toddler riding-comments from Brenna Sullivan

["Karen Sullivan" <greymare@jps.net>]

Dear ridecamp,

 

When I was eight, I did a limited distance ride.  It took a great amount of work to prepare for the ride,such as learning how to feed, water the horse correctly, take care of it, and riding lots of miles.

I think 3 year olds are not smart enough to understand the concept of taking care of horses and if you want to get involved in the sport, I believe you should know a lot about horses and how to take care of them.  Even when I was 8, the ride was hard, even on my trusted pony.

 

When I was 3, we got the pony.  It was hard for me to even ride around in a paddock, let alone do a trail ride.  As for the "exceptional" 3 year old, he should not be riding endurance rides until he learns how dangerous horses can be. He is too young to make his own decisions on what he wants to do.

 

Back to lurking,

 

Brenna Sullivan, AERC member, age 13