Horse & Hound – 08 August 2019

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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