The old 'Pony Squishing' Debate...

[3BayGeldings]

16th April 1973: Harvey Smith riding a pony after opening the Riding Department at 'Lillywhites.' (Photo by Frank Barratt/Keystone/Getty Images)

 

[MrsMozart]

Hm. I think he needs rollerskates.

 

[3Beasties]

 

[Nailed]

pony doesnt look particularly bothered..

Lou x

 

[3BayGeldings]

Considering some people think a 15hh Welshie is practically buckling at the knees from carrying over 9 stone

 

[Nailed]

a 15hh welshie would carry 15 stone easily.. lol

Lou

 

[kimky]

hehe

never under estimate small things

its like the kleenex advert; 'small and mighty'

 

[Tharg]

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Considering some people think a 15hh Welshie is practically buckling at the knees from carrying over 9 stone

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+1

 

[3BayGeldings]

(+1? You've lost me!)

 

[somethingorother]

Well he has his ears back and his front legs look a bit splayed so i wouldn't say that was ok.

But i'm usually annoyed by people saying that an arab can't carry over 8 stone and a 14hh sec d shouldnt be sat on by anyone over 5ft etc

But that picture is too far.

 

[Natch]

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But that picture is too far.

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Whispers I think the pony is a fake!

 

[somethingorother]

omg that'l teach me to come online this late at night when i'm shattered!

oh dear... haha

 

[Natch]

Don't worry, took me a while to work it out too!

Somebody will probably come online in the morning and tell me its real afterall...

 

[3BayGeldings]

It's tagged on jamd.com as 'stuffed animal' so i THINK its fake!

 

[Tnavas]

It looks pretty real, shod, ears back - if stuffed it would have had it's ears forward.

 

[Chico Mio]

Ah but he's got his right foot on the floor and his left toe is taking weight too, so he's not actually sitting on it stuffed or not!

 

[Shay]

I'm sorry to say I was there! How old does that make me! Mum bought me a pair of Cream johds to go hunting in. The really old fashioned ones with baggy bits at the thighs. (I hasten to add I was well under 10 at the time!) The pony was real but he only sat on it for a few moments. I don't think he brought his weight down at all - just sort of straddled it. Show jumpers were real sitting room heros then - far more well know even by people who didn't ride than now. Some of my heart throbs then still ride now.....

Gosh I feel old.

 

[skewbaldpony]

Weren't they just! Glory days! I was allowed to sit up late to watch the showjumping, and everyone knew who David Broome and Harvey were!
I doubt it did the pony any harm having Harvey rest one leg on it for a couple of minutes. I have to say, people had a lot more common sense back then.
People today seem to think things were 'brutal' and in some ways, they were harsher - more down to earth - but there was also a hell of a lot more horse sense around, and countryside knowledge - more people who really understood what was going on.
These days people watch something on telly and think they're the expert.

 

[Vicki1986]

i wish i had this picture when the instructor of a clinic i went on kept telling me im to big for pony and i should sell her!! im not small on her, but im not 'big' either, certainly not that big ha!!

 

[teapot]

Those were the days when Lillywhites was actually worth going too!