[RC] Ponying a colt question and Arabs doing it again. - MaryBDVM
I would like to take my long yearling colt (future endurance horse) along
on some easy "conditioning" rides. I've tried it in my pasture a couple of
times along side his mama and need some tips. How do you get the youngster
to not pull your arm out of the socket as he mosies along. Obviously his
poll doesn't get as sore as my shoulder. It is especially difficult
transitioning to a trot. Any tips on ponying training. How in the devil
did cowboys pony along a string of horses? One baby is tough enough.
I put his daddy's saddle and bridle on him tonight for the first time
for a couple of minutes. Sure is fun to dream about future rides and to
bring a baby along.
And as far as Arabs shining in areas other than endurance. My first
horse was a little 14 hand Welsh/Arab cross mare. We had one of the relays
in a 4 horse relay race at a little county fair. All of the other horses
on my team and the other teams were quarterhorses and some were racing
quarterhorses. We were behind the other teams when we got the baton passed
to us in the third leg. My little mare out ran all of the other horses, we
took the lead by a couple of lengths and we passed the baton to the next
horse. . Our lead wasn't good enough though, The last QH on our team
got passed up. I sure was proud of my little pony though.
