The advantage to a bigger mini is that you can go farther and faster!!!! They can be used in cross country driving classes. They get in the class as a VSE [Very Small Equine, isn't that adorable]. They can pull two fair sized people in a cart.
My guy only weighs about 200 pounds so he can pull 400 to 600 pounds but only if you choose a flat hard surface. He has no problem pulling me only but he has a much harder time pulling me and Hubby so we can't get off the pavement and onto all the dirt roads around here. We don't get to go out together very often but it is fun to have me and Hubby riding in the cart together
My little guy is so little that he had to trot to keep up with the bigger mini we went out with one time. The lady in her cart walked hers the whole time and we trotted. These horses are good at trotting but boy are we slow. He only goes maybe 4 miles an hour when he is trotting and slower when we are walking. They can trot for quite awhile. I stop and see how he's breathing every so often and I've had him out for a couple of hours, maybe four or five miles. He barely breaks a sweat and never looks foamy.
Some of the minis have bad conformation and some are basically dwarfs. Wiseguy is from a good line of minis and he is very much horse like in his proportions. A good breeder wants a mini to look just like a big horse not a dumpy dwarf looking horse. This is also important for the horse since good conformation equals healthy feet, legs and makes for a good animal that can do a job
