Vivian Tognazzini smiles as she rides a pony at Waller Park in the Santa Maria Valley. Pony rides have been provided at the park since the late 1960s, hosting generations of youngsters. Credit: Janene ...

“Have a great ride!” shouted an enthusiastic Jeremy Hollis to his son, 4-year-old Bennett, who clung to a slightly bigger pony than usual at the Griffith Park Pony Rides Wednesday morning, Dec. 21.

“Our association demands that the city of Paris stops authorizing pony rides because we want to remind that ponies are not toys, they have their needs. And these pony rides look like a merry-go-round, ...

This week, mail enthusiasts, horseback riders and onlookers are celebrating the Pony Express’ 163rd anniversary with a nearly 2,000-mile trek from Old Sacramento, Calif., to St. Joseph, Mo. The ...

The beloved pony rides at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo will be giving rides this winter, thanks to a partnership with a new horse ranch in Allen County. In October, the zoo announced it would not ...

A long line of families queued outside the Griffith Park Pony Rides on Sunday, hoping for one last stroll around the arena track before it closed later this week. In spite of its imminent shutdown, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Despite several months of improvements to ...

Griffith Park Pony Rides has been operating for 74 years. Their contract with Los Angeles Parks and Recreation has not been renewed, so the attraction is closing on Dec. 21, 2022. Screengrab from NBC4 ...

Los Angeles city planners are closing in on a plan for something new to replace the Pony Rides at Griffith Park nearly two years after the popular attraction was shuttered and the animals sent to ...

The owner of Griffith Park's longtime pony rides attraction defended his handling of the horses after Los Angeles parks officials cited a “lack of transparency” into the deaths of four ponies as the ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- It used to be the spring training hot spot. Then, it was gone. Back in the day, the Pink Pony attracted the likes of Dizzy Dean, Mickey Mantle, Billy Martin -- Ted Williams and ...

The Pony Express dispatched its first rider from St. Joseph, Mo., on April 3, 1860. It was an all-out, high-speed information delivery service that traversed nearly 2,000 miles of open, desolate and ...