Re: Pony Power!

[Bob & Amber Roberts <mlaboure@flash.net>]

Kit wrote:
> I love all these pony stories :)  Last year
> I went on this
> 20 mile ride through sand (it wasn't an endurance or CTR,
> but I thought it would be good training).  One of the
> guides was this 6' good sized adult gentleman who rode this
> little bitty pony -- he was probably mid 13hh.  This pony
> kept right up there all day with our walkers, and was still
> rarin' to go in the evening.  I was really impressed!!
I have been reading these pony/small horse messages to my
husband.  He said I should relate his story.  We came from a
Walking Horse background.  Met some wonderful endurance riders who
got us into the sport.  My husband donated his Walker to a children's
home and bought a 3 year old Arabian gelding.  The horse grew to just
under 15 hands.  When the horse was old enough, my husband rode him
in a 25 mile LD ride to start his endurance career and some man made the
comment, "Why are you riding such a small horse?"  My husband is 6
ft. tall. Well, that did it!  He sold the horse to a woman who is
now competing on him.  My husband now regrets having sold that horse
because (hind sight again) he says it was probably the best horse he ever
had.  And we now know that the horse could have done 50s with him.

I guess the point is, ride the horse you want to and don't pay any attention to what others say.

Amber