Tell me about your Sec A's - what purpose do they serve ?

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The reason I ask is that I seem to have just bought one :D



I've only had big horses and this little thing is going to be rather alien to me.
 
Mine can do many things, she's a lead rein pony and makes a nice first ridden, will also do a decent test and jump a safe SJ round to 2'9 with a more experienced rider. She has hunted and will canter and jump led from a horse. She's a superb driving pony.

At the moment her twin jobs are companion to our retired Section D and teaching a nervous child with an unhorsy family how to ride and how to look after a pony. She also gets pulled out of the field if anyone locally has a difficult loader as she will load into anything - including flatbed trailers if you leave the ramp down.

She lives on fresh air, is barefoot even when driven frequently and is very easy to keep.
 
Thankyou Jemima she sounds like a doll :D

I clearly know I can't ride him but he's gonna be a fun dude.

Anyone else got one.
 
Yes!!

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He's great for making me wonder whether I should have ever started my children riding, as my heart is in my mouth most of the time they are on him off the lead rein!! He also thinks he is a hippo and I spend half my time embarrassed by the state he's in and the other half of my time cleaning him.

Were those the sort of answers you wanted? :D

(Love him really though and he's very good at hugs and whinnies!!).
 
Hmmmmmm, what purpose.......

Well, so far its a possibly new weight loss aid - as over an hour going round the field trying to catch the thing is becoming my main excercise.

He also keeps the grass down and keeps horse company. So far not much else as he is only 2, but he is FAR too smart (so I have been told) for his own good, so not sure what will come of him. He is fast, so maybe he will be a 2nd pony for a nutty child.
 
My first pony was a welsh a. He would do everything on the lead rein, he had a great jump on him, was very bold, nothing on the xc scared him. I would have loved to have taken him hunting ride and lead as he used to go around the old farm at some speed if mum was riding and leading.

Off the lead rein he was a little bugger, but he sure did teach me to ride! ;)

ETA: this is him just before the musical ride at camp, we were supposed to be rugby players:

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I have two of the little darlings aswell as my big girly. 1st one was brought March 09 (she was a yearling)when I was pregnant to keep me busy and out competiting whilst I couldnt ride (did loads of inhand) and with the intention of being my sons pony HOWEVER.... she is turning out to be more a jumping, xc, hunting pony not a lead rein/first pony so in March this year i brought number 2 :) a 2year old (so same age at the other one) who is much more laid back and is never going to be a whizzy jumping pony but will be perfect lead rein 1st ridden so my son has one of each hehe tbh its worked out ok as the 2 little ones play with each other instead of bugging the life out of my big mare.
 
I learnt to ride on my wicked welsh mountain. On the lead rein he was a doll, off the leadrein he was totally wicked. Taught me to have a secure seat and how to sit a buck or 10 ;D Very crafty at dropping the shoulder too!

But honestly he was a lovely pony, did have to watch him for lami as lived on fresh air as with most natives. But lived to the age of 26 relatively problem free and taught many children the joys of a wicked pony. I think they are better kept active so inhand work and driving are really good for them.

Enjoy x
 
My Section A 'ponio' was my kids lead rein pony many years ago. She then became my 'coblet's' companion and is now redundent in the job department but still very much a part of my mini herd:) and very much loved..
 
I'm getting quite excited now to have a littlie to play with. I could certainly do with the exercise of chasing him around if he won't be caught :D

He's only a yearling so he'll be hanging out in the field for a while and then do some in-hand classes to get him out and about.

I think I'm gonna call him Hamish.
 
One is 19, has taught various kids to ride, was brilliant if a bit slow at pony club games and drives. Suffers from lami though so his turnout is limited. I have a younger mare who is a lot sharper, unbacked as no jockey so she does in hand, I am just starting to longrein her. They are very different but brilliant characters.
 
Last year I bought a pair of welshies with foals at foot.
Flicka, the remaining mare, at 12 years old, was backed for the 1st time yesterday:D:D:D
So now she has lost her "companion only" status!
 
mine was bought for my son who was 4 at the time. After he was outgrown, he was just my wee pet. Fab little characters. My friend has 2 and says that nobody should be without a welshie in their life.
nikicb - your wee one is similiar to my wee minty.
 
nikicb said:
He's great for making me wonder whether I should have ever started my children riding, as my heart is in my mouth most of the time they are on him off the lead rein!! He also thinks he is a hippo and I spend half my time embarrassed by the state he's in and the other half of my time cleaning him.

Were those the sort of answers you wanted? :D

(Love him really though and he's very good at hugs and whinnies!!).
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Such is a life with grey horses.

Sec A are great! They have a nice jump on them and are (slightly) less naughty than Shetlands without being ridiculously large. They can turn their hoof to anything and are perfect child's ponies. I really wish I was small enough to ride one as they are such good fun :D
 
Mines rrrrm ..

Funny, cheeky, naughty, worst and best pony in the world (often at the same time :p)

Buuut the most loving and smart pony i know :D

Mysti does tricks ..

Bows ..

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Kiss .. :)

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And shes rather gorgeous ..

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Welshies are by FAR my fav breed, ive never had anything but welshies :p
 
I love these little section A's. Sadly, I no longer have any, but the ones I had I trained to harness and loved driving out for miles.:D
 
I no longer have a sec A, but I used to and she was used as a second pony very sweet natured and up for anything, though she was only 4.

I still have a sec B and we are in the middle of breaking her to drive. Everyone is too big for her now so we bought a little cart and a harness and hopefully soon we will be heading for picnic lunches on the beach :p
 
As far as I know. They can do pretty much anything given to right training.
I bought one about 2 weeks ago (feels like longer than that) and he's been broken, hacked, jumped, driven, everything. And he's only 2.

Since having him, I took him to a show to have a look around but we haven't done anything since. Just walking up the road, through the fields ect;
In-hand, he's absolutely perfect, abit rough around the edges but with time he's going to get better :)

So far, for the past week, i've done nothing with him, except brush him in the field. I've been ill, he's had a nasty face infection, but instead of running away like he used to he follows me around the field now :) I find they're a very trusting breed, very hard working, but also very versatile.

Oh if only they did them in bigger sizes xD
I'd like to order a Cremello in 14hh ^^
 
My section A was bought as a foal to be my sons first pony. He has since decided he dosen't want to ride so Ash is going to backed to drive this week and then going to a friend to be his new driving pony. I have also just bought a new Palamino colt foal for in-hand showing and to run on entire purly for showing as a stallion.

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Take up driving - section As are awesome! Sara Howe has a team of gingers and they are the best pony team in the UK
 
Can i play? Not a Sec A but a Sec B! Mine was a lead rein/first ridden and i broke her to drive and showed her a bit in hand.The children out grew her and the TPBs became a nuisance so I stopped driving, but she is such a sweetie and had a bad start so i have to keep her:). She is essentially a very pretty paddock ornament who is cheap to keep and a lovely person.

I would love to have someone to do something with her but she is a sensitive little thing and needs a sensitive, quiet child handler and rider.

She is also my foundation mare for my stud!:D When I eventually start it up!:D
 
My welsh Sec A was my first pony, he's now a companion for anything & everything, lawnmower, ornament and object of cuteness! Everyone adores him, he has a habit of making small children very happy (despite being the worlds worst kids riding pony and generally bad mannered O.o) He also still keeps me on my toes by trying to buck, bolt and generally be a complete nightmare to ride - bareback at that! He can be long reined, and will jump, but only inhand... plus, he's just pretty!
 
I think mine was meant for dog meat but he had a lucky escape!

I saw the meat man at the market bidding on him, so I bourght him. He was 6 months old, unhandled and scared half to death, he's used as a companion, I tried to break him as a 4 yr old and have had more atempts since but failed, he doesnt trust people full stop. He's 10 this time and will stay with me for the rest of his days, apart from keeping the others company, breaking my fences and been a general pain to catch, for the farrier etc he's not much use but I like having him around, better than him been in a tin! His name is Chum (as in Pedigree!)
 
Racing_Gal said:
I think mine was meant for dog meat but he had a lucky escape!

I saw the meat man at the market bidding on him, so I bourght him. He was 6 months old, unhandled and scared half to death, he's used as a companion, I tried to break him as a 4 yr old and have had more atempts since but failed, he doesnt trust people full stop. He's 10 this time and will stay with me for the rest of his days, apart from keeping the others company, breaking my fences and been a general pain to catch, for the farrier etc he's not much use but I like having him around, better than him been in a tin! His name is Chum (as in Pedigree!)
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He is a very lucky boy I'd say.

This little chap is an ' overstock ' and meat money and he will have a really good start aswell.

Thankyou all. It sounds like i'm gonna have fun.
 
I don't have one now, but we grew up learning to ride on our Section A (called Simon). I was the oldest and he got passed down to my younger brothers in turn. When he was outgrown by all of us, he went on loan to a family for a short while, but he stayed on our farm, but we weren't very happy as they didn't seem overly bothered about looking after him with any consistency, so we took him back. He was quite old at this point, but still active.

It was important to keep him in work and reasonably fit so he wasn’t at risk of getting lami, and he was taken out on the lead rein most days when I rode out one of my other horses. He also did the odd in hand class right up until he was very old. He was handy to use as a companion pony if we ever needed it too.
 
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