Adults riding ponies

I'm not tiny just small :p 5'4 and far heavier than I look. But I'm far better on a pony than a horse! My pony is 13.3 but horse bred and much less choppy than any horse I could buy for the money ;) Driving we are 'pony people' nippier, potentially easier to manoeuvre, cheaper to keep and sounder ;) And obviously anything I have is made ride and drive!
Last month I took a 13hh HW cob sort to dressage, smallest and heaviest weight in his class of 12 but still managed a 2nd/12 ;) I did have a horse for a couple of years but it wasn't my thing! Maybe in the future I'll get a pony bred horse to compliment my horse bred pony :p
 
I had a ride of a friends 14hh pony this morning nd she felt fab really enjoyed it and she didnt feel small either. I dont understand people wanting big horses I would always go for the smallest I could get away with. I do think that is the important part though, the pony was a stocky Welshy and I a 10stone I wouldnt have wanted to ride her a couple of years ago when I was 12stone
 
webble said:
I had a ride of a friends 14hh pony this morning nd she felt fab really enjoyed it and she didnt feel small either. I dont understand people wanting big horses I would always go for the smallest I could get away with. I do think that is the important part though, the pony was a stocky Welshy and I a 10stone I wouldnt have wanted to ride her a couple of years ago when I was 12stone
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Good for you, like you said as long as you aren't too heavy and comfortable riding a pony then I like you don't understand why people want great big horses, of course it's every owners decision to have what they want. But I like not having so far to fall :-P
 
rara007 said:
I'm not tiny just small :p 5'4 and far heavier than I look. But I'm far better on a pony than a horse! My pony is 13.3 but horse bred and much less choppy than any horse I could buy for the money ;) Driving we are 'pony people' nippier, potentially easier to manoeuvre, cheaper to keep and sounder ;) And obviously anything I have is made ride and drive!
Last month I took a 13hh HW cob sort to dressage, smallest and heaviest weight in his class of 12 but still managed a 2nd/12 ;) I did have a horse for a couple of years but it wasn't my thing! Maybe in the future I'll get a pony bred horse to compliment my horse bred pony :p
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Fantastic! I quiet fancy turning my cobby into a ride and drive :) your ponies look fab in your banner! :) and I like the cheaper to keep bit very much :-p That's great about your dressage competition! Just shows ponies are just as good as the big horses :)
 
I'm 5ft3 and ride a 14.3 welsh d so I'm in the mix of squishing. I always thought I was about right on her until I saw a pic which made me look leggy and her not so much! Realised after the shock that it was taken by a friend from a taller mount so looking down on us, it makes such a difference and not in a good way. I have since see pics from the ground and I think phew I'm ok.

Seriously though to ride she is much trickier than the 16.3 WB I shared a few years back so the pony option is not the easy one in my opinion. I never parted company with the WB despite many an impromptu tank across open fields, current mount and I have parted 4 times in 18 months, she is much more unpredictable and quick on the turn, but I love her.
 
Laura-Maybe-IV said:
Lovely photo's. What a jump he has! You look fab together, it's so nice seeing everyone's lovely ponies :)
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Thankyou! I love him so much, he is a horse in a pony body. I am not too heavy for him and he makes a 90cm jump look easy, he is cheeky, loving and hilarious. I feel that there is no point in me getting another when he does everything I want to do! As long as he is happy, I am too! Others talk behind my back saying I'm too tall but I don't care! Lol!
 
ponies with adult riders the black pony is 12hh the rider is about 9 and a half stone and 5ft1
cream pony is 13.1 rider slightly taller and about the same weight the cream pony has carried me at 15 stone although I now weigh 11.5 both riders are in their early 20s
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Strutting his stuff at a show
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Ive got a section D im expecting him to grow to 14.3 or 15 and Im 5'8, i also ride my friends 14h d and dont look big on her at all, at a lot of shows you see riders who are adults in the m&m classes
 
Love the little black pony!
I am 5'7, 12 stone (ish), and quite happily ride out daughters 14'3".. She's nice and deep in the belly so takes up my leg.
 
Well my personal motto these days is "if I can't see over it, I don't get on it!" So I'm a big pony fan. My own horse is 15.1 and perfect for me in every way but I do love popping on the kids little 13 hh new forest, he is awesome! I ride him in a lamfelle pad as his 15 inch saddle is just too small for me to be comfy in. I weigh just over 9.5 stone and he carries me no problems. Love that little dude ;)
 
kez81 said:
Well my personal motto these days is "if I can't see over it, I don't get on it!"
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And mine!

My girl is a 13'2 Highland pony - she's everything to me and there are few things I love more than spoiling her rotten :) I've never been a fan of anything over 15hh tbh as I'm only little, barely 5'1 and I weigh less than 8 stone. I'm smaller than most young teenagers yet am 22 - the growth gene was clearly something I wasn't blessed with lol! I've got a massive soft spot for ponies though so I'm more than happy I stayed litte :) I ride an 11.3 Section A on occasions too and she is brilliant fun!
 
I don't think there is any issue with adults riding ponies as long as it's within reason, it depends on height and weight. I am 5'10 and weigh 9 stone, I have a 13.2hh welsh C. Without seeing me on him I can tell by people's reactions they think I'm too big but I think he's a fantastic size and neither of us struggle. We compete at Novice dressage currently and go hunting at the end of every year.

I do disagree with seeing ridiculously big people on small ponies though, a lot of them being kids who have outgrown a small pony and there backsides don't even fit into the saddles! I think people to need to have a reality check.

One thing I do hate is when you have a heffor of an adult on a first ridden working it in? I witnessed at a jumping competition in the clear round a small 11.2hh pony dump a child and it's mother got on who was about my height? She looked ridiculous and the pony didn't look too happy .. not sure how it lifted it's feet over those jumps.
 
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