My 6 yr Old son and his Shetland do a bit of jumping!

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Morning all! Wow, what a weekend! Last days of half term so made the most of it with some Pony time on Sunday Morning.
My Son has only been riding since August last year and is slowly getting the hang of rising trot ( difficult with a pneumatic drill for a pony but getting there) and is quite daring and ready to give anything a go. We even had an impromptu canter, I had told him if he sits in the saddle for too long whilst trotting his pony would canter, well he did and cantered down the long side of the very large school. I was very impressed he stayed on and managed to bring him back to trot.
Thought we'd pop a few little jumps to keep them both interested, pics below. ( position is no where near perfect but he stayed on over all the jumps and was so pleased with himself!)

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Then he got a bit too brave and pony took him down a peg.

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Much better!
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Ta Da!
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Thanks for looking!
 
Fantastic - love it, put a smile on my face after a crummy day. Looking forward to getting my 2 yr old to that point, he's happily riding around the yard on lead rein at the mo but can't wait til he's secure enough to go up a gear! Thanks for sharing x
 
Looks good :) If your jumping can I suggest you put a neck trap on the pony whilst your son is learning to balance? Then he can grab onto that to help him and will also save ponies mouth a bit as they look ace atm so wouldn't want either of them getting upset :)
 
Looks good :) If your jumping can I suggest you put a neck trap on the pony whilst your son is learning to balance? Then he can grab onto that to help him and will also save ponies mouth a bit as they look ace atm so wouldn't want either of them getting upset :)

This, great pics and well done, but pony is getting jabbed in the mouth
 
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