Beamish Museum.
10/11/2024

What a beautiful addition to Remembrance Sunday at Beamish Museum.

Lest we forget.
10/11/2024

Lest we forget.

It's Alex's birthday today, so I thought I'd share one of my favourite photos of my youngest son with my youngest pony! ...
09/11/2024

It's Alex's birthday today, so I thought I'd share one of my favourite photos of my youngest son with my youngest pony!
Mini Pony Hire would be nowhere near as successful without his dedication and hard work, both at bookings and behind the scenes.
His unwavering support and care for Tom, Marley and Smurf has always been plain for all to see, the ponies love and trust him 100%.
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Hubby did good! Another early birthday pressie has arrived and I love it! 🥰A signed copy of 'ponies at the edge of the w...
08/11/2024

Hubby did good!
Another early birthday pressie has arrived and I love it! 🥰
A signed copy of 'ponies at the edge of the world' complete with gorgeous postcards.
I did say I wanted to read this book after following the Shetland Pony Research page and watching Catherine Munro's wonderful videos.
See, he doesn't always switch off when I talk about shetlands! 🤣

Marley and Tom didn't like being kept waiting to go out and play this morning.BUT I had to do an extra thorough check of...
06/11/2024

Marley and Tom didn't like being kept waiting to go out and play this morning.
BUT I had to do an extra thorough check of the daytime paddock due to the fireworks.....and it was just as well I did!

Thankfully, the boys are always moved into their sheltered night time area as soon as it starts getting dark and because I was working, Mark had already given them their tea and closed the dividing gate before I got home.

They aren't bothered by the lights or bangs but just imagine the consequences of a stray firework landing beside them or worse still, on them, it really doesn't bare thinking about!

No harm done BUT only because my boys have a secure and consistent routine where I minimise risk....not all horses have that safety net! Wildlife certainly don't have their own person taking care of them and their surroundings, I wish people were more thoughtful :-(

05/11/2024

Another section of the filming we took part in at Beamish Museum last month.

05/11/2024

Really love this especially since it includes my Marley and my little work mate Flash.....and shows they actually get on pretty well when they work alongside each other!
The full video can be watched if you click on the link in the original post below.
Thank you to everyone who has helped Marley become an amazing pit pony. So many people have encouraged and supported us with research, equipment and real life experience and knowledge.

Beamish Museum
History on Horseback
The Official Seghill Community Association
Tanfield Railway
St Hilda's Pit Head
South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Stephenson Steam Railway

04/11/2024

The Christmas prep is starting! 🎄🎅

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Tuesday 08:00 - 20:00
Wednesday 08:00 - 20:00
Thursday 08:00 - 20:00
Friday 08:00 - 20:00
Saturday 08:00 - 20:00
Sunday 08:00 - 20:00

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Snow time!
Snow time!

Even early mornings, when it's freezing cold and still a bit dark, my boys make me laugh with their antics! Footy, snow angels, play fights and zoomies!

How fab does my little work mate, Flash, look with his new clip? He's obviously feeling as good as he looks judging by his antics in the field tonight .... showing off in front of the ladies! 🤣🐎 No more overheating, he can run around to his heart's content without breaking a sweat!

Today Marley, Alex, Nathan and myself walked 3.9 miles to show our support for the Stannington, Morpeth, Pass Wide and Slow Awareness Ride number 61. All horses were really well behaved and dealt with tractors, trailers, motorbikes, cyclists, cars and roadworks like pros!! Marley never let's his size be a disadvantage to him. He kept up brilliantly and trotted back to the ponyvan at the end, as if he still had enough energy to do it all again! 🤣

We've had a great day at Beamish Museum helping out with some filming about pit ponies. I'm so proud of Marley's attitude and behaviour.....he's a brilliant ambassador for the small but mighty Shetland Pony breed. 😍

Absolutely LOVE how not one single work colleague thought it was strange that I parked in the staff carpark, got a pony out the back of my van, and walked to my office for the day!! How brilliant is it that my Marley can pop into his mam's place of work to help out with a bit of media work about pit ponies? 🐴👏 #filming #pitponies #work

Two of Marley's little friends from Beamish Museum wanted to come and get a hoofprint when he was at Arbeia, South Shields Roman Fort but couldn't make it. So we made a couple of special prints and left them for the girls to pick up. It was lovely to see them return to the museum a few days later to drop of a bag of pears and two fab pictures for Marley. I promised to video him eating his treat so they could see how much he enjoyed it! Please note....If you don't like noisy eaters and slurping this is not the video for you! 🤣

I love summer evenings at the pony barn.....especially when the swallows are teaching their young to fly above my head! I'll be a little sad when they take off for good, although I won't miss cleaning up all the poop from their many nests! 🤣 #summer #nights #swallows #nest #poop #flying

It's been role reversal today! Tom coming with me to the vets to get his vaccinations and Marley staying home to play and chill out for a couple of hours. Tom was super sensible loading, travelling, waiting at the pony van and standing still for his needle. He can be such a well mannered boy when he needs to be. 🤎

When the grass is taller than your ponies! 😂🖤🤎 Lovely hour at the pony garden today....without any rain ⛅️

Forgot to post this on Tuesday 🫢....shows, as always, the lads wanted to be outside rather than in their warm, dry barn! Monday was lovely weather then it's been downhill ever since! 😫 Let's hope we have some improvement for the weekend 🤞

Busy mucking out and heard Marley in the feed room.....CANNOT believe what I saw him do, you will tell by my voice 😲....he is so intelligent!! Here's me thinking the feed was safely stored but it looks like I'm going to have to double check the feed room door is bolted EVERY SINGLE time I've been in! 🤣😂

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Our mini ponies are available for appearances throughout the North East and can fit in with any theme or activity. We are insured for 5 million pounds public liability and Lisa is 1st aid trained, CRB checked and always completes a risk assessment of the venue and event.