Ok, big decision to make all help needed please...........
Basically I have too many horses and not enough time and my friend who has been coming over once a week riding with me is sadly undergoing treatment for breast cancer and will be out of action all year
I do 25 mile endurance rides on my pony (14h appaloosa) and just hack and school a bit. I bought her 2 yrs ago to share with the children but she is not a childs ride really.
Have just bought my son a 16yr old 13h welsh type pony, muffy. Have hacked her out for the first time today and she was really forward going and obv enjoyed it. Have just found out that she has had prev. bout of laminitis so will need to give her plenty of work and I will have to do most of that as children are obv at school.
Would be happy to just give up endurance rides but my friend who keeps her horses with us is really keen and needs me to hack out with her (doesnt like going out on her own) and we have been doing rides together. So dont want to just dump her on her own.
Do you think it would be feasible to ride the 13h pony on 25 mile rides, would I get scowled at/laughed at? would it be fair on pony? I am 9st and 5ft1.
Then I could sell my 14h mare and concentrate on keeping Muffy fit (and the semi retired arab and the other childs pony etc etc....) without so much worry? Help please
Basically I have too many horses and not enough time and my friend who has been coming over once a week riding with me is sadly undergoing treatment for breast cancer and will be out of action all year
I do 25 mile endurance rides on my pony (14h appaloosa) and just hack and school a bit. I bought her 2 yrs ago to share with the children but she is not a childs ride really.
Have just bought my son a 16yr old 13h welsh type pony, muffy. Have hacked her out for the first time today and she was really forward going and obv enjoyed it. Have just found out that she has had prev. bout of laminitis so will need to give her plenty of work and I will have to do most of that as children are obv at school.
Would be happy to just give up endurance rides but my friend who keeps her horses with us is really keen and needs me to hack out with her (doesnt like going out on her own) and we have been doing rides together. So dont want to just dump her on her own.
Do you think it would be feasible to ride the 13h pony on 25 mile rides, would I get scowled at/laughed at? would it be fair on pony? I am 9st and 5ft1.
Then I could sell my 14h mare
and concentrate on keeping Muffy fit (and the semi retired arab and the other childs pony etc etc....) without so much worry? Help please
