1 00:00:02,398 --> 00:00:05,109 [Carroll] Oh, girls. Is it time to eat? 2 00:00:06,193 --> 00:00:07,361 Hi, Jacob. 3 00:00:09,113 --> 00:00:10,197 All right. 4 00:00:12,074 --> 00:00:14,702 [Carroll] How I got into horses was a pony ride. 5 00:00:15,411 --> 00:00:16,495 Hey, big guy. 6 00:00:16,579 --> 00:00:20,833 I was young, and I begged my mom for a horse. 7 00:00:20,916 --> 00:00:22,293 [whinnies] 8 00:00:22,376 --> 00:00:23,461 And she goes, 9 00:00:24,211 --> 00:00:26,422 "It's a phase. You're gonna grow out of it. 10 00:00:26,505 --> 00:00:27,715 This isn't a job." 11 00:00:28,049 --> 00:00:30,259 Hi. Look at you. 12 00:00:32,470 --> 00:00:36,057 I'm Stephanie Carroll, a ranch hand at the Tri-Circle-D Ranch. 13 00:00:36,140 --> 00:00:38,142 I've worked at Disney for eight years. 14 00:01:01,624 --> 00:01:05,336 So, here at the Tri-Circle-D Ranch, we have about a hundred horses. 15 00:01:05,419 --> 00:01:09,423 We offer all kinds of things from pony rides for our children, 16 00:01:10,341 --> 00:01:11,926 trail rides for our adults. 17 00:01:12,009 --> 00:01:14,261 We do carriage rides, hayrides. 18 00:01:15,596 --> 00:01:17,598 We're about 80% women. 19 00:01:18,849 --> 00:01:22,103 In the horse industry, it's a big male field, 20 00:01:22,186 --> 00:01:26,357 so to see the amount of women that we have is amazing. 21 00:01:30,236 --> 00:01:32,029 The care is probably the most important. 22 00:01:32,113 --> 00:01:36,784 We want the horses to not only look good but feel good. 23 00:01:37,493 --> 00:01:38,661 All right, Gus. 24 00:01:39,370 --> 00:01:41,205 It's bath time, kid. 25 00:01:41,414 --> 00:01:44,792 You gotta get clean, huh? Oh. 26 00:01:45,960 --> 00:01:49,964 Each individual horse is given a certain diet. 27 00:01:50,715 --> 00:01:53,592 We do monthly weight checks on all of our horses. 28 00:01:55,302 --> 00:01:57,888 We take pride in the way we care for them. 29 00:01:57,972 --> 00:02:00,808 They have hot water. They have special soap. 30 00:02:01,392 --> 00:02:03,394 It is top-notch care. 31 00:02:03,477 --> 00:02:07,815 There is nothing short of amazing for these guys, 32 00:02:07,898 --> 00:02:12,069 and it's important to us that they have phenomenal care 33 00:02:12,153 --> 00:02:15,614 and are... happy. 34 00:02:15,698 --> 00:02:19,702 That's what we're for, is the happiest horses on Earth. 35 00:02:26,542 --> 00:02:28,169 Um, we're taking these guys out. 36 00:02:28,252 --> 00:02:31,255 They get some free time to hang out and enjoy the grass. 37 00:02:31,714 --> 00:02:33,257 And have some fun. 38 00:02:35,092 --> 00:02:36,343 [Carroll kissing] 39 00:02:45,770 --> 00:02:46,854 On March 11th, 40 00:02:46,937 --> 00:02:50,066 we welcomed our newest addition to the Tri-Circle-D Ranch: 41 00:02:50,149 --> 00:02:51,192 Lilly. 42 00:02:53,861 --> 00:02:57,615 She is amazing. You know? She's only a couple of weeks old. 43 00:02:57,698 --> 00:03:00,117 She loves kids. She's so inquisitive. 44 00:03:00,201 --> 00:03:02,244 She's meant to be at Disney. 45 00:03:04,246 --> 00:03:08,125 We let them turn out here daily. It gives them a little bit of exercise. 46 00:03:08,459 --> 00:03:12,046 It's gonna prepare her for her job ahead. 47 00:03:13,381 --> 00:03:18,677 Lilly is the first Cinderella pony to be born here at Walt Disney World. 48 00:03:18,761 --> 00:03:22,390 She is going to play such an important role here at Disney 49 00:03:22,473 --> 00:03:25,810 to becoming part of Cinderella's hitch. 50 00:03:26,310 --> 00:03:30,064 We have Cinderella's carriage that pulls with the six white ponies. 51 00:03:30,147 --> 00:03:34,652 It's an amazing thing to see these horses be a part of weddings. 52 00:03:34,735 --> 00:03:37,780 What we look for in a Cinderella pony is confidence. 53 00:03:38,572 --> 00:03:42,243 A coat. We want them to look the part. 54 00:03:42,326 --> 00:03:46,038 They have to look and feel their best. 55 00:03:46,122 --> 00:03:48,290 We take on different roles here. 56 00:03:48,833 --> 00:03:52,545 You become the coachman, so you go from here, 57 00:03:52,628 --> 00:03:57,633 being in our jeans and our shirts, to a full costume. 58 00:03:57,883 --> 00:03:58,884 It's amazing. 59 00:04:03,431 --> 00:04:06,892 I never knew Disney had horses except for the trolley. 60 00:04:06,976 --> 00:04:11,939 Um... I ran into our manager at a barbecue restaurant. 61 00:04:12,023 --> 00:04:14,191 I was working at a restaurant, 62 00:04:14,275 --> 00:04:18,696 and the local feed store lady had brought our manager in. 63 00:04:18,779 --> 00:04:22,783 And we striked up a conversation and hit it off right away. 64 00:04:22,867 --> 00:04:25,453 He offered to tour the place, 65 00:04:25,536 --> 00:04:28,122 to see the ranch and to see what we had to offer. 66 00:04:28,205 --> 00:04:32,043 And just about two weeks later, I got the job at Disney. 67 00:04:41,427 --> 00:04:44,305 This is Titan. He is one of our gray Percheron. 68 00:04:44,388 --> 00:04:47,058 He weighs about just over 2,000 pounds. 69 00:04:47,141 --> 00:04:49,685 He can pull two to three times his body weight. 70 00:04:50,519 --> 00:04:54,315 [Durrance] There's so many people that have never seen a horse this big. 71 00:04:54,857 --> 00:04:58,944 They're down here, and he's way up here, and it's just amazing. 72 00:04:59,028 --> 00:05:01,655 And he stands and loves every bit of it. 73 00:05:04,367 --> 00:05:06,202 [Carroll] He's gonna pull the Main Street trolley. 74 00:05:07,828 --> 00:05:08,913 Titan, step. 75 00:05:12,166 --> 00:05:15,211 [hoofs clop] 76 00:05:17,421 --> 00:05:19,340 One-way trip to the Castle, folks. 77 00:05:19,423 --> 00:05:21,926 It's a one-way trip to Cinderella's Castle. 78 00:05:22,676 --> 00:05:24,011 Climb aboard. 79 00:05:30,434 --> 00:05:32,019 All clear. 80 00:05:33,062 --> 00:05:35,564 Titan. Titan, step up. 81 00:05:38,693 --> 00:05:39,860 Look at the crowd. 82 00:05:44,949 --> 00:05:47,702 People are amazed when they see these horses. 83 00:05:47,785 --> 00:05:52,039 Their eyes light up and their phones come out and pictures are started. 84 00:05:52,123 --> 00:05:56,210 And year after year, people bring their kids back to take pictures 85 00:05:56,293 --> 00:05:58,629 and to see the same horses. 86 00:06:00,297 --> 00:06:03,551 I do see myself in a lot of the kids. 87 00:06:03,634 --> 00:06:05,052 Would you like to meet Titan? 88 00:06:05,636 --> 00:06:08,723 All right, come right up here. We'll get his head down. 89 00:06:09,223 --> 00:06:10,224 There you go. 90 00:06:11,892 --> 00:06:17,148 [Carroll] They're smiling and happy, and they are amazed by the horses. 91 00:06:17,231 --> 00:06:18,315 [Durrance] Yeah. 92 00:06:18,399 --> 00:06:20,484 -[man] He's beautiful. -[Durrance] You like him? 93 00:06:20,818 --> 00:06:25,239 It's amazing seeing how kids react to the Cinderella ponies, 94 00:06:25,322 --> 00:06:28,034 saying, "I've seen them in the movies." 95 00:06:28,117 --> 00:06:30,161 We play that role. 96 00:06:30,244 --> 00:06:35,416 We play that part in making fantasy reality.