8 August 2019Horse& Hound 3
Pictures by Bill
Selwyn,
Tony
Parkes, Peter Nixon and Lucy Merrell
Perfect
ponies
JULIE
TEMPLETON
makesan
interesting
pointinher
comment(p69)
thatit shouldbe
permissibletolungeponiesatshows
aheadoftheirchildjockeysriding
them—orforanadulttoridethepony
first.I’vesaidthatif theponydoesnot
havethetemperamenttoberidden
firstbyitschildrider,thenit is notan
idealexampleofitstype.Julieargues
judgesarelookingforthebestexample
ofa pony,notnecessarilythesafest.
However,judgesdowanttoseethe
animalbehaveinthering.
Ishavinga ponyriddenbyanadult
beforehand,orlunged,justsensible
managementtocreatethewinning
picture?Isit unrealistictothinka
ponycouldbetrainedandmanagedin
sucha waythatit looksspectacularin
theringbutis quietenoughfora child
tomanagestraightoffthewagon?
Coulda childeverbeexpectedtohave
theskilltomanagea sharpponywith
suchlittleexperience?
Juliealsotouchesonridersbeing
askedtodismountatshowsonthe
basisthattheyaretooheavy.Sheuses
anexampleofanadultrider,butone
whois nottooheavyfortheponysheis
riding.Itdoesappearthatpartofthe
motivationfortacklingriderswhoare
tooheavyforponiesseekstostopthe
practiceofadultsworkinginponies
beforeclasses.Isthatentirelyonthe
basisthattheyaretooheavy?Orare
theretwoseparateissueshere?
Weareallinagreementthatno
ponyshouldberiddenbysomeone
whois toobigforit.Whetherit is
acceptableforadultstoworkponiesin,
well,thejuryis outandsomeoneneeds
tomakea decisionand make it clear.
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