A cute story and a new pony. Meet Kings....

Vickijay

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Hi!

As part of my job I ride for a few people and I have ridden a few horses for a lady who has since become one of my close friends. She has 3 lovely horses that I have ridden on and off over the winter and there is one that I really clicked with.

He is a 17h exracehorse who is a rather sensitive sort and hadn't really got on with any of the people who had been riding him for her, he looked like a demented giraffe in some pics. The first time I sat on him, we just clicked. I'm not sure what it was, but we instantly got each other and over the winter I have ridden him a bit, not very regularly, sometimes only once a month, but we have made some awesome progress. All her horses sent mine Christmas presents, he sent me beautiful flowers when I was poorly signed "from your adopted child Kings xxx", and birthday flowers, chocolates and a helium balloon too (he has special pony access to the internet apparently ;) )

Well last week his owner said that she thought he was always destined to be mine because of how we just clicked. She said from the first day I rode him that it felt like he was mine and that she just looked after him and loved him. He is a bit too sharp and sensitive for her, and the long and short of it is that he is now here with me and mine.

Im not sure that it has sunk in yet. If I was to write down the attributes in my perfect horse they would be- tall, athletic, sensitive, sharp, have a good head, heart and to be a nice person. Well he's here!

He has settled in brilliantly, apart from thinking he is a stallion and doing a pretty impressive job of convincing all the girls that he is too!

So heres Kings...

These pics are from me riding him before he was mine....

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Playing racehorses on the gallops

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Im always smiling on him :D

Him at home with me....

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Matcho rug and throwing some shapes!

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First lunge (the rein was under the stirrup on the other side)

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First sit on at home. I confess I almost blubbed sat on him, like I couldn't believe he was here

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And his first at home photo shoot

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I love this one...

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I just adore him. Loads.

The plan is to get him a bit fitter and then get him out to some BD and see if he jumps!!

I am so lucky to have met such a lovely friend and for all the steps to happen for him to be here with my beautiful girls. I just messaged my friend to ask if she minded me posting this, she said "Of course not as Kings is your pony and he's always been yours really xx" <<mega wub>>

Thanks for reading x
 

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He really is gorgeous (as all your horses are). Congratulations and good luck with him! Looking forward to regular updates.
 

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He's very handsome. It's incredible - you're able to look great on a micro-horse, and still look perfect on a macro-horse too! Not fair! :(
But really, he looks lovely, he's got a nice kind eye. :)
 

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He's very handsome. It's incredible - you're able to look great on a micro-horse, and still look perfect on a macro-horse too! Not fair! :(
But really, he looks lovely, he's got a nice kind eye. :)

Haha. I've been riding this chap and he's mahoooooooosive!

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Compared to teeny tiny 15.1 Orange!

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This is the cutest thing I've read and seen in ages!!

You look to suit each other brilliantly.

On a side note, the level of matchy matchy on this post and the whole forum are super impressive - it makes me never want to share my pictures with only one good numnah to my name, and a horse that has no need for booties!!
 

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He is gooooorgeous, looks so athletic! You have a fantastic horse collection, they are all lovely!

He is so athletic to ride, he really is super :)

Thanks, that's really kind of you to say. They are all such lovely wonder donkeys <3
 

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He Is Gorgeous!!

Do you keep all your Matchy in the car so you can coordinate with every horse you ride? its very impressive!!

I often clash as its impossible to match all of them!!! Although I do have a lot of pink so I could probably dress them all in pink and be sort of matching!!!

I do confess that mostly I am mismatched! Only if I have a photo bitch will I put organised stuff on them!!
 

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What a stunning boy. Your smile in every pic is just fab :D I hope you have lots of fun with him. It deffinatly sounds like you were destined for eachother. x
 

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Phwoar! Lovely, lovely horse! Really my type of horse too, he reminds me so much a gallant 17hh ex-racer I used to own. Big brown horses are lovely. Good luck with him, you look like a great combination!
 

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Great pics. He's lovely.:)

Impressive matchy matchy too. I'm never putting a pic of me riding on here. I'd look positively scruffy compared to you! (and fat!)
 

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When are you taking him to meet Adam? He needs to wear pink for that outing!

Alf is VERY upset that you have a new favourite big brown horse!
 
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