Ponyta are relatively lightweight for their size, as they have extraordinary jumping abilities and are capable of leaping tall buildings in a single bound. However, a newborn Ponyta is a weak runner and is actually barely able to stand. It gradually strengthens its legs and becomes faster by chasing after its parents and jumping over grass that grows taller by the day. Ponyta has the ability to absorb life energy and store it in its mane, which causes it to glow. It never trusts wicked people, who it turns away and vanishes from, whenever it senses one with evil thoughts.

If it accompanies with a Trainer, it means it knows the Trainer is a goodhearted person. Despite that they also have a tendency to be very shy and don't make themselves known to people very much and when in distress or in need of help they send psychic visions to those they trust regardless of the distance.