Why so small?

Because a small one will fit in my garden shed and a big one wont. a small one does not eat as much and as they can live in the wild without a farrier I can save money there as well. small ones eat things like bread and vegetables so I can feed the left overs and dont need to use as much hay








***** this is not to be taken seriously :-D
 
Also you don't develop over large arm muscles from flinging rugs on anything over 15hh. Tacking up is a doddle, and can remount easily having been given the 'old heave ho'.
 
Is this classed as a 'why so small' horsey? Not quite a 'Welsh pony of cob type' but just tipping over to be a 'Proper' Welsh cob (only just). He's still little though and has a pony mind & soul.

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The most painful fall I ever had was from a 12hh pony!! :redface3: I'm about 5'11, my feet pretty much touched the floor. My little sister was riding him and he was napping towards the gate at speed, so I got on to show her how to deal with it, gave him a light smack with the stick and the little beggar bucked me off!! :eek3: I wasn't expecting it at all and did a forward roll into the arena fence :redface3: Unfortunately for me there were about five people watching who all thought it was HILARIOUS.
 
Auslander said:
Are all you pony riders trying to recapture your youth, or something?
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LMAO :D NO! My Youth has long since legged it into the mists of time :) Taking her friends Flexibility and Bouncibility (if that isn't a word it is now ;) ) with her, the bitch!

Over the past 20 years my horses have been getting progressively shorter ;) and I am pretty sure that I have shrunk too :(

My riding horses are both 14h because I am a pixie and can't get on anything bigger than 14.2h, and, I have to admit that I do quite like being able to see their backs when I am grooming them, and I get vertigo (even on the back of a horse :( )
 
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Enfys said:
I do quite like being able to see their backs when I am grooming them
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Thats actually a very good point. Alf got bitten quite badly right on top of his back, and I had to stand on the mounting block to treat it. Now I have to stand on the gate to check it, and after foolishly trying to hop on him bareback the other week (he didn't approve, and it ended badly!), he is convinced I'm up to no good and bogs off as soon as I climb the gate!
 
I was put on ponies when I started riding lessons so kinda got used to them and when I went to buy my first horse it seemed like the right thing to do, I felt odd on horses at the time too. I wouldn't part with my pony now but sometimes I wish he was 15.2 instead of 14.2, especially when I come up to huge cross country fences :-)
 
Same here, at 5ft 1 , and weighing in at 8 stone wet through, why on earth would i want a big horse. I struggle with my lower legs on my 14.2, wouldnt stand a hope on anything bigger, let alone hoik a saddle and rugs on. Each to their own.
 
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