Pitt ponies up for kids

Brad Pitt has splashed out on six Shetland ponies for his kids.

The 47-year-old actor – who raises kids Maddox, nine, Pax, seven, Zahara, six, Shiloh, five, and three-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne with partner Angelina Jolie – surprised his brood with the miniature horses, which are now grazing on the family's Chateau Miraval estate in the South of France.