10 mini-me ponies that will make you look twice

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We'd excuse drivers for grinding to a halt to take a closer look at this collection of ‘mini-me’ ponies out on a hack, with their accompanying lookalike

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‘This is my coloured collection of “mini-mes”. The Shetland is called Peggy Sue, the middle sized pony is Tinkerbelle and the large horse is Morse. I'm not sure how I have ended up owning three coloureds but they are all wonderful.’ — Louise Barr

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‘This a photo that I took of Jill Clarke on Orions Brite Spark and her daughter Eleanor on her miniature spotty pony Jacob!’ — Laura James

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‘This is a picture of me and my son Sidney on our matching mounts.’ — Sophie Funnell

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‘This is a picture of Robert Ogden, huntsman for the Essex Foxhounds and his 10-year-old son Dylan who is a fabulous little rider and is always up with his dad!’ — Elli Birch

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‘This is my daughter Natalie Anderson riding Harry, a 16hh dark bay thoroughbred-cross and Honor Gartland riding Rolo, a 12.2hh dark bay Section B. Natalie got Rolo when she was 10-years-old and he was sold to Honor two years later. They met up by chance at a cross-country schooling event a few years later by which time she had Harry so we took this photo as we couldn't get over the likeness.’ — Susan Anderson

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‘This photo was taken at Cavan Festival of me and my best friend's daughter in the pairs class with my horse Brave Endeavour and her wee pony George — both nearly identical bar their height. It's especially good as they are so well matched in their paces as well.’ — Nicky Nesbitt

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‘This is me on my 17.2hh Shire X thoroughbred, Melody and my daughter Hannah, eight, on her Welsh Section C, LaLa. This was our first hack out together just under a year after I badly broke my leg mounting Melody at the exact spot we are at in the photo and I was airlifted to hospital. From the outset I had every intention of getting back on!’ — Emma Coward

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‘Three-year-old Elsbeth is on Hercules and Megan, five, is on Norman.’ — James Rowland

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‘This is 16.2hh Pip and 11.2hh Jack, our family horses. I had Pip for eight years, and then when Matthew was old enough to ride we got a pony for him, and I couldn't resist Jack as he was identical!’ — Charlotte Baker

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Madeleine Silver
Madeleine Silver
Former features editor

A graduate from Durham University, Madeleine joined H&H in 2011 and became Features Editor — producing content across the magazine and website, including the popular inside back cover article ‘The horse that made me’ and the weekly ‘The best of my fun…’ interview. She has written on topics as diverse as hay making and headcams, to hot totty in the horse world and circus horses. Madeleine now works as a freelance feature writer for Country Life, The Telegraph, Horse & Hound, cntraveller.com, The Spectator and The Field, as well as writing obituaries for The Times.