Would it bother you buying a pony from an adult?

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Dozy Mare

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I'm currently trying to buy a horse and have been considering anything from 14.2hh upwards. Recently I've seen a lovely well bred pony 14.2hh 5yo within my budget that seems honest and genuine and moves nicely but the likelihood is that I will have to sell on in a year or two.

If you were looking for a good pony club pony, would it bother you buying from an adult?

I would plan on schooling him up and getting him out and about and letting him see the world as he's quite green still (understandably!) and if he's suitable in time do have a couple of young jockeys in mind that I would hope to have ride him too once he's more established (and fingers crossed take him to do some pony club bits and pieces too!)

What do you think?
 
I have produced and sold many ponies, selling on has never been an issue although I do usually get them ridden by teens regularly, it is normally a good selling point that they have been properly educated without learning bad habits along the way.
If the pony is nice it will usually sell, if it is a true allrounder, to a PC home, just keep the end market in mind when bringing it on.
 
Nope, not at all! Seems to be more and more adults riding ponies these days so a nicely bred, well mannered, all rounder will appeal to parents looking for a PC pony and smaller adults as well.
Best of luck!
 
At 14.2 not at all.

A 12h pony that is perfect with an adult may sometimes take the mick when a child gets on and it realises that the jockey is not as strong. Not always, but it would be something that was in my mind when trying a small pony that an adult had brought on.
 
Didn't put me off at all. I brought my pony from an adult. He'd had younger riders on him but thanks to his adult owner he wasn't spoilt at all and is a pleasure to be around. He's been ridden by 12-38yo's and anyones ride x
 
Dozy Mare said:
I'm currently trying to buy a horse and have been considering anything from 14.2hh upwards. Recently I've seen a lovely well bred pony 14.2hh 5yo within my budget that seems honest and genuine and moves nicely but the likelihood is that I will have to sell on in a year or two.

If you were looking for a good pony club pony, would it bother you buying from an adult?

I would plan on schooling him up and getting him out and about and letting him see the world as he's quite green still (understandably!) and if he's suitable in time do have a couple of young jockeys in mind that I would hope to have ride him too once he's more established (and fingers crossed take him to do some pony club bits and pieces too!)

What do you think?
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Many adults produce and sell ponies, no it wouldn't bother me, even if they didn't produce and sell, but were selling one as perfect for that job, if they sold it as such and I rode it and assessed it as being suitable, no, I wouldn't give a fig who was selling it, why should it matter who the seller was.

As a side note, only adults are allowed to own and sell horses/ponies anyway ;)
 
Absolutely not.

I have just decided to sell my TB and look for something around the 14.2-15hh mark and if I liked the pony I wouldn't care less if it was being ridden by an adult or a child.
 
Thank you all for your positive comments :)

I had a friend ask me if I'd thought about this so wondered if it was worth asking others opinions as know it wouldn't have been an issue if I had been lucky to have pony at that age! I don't think she meant to rain on my parade but was more saying if you buy a pony for an adult will it really be safe enough for a child? But this is pretty much where I was at though as hoped to give him a good grounding to go on with (think he could be a really good pony in the future and is pretty sensible as it is) and figured if I could "prove" him with a young jockey too then it wouldn't be too much of an issue!

Prancer & Vixen said:
As a side note, only adults are allowed to own and sell horses/ponies anyway ;)
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Good point :p what even is the age you can legally own a horse? I will probably be mistaken for younger anyway...got ID'd for a lottery ticket the other day which was pretty disappointing!
 
I think it really depends on whether you want to sell on for a younger rider - not all ponies are suitable ... Depends on breed/temperament - mine on paper should be a fire-breathing monster but he's missed his calling as a beach donkey :D
 
My sister's pony was bought from an adult and he was wonderful, she had done everything right (she backed him and rode him on) and he retained his perfect manners for the three years we had him! :P He had a fab temperament though, I could imagine an adult managing a more feisty pony, that a child could not.

They do sometimes pick up naughty habits from being ridden by (esp tiny) kids, so would happily buy from an adult! We had one that if you threw him the reins he would go into gallop. (saying that, he did do games so perhaps useful talent rather than naughty trick) ;)
 
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I am 5ft 1" I feel over horsed and often look stupid on anything 15hh or over (usually depending on type), so no it wouldn't put me off in the slightest if the pony in question was what I was looking for.

I feel too many adults get put down riding ponies just because they are an "adult", and feel they have to have something over 15hh to be taken more seriously. Especially when it comes to competing.
 
Not if I was buying it for myself....I recently bought a 14.2hh hunting cob for myself from another adult.

However some ponies that are used to being ridden by experienced adults don't always suit children, and can be too strong. A friend recently bought a lovely 13.2hh for her 9yr old son but again was only ridden by adults and in reality was too much for a child. Sadly she had to sell it on as not suitable.
 
As long as you remember your target market for resale when you are training it on it should sell well.

Some adults forget that often children don't have the strongest or most finely tuned aids and some can struggle to get a good tune out of ponies trained by adults. Also, some ponies don't get to 'be ponies' and do fun things like handy pony, PC rallies, group rides or beach rides, and can then be a bit overwhelmed. If you have the chance to 'borrow' a child every now and then to join in PC or junior competitions it will also help to show the versatility and genuine temperament.
 
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