Ponies

Having sold a couple of ponies I’ve been on the look out for some more. A couple of weeks ago I went to see two Bridgend way one of my students told me about. We arrived on this busy little livery yard with a small outdoor school. A very friendly lady met us and showed us the first pony he is a little coloured pony which she called George, 4 year old and in need of some good food and about 12.2hh. The lady’s daughter rode him then Sarah who came with us rode him he was very sweet and well behaved but the price was a bit high so we looked at the other one. This she informed us was a Haflinger and she informed us that Haflingers are palimino and from Ireland which is strange because they are normally chestnut and from Austria. I did point out that it looked chestnut but she insisted that it was dark palimino. It had a blanket clip and I assumed it was difficult to clip because it looked like a patch work quilt but she said it was her clipping. Anyway apparently this pony has a slight problem, it naps when you first get on it and bucks a bit. Her daughter rode it first and when she asked it to go forward it bucked a little it didn’t really want to go forward and each time she asked it threatened to buck the kid didnt seem to want to do anything about it despite her mother yelling at her to hit it. Anyway my daughter Amelia got on it next she asked it to go forward with her leg and it threatened to buck so she kicked it harder and then it did buck so she tapped it with the whip it then leapt and bucked continously in an almost perfect pirouette. After which it went forward cantered on both reins jumped and didn’t put a foot wrong. Which then made me wonder whether it would do the same thing again with another rider, so Sarah got on it I have to say you had to see it to see how funny it was, exactly the same thing happened again Sarah kicked it, it threatened, Sarah kicked it harder it bucked, Sarah tapped it with the whip and off it went again rodeo bucking in a circle and then was good as gold. I was impressed with Sarah’s stickability. We decided this wouldn’t be suitable for the school as I think I would have no customers left if they had to go through that everytime they rode it. I made an offer for the small pony and then we left. Several days later my offer was accepted and a few days ago she delivered the pony who was passported with the name Polo I commented that I thought his name was George but apparently its Polo. Saturday the same lady arrived with another pony a 13hh chestnut, again Sarah rode it in the school and it was very well behaved but another pony that looks like he needs a good meal or two. She took him home but brought him back today so we now have two new ponies. I Haven’t received the passport for the chestnut yet so I don’k know its name and I didn’t ask cause it will probably be something else

Lately Storm has been getting worse in her behaviour but being only 5 I don’t think she is coping with living in as all our horses do in the winter. So last week I chucked her down the woods with the ponies and she seems to have calmed down considerably.

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