Why no children?

[conniegirl]

I must be heightest then!lol. I think being 5'9 and even at my too skinny size 8 was not under 10 St. Been out of ponies so long. Glad people have fun riding them. I very occasionally get on one of my kids ponies usually when being a nappy little whatsit. The lack of shoulders and anything in front makes me feel quite unsafe.
My daughter is only 9 and already looking big on her 13hh. Will b looking for one of those gold plated big ponies next.

as I said my 14hh connemara took up your leg and my 6ft2 brother never looked big on him. Pony happily and easily carted him round all day (and he was no where near 10st), believe me he was the type of pony who would have let you know if he wasnt happy (generaly by driving you head first into the ground at significant speed).

If there is nothing infront of you then the pony needs more schooling!

a good native pony of around 13.2hh to 14.2hh is generally very capable and happy with a rider up to around 13st, sometimes more depending on the build of the pony.

 

[Limbo1]

If there is nothing infront of you then the pony needs more schooling!

a good native pony of around 13.2hh to 14.2hh is generally very capable and happy with a rider up to around 13st, sometimes more depending on the build of the pony.

Ours are 12.2 and 13hh the larger has more infront as New forest but the little dartmoor x exmoor feels like there is nothing upfront. And yes he does need schooling but does the job we want. Ie son bumbles about and has fun. Don't get me wrong bit envious of pony riders would b simpler if I was small enough to ride them.

 

[SO1]

I think by children advertisers mean the under 13's.

We are in a litigation culture, if a seller says a pony is suitable for a child it has to be very saintly and safe and have been ridden by a child on regular basis to prove that. A pony may be safe for a child but if it has not been proven a seller rightly may not want to take the risk. I have a 13.3 New Forest. He is a super pony, most of the time, but he can buck when he gets excited and he can be strong when jumping and I am adult and I take the risk. 99% of the time he is good, however wouldn't sell him as suitable for a child unless they were on the lead rein as I cannot guarantee he will be safe for a child to hack out or jump, for the past 10 years he has been an adult's pony and he has never been ridden by only by a young child.

I think it is quite common for ponies to be more tricky than horses, some natives can be opinionated and strong and some of the show pony types with a lot of arab or tb blood can be hot and fizzy.

 

[Peter7917]

Tonnes of adults only want to ride ponies! I'm one of them and literally out of all of my riding friends the vast majority are adults on ponies.

 

[Gazen]

I put my daughter on our 15h horse when she was 8 and started riding her full time when she was 9. There were lots of unkind comments about the horse being too big etc etc etc. The horse is sensible and level headed, but forward enough to be fun to ride and they haven't looked back since.
Going back to the original post, 'no children' may also mean, 'no children with non-horsey parents' as a lot of ponies have big attitudes which need an adult to draw the line on behaviour, ridden or on the ground, which a child cannot do.