How many adults riding smallish ponies?

Thanks patchworkpony, they are all fabby ponies as well, the grey was one of my favs I took her to a couple of sponsored rides and she just flew! She was such a fun ride :D
 
sghc88 said:
As much as I LOVE hacking (I hack twice a week if I can to vary the 6yr olds experience as she's VERY green) TREC isn't my bag. I am not one for showing either. I would be happy to event, jump or dressage but sadly the classes for ponies seem a little scarce :-(
I have done mainly dressage so far, as they distinguish more by rider's age than pony/horse but even then I cannot dull the niggle at the back of my mind that putting my connie against a very well bred warmblood isn't going to come out well!
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EKW said:
You would be surprised! I have seen shetland ponies tanning the backsides of these big fancy ancy things that prance and dance - they just obviously didn't do it as correctly as the shetland!
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What this thread needs now is some Toby the dressage shetland pictures! Where are NMT and PS when you need them???? :D
 
Here is me on my new heavy weight 14hh piebald cob Flynn, I am a smidge under 5ft 4 and waver twixt 8.5 and 9 stone. Pictures are of when I went to try him. He is only 4 1/2 and we haven't ridden much due to having to have a saddle made to measure. He takes my leg up better than my daughters 16hh ISH. I wasn't necessarily looking for a pony but it's so much easier for putting rugs on, grooming and getting on from the ground. The red and white skewbald is our lovely lightweight cob Magic Millbrook (now retired) she is 14.1 and is ridden by my 5ft 11 daughter and in her day did a bit of everything.

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Patchworkpony said:
Magicmillbrook - he looks so lovely. He will probably be your new best friend. Is he as quiet and gentles as he looks? You look great on him.
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He is a great character. We have had to do some ground work on 'personal space' as he has been allowed to pocket raid and thinks he is a lap dog, but for his age he is very calm. He has lost quite a bit of weight since the pictures were taken and as a result has become much more forward going, but not silly or sharp. His old owner took her 5 yo niece in lead rein classes on him so that sold him to me!
 
nikCscott said:
Can't believe you've risked shorts without a towel over the saddle! Was there chaffing :o:D I do in summer but with a nice thick bath towel over to stop any pinching ;)
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Hope you didn't jump, I remember getting terrible nips and the most spectacular bruises from stirrup leathers just wearing thin jods and short boots.
 
I'm 5ft 8,and sometimes ride 13hh knobberpony [if I'm lucky,it doesn't happen often].When my girls have outgrown her/moved onto faster,younger ponies,she is going to be all mine.:D
 
Patchworkpony said:
KidnapMoss - now I want an Exmoor!
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They are fab and mine is a real dude. Have owned since he was 3 and he does everything a big horse can. He is a real laugh to have around. Size no problem, we used to think he was 12.2 but on measuring found he was barely 12.1. But wears a 5'9 rug due to his build!! He thinks he 16hh anyway, he has serious attitude! Pony for life :D
 
Hi there!

I really have suffered quite a bit of stick for having a pony and not a horse. When I first got my 14.2 welsh D (not even that small, I'm only 5'6"), these comments really upset me, especially as they were from close friends.

Fortunately to counter balance this prejudice, my friend is a fellow pony lover and Fell breeder and she has really encouraged me with my boy. After all, the little-ies are so much more fun!
 
Lovely pictures KidnapMoss, seeing those def gives me the push to go out on my Dartmoor. She is 12hh and built like a tank. I'm 5ft 3 and 33yrs. People tell me I should take her out and do some dressage but I feel a bit self concious however after this thread I think I shall definately don the blue jacket and white johds :D
 
neddymad said:
Lovely pictures KidnapMoss, seeing those def gives me the push to go out on my Dartmoor. She is 12hh and built like a tank. I'm 5ft 3 and 33yrs. People tell me I should take her out and do some dressage but I feel a bit self concious however after this thread I think I shall definately don the blue jacket and white johds :D
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Thank you :) you must get out on your dartmoor! These littles can show the bigger boys what they are made of :) the first time I took my boy to an affiliated dressage event (just on a day ticket, I am hoping to affiliate this year) we unloaded him and my friends big horse and the lady next to us smiled and asked if we had brought the companion pony for a little day trip....he was 4th that day :D

I do struggle with the medium trots (little legs!) and long arena tests can seem a bit daunting...a loooooong way up the centre line but the most important thing is we have fun every time, he is to quirky to show in flat classes (still can't cope with horses behind him!) but he loves showjumping and dressage!

I'm 5'6 btw so even taller! My boy takes a 5'9 rug, a maxi cob on mini legs. Good luck with your dartmoor and post some pics! Love this thread :D
 
Shysmum said:
I guess I should fess up and add me and Shyboy in here really..... 14.2 hh, 5 ft 6 ". You have no idea how much I adore this tiny pony..
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Silly...he's a big pony :p

And very handsome :D

The palo in my sig is 13.1, I am nearly 5ft8. The coloured is 14.1. I can't get a small rider for the palo so we just keep having fun together!
 
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I have a 14.3 PBA and a 14.2 arab so I think they are small horses rather than large ponies ;-) I am 35 so definitely an adult now. Pity.......! On the endurance circuit they are fairly typical mounts so we don't look out of place. Interestingly it's one sport where it's rare to see a horse over 15.2

I absolutely won't have a big horse. My littlies are cheap to keep. Nimble - SWB you see! Brains and personalities by the bucketload.
 
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