Please remind my daughter how lucky she is...+ pics of pony!

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After reading a thread on here last night re 13 year old girl sharing...the less I say about that the better it did remind me of my youth and how desperate I was to have my own horse. The hours spent mucking out etc so I could have half an hour on a riding school pony at the end of the day when it was probably knackered! It also reminded me how b****y lucky my kids are to have 3 to enjoy...at home, no bike ride in horizontal rain for them!
The photos are of our little pony Roger who is rising 4, enjoying himself in the school...he loves loose schooling and playing about with my daughter. He was a pity buy, 2 year old ungelded with no known breeding about to go to the sales. He wont be big enough for my daughter to ride but she is enjoying bringing him on and he certainly wont be leaving us, he was pretty much wild when we got him and very nervous with a tendency to turn his bum whenever things werent going his way...a quick crack with a leadrope soon cured that problem!
What do you all think of him...would love to know what sort of breeding he might be and if we were to show him in hand how he would do, I know nothing about showing but it would be nice to give him and daughter something to do

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I don't know about the breeding but I think he's blinking lovely and you should definitely show him, he's in lovely condition for a young boy too - not at all fat and very healthy looking. Good on you for giving him such a lovely home. Very impressed :-)))))
 
Awww cute pony!
I know what you mean though.. I don't have kids but there are a few on our yard who don't know how lucky they are! Mum drives them to yard and mucks out etc, they have regular lessons and get taken here there and everywhere for comps or just for fun

I come the least horsey family imaginable. They can't get their heads around my love of horses and always insisted I'd "grow out if it" (I'm 30 now!!)

I worked at local riding school from the age if 10, mucking out countless stables, leading ponies in lessons etc for a free hack a week.

I don't think it did me any harm though and in fact, it probably helped my dedication! I used to cycle to yard in snow, rain or wind... Lasting all day on a lot noodle and nothing else! Lol

I loved horses though and as long as I could be around them, it didn't worry me that I couldn't ride as much. I lived for my weekly ride!

When I was 14-15 I started helping a lady who used to "pity buy" stuff from the auctions.... I'd help break them, take them to a couple of shows and then she would sell them and buy another! I never felt hard done to, and although I obviously got attached to some of them, I wasn't too upset.

When I was 14, my parents bought one of the riding school ponies, and she stayed there on working livery. Again, I didn't mind... I just loved having my own pony to love!
 
He has really grown in to himself... must admit when we first got him he was looking pretty rough, I will see if I can find any photos of him.
 
I was wondering about Shetland x welsh or Shetland x new forest or dartmoor hill pony etc? The mane is pretty Shetland like. And they are often that bright chestnut. Lovely.
 
I think from what we can gather his mum was a new forest and was running wild though not sure how 'pure' she was and his dad is a complete mystery! He is about 11.2 at a guess though I havent measured him. He is still abit funny with people he dosent know but he seems to trust my daughter and she can pretty much do anything with him. She is wanting to get him to a point where a tot will be safe around him so she does loads of de spooking excercises and has had a little sit on him and he was perfect...will be interesting to see how he develops when we actually break him in but at least there isnt to far to fall!
 
Would anyone in your family be interested in driving? He looks as if he could be a useful sort with a trap behind him :) Lovely looking pony and a credit to you and your daughter :)
 
YorksG said:
Would anyone in your family be interested in driving? He looks as if he could be a useful sort with a trap behind him :) Lovely looking pony and a credit to you and your daughter :)
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We are considering that and my son is pretty keen to give it a go...without name dropping we have quite a famous neighbour who has a gorgeous team of driving ponies and she has offered to help/advise on driving so this is a possability. Could be 'exciting' as he loves to do everything fast!
 
YorksG said:
Scurry racing then :D
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I think we would probably have no option! We have been watching some of the driving comps on H&C tv and must admit it does all look very exciting..a real adrenalin rush! Would you say it is possible to train pony to do both, driving and riding. I know people do multi task but often wonder if one ruins the other?
 
I think he looks like a cracking young pony! If he's from the Forest then I'd check up to see which stallions were running in the Forest the year before he was born. I'd guess at a Dartmoor Hill or Shetland sire.
 
Spring Feather said:
I think he looks like a cracking young pony! If he's from the Forest then I'd check up to see which stallions were running in the Forest the year before he was born. I'd guess at a Dartmoor Hill or Shetland sire.
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Thats interesting, I didnt know you could do that...will have to do some research.
 
Im surprised at the number of people saying shetland cross...I guess because he is quite small? Im not great at this sort of thing but cant see shetland in him...he does have a dorsal stripe along his back, is it dartmoors who have them?
 
If his dam was on the forest then chances are she will have been covered by a NF stallion. They are quite strict.

If you know her name, get in touch with the NF pony and cattle breeding society.

http://www.newforestpony.com/index.php

As for the size, NF mature slowly, I know my mare has gone up about an inch over this winter and she is rising 5 and my last pony didn't fully mature till 6.
 
I can't see shet either, but I'm no breed expert. Lovely pics though.

Would your daughter be interested in horse agility with him? From the pics, it looks like it might be something they'd enjoy?
 
He is lovely. As for breed i would say shetlandx. He reminds me very much of a shetland my daughter used to ride, obviously your boy is taller than he was but he does remind me very much of shetland.
 
redriverrock said:
Im surprised at the number of people saying shetland cross...I guess because he is quite small? Im not great at this sort of thing but cant see shetland in him...he does have a dorsal stripe along his back, is it dartmoors who have them?
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He might be a red/chestnut dun and that would certainly strengthen the shetland cross theory as they have the dun gene.
 
redriverrock said:
I think we would probably have no option! We have been watching some of the driving comps on H&C tv and must admit it does all look very exciting..a real adrenalin rush! Would you say it is possible to train pony to do both, driving and riding. I know people do multi task but often wonder if one ruins the other?
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We have had three who were broken to both and while none of them were world beaters, they wouldn't have been if they had stuck to one :p They were all excellent all better at driving than riding, but all three had been broken to drive first, one had been a landau horse in Blackpool, so had earned his living. He was a super hack and had a brilliant work ethic.
 
I have two that are ride and drive but haven't driven them myself, both came from another rather well known scurry driving friend who has several grey Section A stallions and did have teams of bay ponies as well, has now given up driving competitively though.
 
Dartmoor/new forest/hill pony type. They are really, really good natured ponies, I've had a few for breaking and I love them, especially for kids. Enjoy him :)
 
lastchancer said:
Dartmoor/new forest/hill pony type. They are really, really good natured ponies, I've had a few for breaking and I love them, especially for kids. Enjoy him :)
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This is what we think...I do have a picture of his mum who was a very pale dun with lots of white speckles, quite an elegant looking pony, about 13.2 and no matter how hard I try to see shetland in him Im afraid I cant!
Back to my original post...how lucky is my daughter to have the pleasure of such a good looking little pony to have some fun with!
 
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