Tommy - Description

It’s amazing how small the world really is. A co-worker asked me if I wanted any ponies. We very rarely turn down a free horse at Borderlands so of course we said yes! There wasn’t much information about the ponies other than my co-worker’s brother-in-law had two ponies he was looking to rehome. His boys had outgrown the ponies and had moved on to bigger and better things. If we weren’t to take them, they were headed to an auction.

It took a little bit to coordinate schedules, but the first weekend in February 2009 we hooked up the trailer and headed east. When we arrived, we didn’t get much more information other than one was named Tommy and one was named Skippy. We weren’t even sure who was who but we made a guess. Luckily both ponies jumped into the trailer and were ready to head for new adventures.

We decided that the black and white Shetland pony was named Tommy. You could barely see his ears while standing in the trailer. We were warned that he was hard to catch and he put on a good show when the previous owners were getting him ready for us.
Not much was known about either pony at the time. We just knew they couldn’t run through the auction. Who knows where they would have ended up. We proudly posted pictures of Tommy on the blog and got a response to his history.

Apparently Tommy and Skippy were once owned by someone located in Minnesota. The landlord said the ponies had to leave immediately, so the people contacted Horse Help Providers (DoupleHP, now known as New Hope Horse Shelter). The ponies were evaluated and the CEO of DoupleHP rode Tommy to find out his riding abilities. He is most definitely broke.

The ponies were then adopted out to a family with children. At the time DoupleHP did not have a contract with adopters stating that if they no longer wanted the horses or could financially care for them, they would be returned. When the children outgrew the ponies, they asked if they could/should rehome them and were granted approval.

That’s how Tommy came to live with my co-worker’s brother-in-law. Once their kids outgrew Tommy, the co-worker contacted us.

Tommy is most definitely a naughty little Shetland. He’s very sweet but has the typical naughty streak. His only real flaw is that he doesn’t like to be caught. But for the past year we only pulled Tommy out once or twice for children to ride and being caught really meant grass or a treat.

Through the different owners, Tommy has been very well taken care of. He has the cutest little white V patch on his nose while the rest of his face is black. He is a pretty black and white Shetland and loves to run and play. He is the boss of the two ponies and prefer to “play it cool” when the other horses are around. Tommy is most definitely a character.