Festive_Felicitations
Well-Known Member
I don't know if it is a uniquely Australian thing,
but the sight of a little grey pony
with a confidant looking child on board,
sends terror into the heart of all others.
Chestnuts may casue the nervous rider a moments hesitation,
and be acknowledged with a nod,
as a slight raising of the stakes.
Bays, blacks, paints, and duns are not a casue of fear.
But all accept the fact
that the highest they can possibly place,
is behind the little grey pony.
Even the pro's gracefully bow to the force majeure
that is a grey, and often hairy, pony.
Not so feared in DR as they have little patience
for the stuff between the white boards,
but Eventing, SJ and Mounted games,
they are unbeatable.
Between 12.2 and 14.2hh,
of mixed and indeterminate breeding,
they go round courses as a moving blur of grey -
small, fast, and able to turn on the dime
and yet with incredible scope.
Your only hope of beating one
is if they accidentally loose the rider
(who are attached with super glue).
I have had the pleasure of competing against one
that I swear knew the round of SJs by heart
and could have gone clear on its own
(no disrespect meant to the rider)
So as a new competition year starts
I salute the unstoppable force that is
a little grey Australian pony.
but the sight of a little grey pony
with a confidant looking child on board,
sends terror into the heart of all others.
Chestnuts may casue the nervous rider a moments hesitation,
and be acknowledged with a nod,
as a slight raising of the stakes.
Bays, blacks, paints, and duns are not a casue of fear.
But all accept the fact
that the highest they can possibly place,
is behind the little grey pony.
Even the pro's gracefully bow to the force majeure
that is a grey, and often hairy, pony.
Not so feared in DR as they have little patience
for the stuff between the white boards,
but Eventing, SJ and Mounted games,
they are unbeatable.
Between 12.2 and 14.2hh,
of mixed and indeterminate breeding,
they go round courses as a moving blur of grey -
small, fast, and able to turn on the dime
and yet with incredible scope.
Your only hope of beating one
is if they accidentally loose the rider
(who are attached with super glue).
I have had the pleasure of competing against one
that I swear knew the round of SJs by heart
and could have gone clear on its own
(no disrespect meant to the rider)
So as a new competition year starts
I salute the unstoppable force that is
a little grey Australian pony.
