boy I would hate to see this allowed. Very few people are skilled at this,
and even under the very BEST of circumstances, something can go wrong and
someone can get hurt. I for one would never pony a horse in an event like this,
and I have been ponying horses from youngsters to layup race horses for 30 years
plus. I would not want to go to an event where this was allowed. One more
hazard. IMHO, the benefits if any to one horse or owner are FAR outweighed by
the potential for risk and the general annoyance to others participants. I
hadn't thought of horse swapping, since, if a horse is young and inexperienced
enough to require "introduction" it should not be RIDDEN out there in any
case.
s
In a message dated 8/21/2008 8:40:34 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
Sbolinge@xxxxxxx writes:
What is the rule concerning ponying a horse on an endurance ride? It sure
would be a great way to introduce a young horse to endurance. I assume it
isn't allowed because of the chance someone would switch around which one
they were riding.
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