DuckToller
Well-Known Member
OH has finally got fed up with my pony collection and so a few have to go. I won't bore you with all their details, but this one is a difficult one to price.
The good points:
8 year-old Connemara type, full-up 14.2 (14.3 with shoes). Kind, sweet, gentle, honest, adorable etc. Good to catch, shoe, load, generally do, nervous to clip but working on him, got a serious jump but a bit green still. Hacks alone or in a group, hunts without pulling, pretty head, bottom of the herd in pecking-order so never gets himself into trouble. Done a bit of everything but low mileage due to lack of time. Ridden by 12-year-old and 15-year-old, could suit mother and daughter or family as will step up to the mark if required, or plod round block with a lead-rein in tow. A gentle pony.
The draw-backs:
Was half-starved as a 6-year-old (I bought him to rescue him) and possibly as a result has developed some allergies. Has mild sweet-itch easily controlled with good fly rug, various lumps identified as collagen necrosis by vet, a synovial swelling on the knee which is a blemish but not an unsoundness, and on a sunny day we use a nose-net. He has done half a dozen sponsored rides including RAF Halton jumping most of the obstacles (launched into orbit over the plane!) and never gone lame after but would be unlikely to pass vet I fear.
You couldn't wish for a nicer chap to have around, but he is too laid-back for my daughter.
The good points:
8 year-old Connemara type, full-up 14.2 (14.3 with shoes). Kind, sweet, gentle, honest, adorable etc. Good to catch, shoe, load, generally do, nervous to clip but working on him, got a serious jump but a bit green still. Hacks alone or in a group, hunts without pulling, pretty head, bottom of the herd in pecking-order so never gets himself into trouble. Done a bit of everything but low mileage due to lack of time. Ridden by 12-year-old and 15-year-old, could suit mother and daughter or family as will step up to the mark if required, or plod round block with a lead-rein in tow. A gentle pony.
The draw-backs:
Was half-starved as a 6-year-old (I bought him to rescue him) and possibly as a result has developed some allergies. Has mild sweet-itch easily controlled with good fly rug, various lumps identified as collagen necrosis by vet, a synovial swelling on the knee which is a blemish but not an unsoundness, and on a sunny day we use a nose-net. He has done half a dozen sponsored rides including RAF Halton jumping most of the obstacles (launched into orbit over the plane!) and never gone lame after but would be unlikely to pass vet I fear.
You couldn't wish for a nicer chap to have around, but he is too laid-back for my daughter.
