A miniature horse club's policy is horse size doesn't matter, and they aim to prove it at their latest open day.

The Volcanic Miniature Horse club open day on Sunday, August 27 is showcasing the positive aspects of hiring a little horse friend for the day.

Volcanic Miniature Horse secretary Colleen Phillips says their miniature horse club goes against the idea that you have to have a big horse to join a horse club.

'A lot of people in town can't afford to have a horse, but hiring a miniature horse gives them the option to have one without all the costs and maintenance.”

She says minis are great and are a good way for children to get involved with activities associated around horses.

When people adopt a mini they can have the same horse each time they come back and can go on beach walks and participate in lake swimming like any other normal horse.

Club member Lee Lowry says the club was created because they noticed there were so many mini horses sitting around in paddocks.

'We thought these guys can just come out and have some fun with their owners,” she says.

'There's this side of horse showing that's sort of very structural and strict, and we didn't want a club like that. We wanted people to have fun with their pets not just think that ‘oh well' you've got to have a show horse to be a part of a club, because that's just rubbish.”

After a successful open day in Rotorua, Colleen says the club thought it would be great to start the open day in Tauranga as well.

The open day will have lots of activities to do with the horses such as barrel rolls and trot poles.

The Volcanic Miniature Horse Club open day is on Sunday, August 27 at the Tauranga RDA centre, 44 Ngapeke Rd (off Welcome Bay Rd) from 10am-2pm.

Cost is $15 to hire a mini for the day or $5 for club members.