Shetland horses are the minis of the horse world.
The 2024 American Shetland Pony Club Congress Grand Champion Classic Stallion, Over, EWS Memphis Bound, a 2-year-old owned by Dan and Patsy Egeland and shown by Patsy.
Dan and Patsy’s niece, Remington, shows a Shetland pony named Wa-Full T.Top’s Silver Blue, owned by Wa-Full Shetlands, at the Nebraska State Fair.
EWS Nebraska Chrome, a 2015 American Shetland Pony Congress Grand Champion Mare, Over, winner.
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One of Dan and Patsy Egeland’s Shetlands, stallion EWS Memphis Bound, a Congress champion. Today’s Shetlands don’t necessarily look like the typical Shetlands; crosses throughout the years have changed the look.
The stallion EWS Memphis Bound at the 2024 American Shetland Pony Club Congress, where the animal won the Grand Champion Classic Stallion, Over.
A weanling filly owned by Dan and Patsy Egeland. Shetlands have been used as work animals for years; pound for pound, they can pull more than a draft horse.
This article is part of a monthly feature on horse breeds. Freelance writer Ruth Nicolaus loves the Great Plains and its people. She lives in eastern Nebraska. Reach her at editorial@midwestmessenger.com.
