well you would be hard pushed to find me doing that i happened to metion one girl i know who rides ponies far too small for her baring in mind she is about 12 stone her backside hangs over the back of the saddles and it 12hh to 13hh ponies she insists on riding oh and she is near enough six foot...
yep thats what i thought very erratic reaction there i have in no way been offensive infact i think i have fallen in love with a few of these ponios tonight.
But even if i was saying i dont think grown ups should ride ponies or whatever she thought i was saying im afraid in real life or forum...
no thanks needed babe your doing the best by her by actually taking a step back and asking what she needs i wish there was more horse owners out there like you.
wow dear did you not read my first reply i did state adults who are short themselves can get away with it.
I was not trying to be rude or offensive as you have just been towards me.
I have said to lots of people how good they look on there ponies and how shocked i was at how big soem of them...
please do and dont stress you obviously love her very much you care enough to put her personal needs beyond your own she is lucky to have a mummy like you and dont ever forget that x x x x
Personally i think she looks in great nick bless her i would give her a nice summer and see how she is ticking come autumn.
One of the elderly ponies was fed soaked cubes [cant remember if it was fibre or pony cubes] as had bad teeth and also had alot missing and she loves it bless her she was...
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I have a 13.3hh and I am 25! She is a horse on pony legs though I am 5ft 4.
Here is the stumpy dumpy one
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omg that pony is awsome see what you mean about horse on pony legs.
Do you know what i have been spun im going to make it my lifes mission to find a pony i can ride.
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I'm a 5'10 adult who rides a pony! Well, a welsh D - technically he's a pony, 100% pony in every way but his size (he's 15.2hh!!) My leg fills his girth but not too long for it in dressage saddle.
Because of his mealy muzzle and pony looks he is occasionally mistaken for an overgrown...
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I'm another adult who rides ponies I'm afraid. Despite being 5' 5" I have short legs and still look fine on 12.2hhish upwards. My own mare is 13.2hh. I like native ponies and while I happily ride 'proper' horses when I have to I don't see why I should stop riding ponies just because...
I think its worse seeing kids on uncontrolable ponies than seeing an adult on them,but again long legged people riding tiny ponies that are small in stature aswell as height do look daft to me highlands and big built ponies i think people can get away with a bit more.
Most the time though you...