Shadow is a very nice sized small horse / larger pony for kids to be able to saddle and get on themselves. He also has some speed for the game events; however will go as slow as you want - so if you only want to ride him around your house and maybe go to a show - he will work out great! We use him for riding lessons here and his youngest rider is 5 and I have also ridden him and loped him through the patterns. He is very honest with the game events and jumps nicely for the jump.