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I ponied a friend's horse once.  Her horse supposedly knew how to be ponied and I didn't know if my mare would or not.  I just took the lead and started off.  It wasn't long and my mare would pin her ears and make an ugly face anytime my friend's horse came up alongside too far...he had to stay back by her rump.  By golly if he didn't listen to her and stay put...and he was dominant over her in the pasture too.  I guess she knew some things we didn't ;-)

On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 12:44 PM, patty peck <ebeyslew@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

D'Arcy Demianoff-Thompson <cest.mon.virage@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 >>The reason I wondered about pony experience was the fact that you could run into >a   horse, on the trail, that lost it's rider some how, and you might have to pony that >horse back to camp. 

 

I have done this at a ride,  ponied a lost horse several miles and when I got back to camp with the horse the owner told me that,  "the horse doesn't pony".  It is a handy skill to have.

 

Patty Peck

 

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