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Hi everyone, new member here.
I would love if someone could give me a little advice.
I was given an extremely hairy somewhat lousy unbroken little 2 year old cob stallion (about 12hh I think) about 8 months ago. He was promptly gelded, deloused and wormed.
The plan is that once my daughter is old enough ( she's only 1 at he moment) he's to be her pony. So In the mean time
I've been doing as much groundwork with him as I can.
Everything I throw at him he's taken in his stride like the little trooper he is.
My question is once he's matured enough would he be able to carry my weight to continue his education in ridden work ( working on having him driving aswell ) I'm 5ft and weigh 9st.
I'm in no hurry to rush him in to carrying weight.
Hopefully the picture of him is attached. Excuse my nutty chestnut. She's 17 going on 4.
Mini cob ringo

Mini cob ringo

Not sure what im actually doing here please bare with me folks
 
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Hi & welcome, it's a friendly place here so feel free to join in any post that takes your fancy :)

I can only see the photo in your first post, but looking at that one I'd say that if he's built like that at 2 then by the time he's old enough to back he'll be perfectly capable of carrying you, he's a lovely chunky chap.
 
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carthorse said:
Hi & welcome, it's a friendly place here so feel free to join in any post that takes your fancy :)

I can only see the photo in your first post, but looking at that one I'd say that if he's built like that at 2 then by the time he's old enough to back he'll be perfectly capable of carrying you, he's a lovely chunky chap.
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Thanks. I've changed the privacy setting of those other pictures, hopefully should be working now though They're pretty similar to the first one, he's filled out a bit more since they were taken.
 
What a cute little dude is your Ringo!

He looks very solid to me, already wide in the chest and thick in the legs. I would have said you would have no problem riding him to back him, and I bet he could pull 3 of you!
 
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Jane&Ziggy said:
What a cute little dude is your Ringo!

He looks very solid to me, already wide in the chest and thick in the legs. I would have said you would have no problem riding him to back him, and I bet he could pull 3 of you!
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Thanks, I wish I had a pony like him growing up! I'm just waiting for my daughter to learn to talk to tell me she dosn't even like horses and ponies:p
 
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Hi & welcome, great post, I'm not expert enough to tell what a two year old will be capable of carrying from a photo but he is a cutie! Love his blue eye/s?? one or both blue?
 
orbvalley said:
Hi & welcome, great post, I'm not expert enough to tell what a two year old will be capable of carrying from a photo but he is a cutie! Love his blue eye/s?? one or both blue?
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Just the one blue eye. I've never had to maintain such a hairy pony before though! I'm forever de-tangling knots from his mane!
 
Love the blue eye.

I should think he will carry you and possibly even carry you off if he had a neck to match the rest of him.

Mine is hairy and I keep the tail and feathers in check otherwise she steps in herself. Though I was standing on her tail yesterday so it needs doing again.
 
Trewsers said:
Hello and welcome:D no advice but nice horses - love your chestnut too:D
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Ah thank you. She's my absolute rock. I've had her since she was 2 and I was 10.
Unfortunately when I became pregnant I made an extremely heart breaking decision to sell her.... was the hardest 6 months of my life before buying her back :p ( minus the having a baby part inbetween)
 
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if 12hh at 2 then you have some more growing to do yet, he looks like he will make a m/w cob 13.2 + - our mare is 13-3 and carried 10 stone + without knowing anyone on her back - similar build - great nature and go forever, we trusted her with our Grandchildren - see below with Emm when she was 18 months (pony 20yrs) she was her Mums Pony bought as a 4 yrs old and actually only 3 - a saint of a pony even now...........aged 27yrs - we have all ridden her at some stage a real family pony - strong but safe........

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newforest said:
Love the blue eye.

I should think he will carry you and possibly even carry you off if he had a neck to match the rest of him.

Mine is hairy and I keep the tail and feathers in check otherwise she steps in herself. Though I was standing on her tail yesterday so it needs doing again.
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I've never dealt with so much hair before. And it's not just long it's super thick too! How on earth do you keep on top of it? There's not enough conditioner in the world to keep the rat tails at bay with his tail. :D
 
Hoof_hearted said:
I've never dealt with so much hair before. And it's not just long it's super thick too! How on earth do you keep on top of it? There's not enough conditioner in the world to keep the rat tails at bay with his tail. :D
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She lives out on clay soil. I am lucky in one way that mine doesn't do wet. So she comes into the barn, rolls and goes back out covered in dust and straw.
I do keep my eyes on the feathers once a week probably in winter. I don't use any conditioner on them. I wash them perhaps twice a year.
 
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if 12hh at 2 then you have some more growing to do yet, he looks like he will make a m/w cob 13.2 + - our mare is 13-3 and carried 10 stone + without knowing anyone on her back - similar build - great nature and go forever, we trusted her with our Grandchildren - see below with Emm when she was 18 months (pony 20yrs) she was her Mums Pony bought as a 4 yrs old and actually only 3 - a saint of a pony even now...........aged 27yrs - we have all ridden her at some stage a real family pony - strong but safe........

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So cute! I cant wait until my daughter starts learning to ride. She just adores animals. :p
 
I love him! Looks to me the sort that will be up to weight even just seeing him as a 2 year old. I have had a lot of heavy hairys in the past and the one thing I found invaluable for the ones with very thick heavy tails was baby oil. I used to just brush lashings of it through about every 10 days and always kept them from getting too clagged up with mud and rats tails. Pig Oil and Sulpher is also really good for keeping the feathers in good order - but we sure to do a patch test first before using it. If no adverse reaction, again coat the feathers right down to the skin right through the winter and it will also stop bog burn (where the constant wet and mud cause the feathers to 'burn' off and loose all their lovely length and thickness) and protect from mud fever and mites.

Welcome to the forum :)
 
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Cortrasna said:
I love him! Looks to me the sort that will be up to weight even just seeing him as a 2 year old. I have had a lot of heavy hairys in the past and the one thing I found invaluable for the ones with very thick heavy tails was baby oil. I used to just brush lashings of it through about every 10 days and always kept them from getting too clagged up with mud and rats tails. Pig Oil and Sulpher is also really good for keeping the feathers in good order - but we sure to do a patch test first before using it. If no adverse reaction, again coat the feathers right down to the skin right through the winter and it will also stop bog burn (where the constant wet and mud cause the feathers to 'burn' off and loose all their lovely length and thickness) and protect from mud fever and mites.

Welcome to the forum :)
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Thanks for the advice! Luckily I've got baby oil in abundance.
He's only passported with the horse passport agency. Would he be able to attend any shows? If so what classes?
 
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