Did you get it right?
Count only connected real horses and ponies, not the two flat horse pictures printed on feed sacks.

The Answer
The correct answer is: 13 real horses and ponies.
Here is why
- Scan the foreground, riding ring, fence line, and stable doorway once from left to right.
- The final visible scene contains 13 connected real horses and ponies.
- The two flat horse illustrations printed on separate feed sacks are pictures and do not count.
Why people miss it
Several horses overlap riders, rails, and each other, while the feed-sack pictures resemble distant ponies at a glance.
What answer did you get before checking?