There's zero fear factor with miniature horses. It's the horse for everyone. The youngest person I know who shows a miniature horse is 6 years old, and a lady I compete against is in her 80s.

Before that, we were racing greyhounds and boats.

Country pleasure would be like what you would see on a country lane — people just going out for a ride, a very pleasurable way of going. The horses in a single driving class are more animated, faster, more extended and more upright.