Wells’ championship Hackney ponies are high-stepping, “high-spirited, very athletic ponies, with more zip than an Arabian horse,” he says. And most of the spirit and talent to lift their feet high — ...

MACKINAC ISLAND, MI - When you are visiting Mackinac Island's Grand Hotel, you're never very far from the elegant, high-stepping silhouette of a Hackney horse. The hotel keeps a four-legged fleet of ...

MACKINAC ISLAND, MI – Horse lovers know Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel is home to a special group of high-stepping stars. The resort’s Hackney horses are more than just the elegant, color-matched pairs ...

FARMER CITY, Ill. (AP) -- When the owners of Kachina, a hackney pony, tried to harness him to the cart he pulls, the pony would buck and kick from pain when they touched his back or tail.

FARMER CITY, Ill. -- When the owners of Kachina, a hackney pony, tried to harness him to the cart he pulls, the pony would buck and kick from pain when they touched his back or tail. The treatment for ...