The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Pets & Working Animals => Horses, ponies, donkeys & mules => Topic started by: princesspiggy on September 24, 2012, 01:18:06 am
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Lisa & Nibbit - NOT ME!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKUl68B9amQ#ws)
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Watched this with my jaw dropped! fantastic!
What breed?
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a halflinger stallion with 16 yr old girl.
so lovely isnt it?
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Absolutely fantastic.watched it several times,so beautiful!
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Darent teach my Haffie any tricks - she will start doing them at inopportune moments on hacks!
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That is beautiful, this is a special relationship, don't do this at home folks! :thumbsup:
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Wonderful! And the look of pure joy on that girl' face!!
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Wow!
Helen
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Blimey. Really pretty.
A couple of sisters used to hunt a pair of Haflingers with snaffles (in the days when I could still ride). They used to use my 17h IDx as brakes but they were so nice I didn't mind. I doubt they were stallions!
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Does anyone know the name of that French guy who exhibits his ponies loose? He was at Dublin Horse Show this year, this put me in mind of him, such trust and control!
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Blimey. Really pretty.
A couple of sisters used to hunt a pair of Haflingers with snaffles (in the days when I could still ride). They used to use my 17h IDx as brakes but they were so nice I didn't mind. I doubt they were stallions!
The only time I took my 17hh IDx hunting we used everyone as brakes :-DDD!!! but my Haffie is also a bit 'go faster stripes' when other horses are off running. As the Fatpony blog online (haffy owner) says, If you'd wanted me to stop you should have used another bit' :-DDDD I ride my Haffie in a hanging cheek snaffle (no more brakes but it is more stable in the mouth than a loose ring) but the IDx at the grand old age of 20 still requires a running gag....:-)) (ridden on the snaffle rein tho, the other one is knotted on the neck as a 'warning' :-DD
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As was once said "there are fools, damn fools and those who hunt in a snaffle" :)
The very competent lady who bought my beloved and wonderfully good natured IDx was convinced she could hunt him in a snaffle. Last time I saw him out he was sporting a Cheltenham gag :excited:
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Does anyone know the name of that French guy who exhibits his ponies loose? He was at Dublin Horse Show this year, this put me in mind of him, such trust and control!
Presuming you are talking about Jean-François Pignon :) ?
MUSTANG SALLY - CHRIS NORMAN - (Siggi Schwarz production) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2erlljh0cg#ws)
Jean-Francois Pignon Crinières d'or 2011.mov (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qncbDfT5KsU#ws)
Or Fredric?
Frédéric Pignon et ses étalons (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1YO3j-Zh3g#ws)
Or Mikey
Mike Wanzenried@Parelli Celebration 2009, part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_70rdUuNGU#)
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Just watched the first clip, it was totally amazing! :love:
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My old pony was a haflinger, i had him up until last year when i had to have him pts with cushings. He was an absolute gem. i bought him when he was four and we hunted, did dressage, won a dressage prelim championship and did showjumping ( i wasn't that good at that) i really recommend them as a breed they are so even tempered.
He even stopped once when i fell off out hunting we jumped a ditch and i fell off the side and he stopped dead and waited patiently for his dumb mother to get back on, then took off like a rocket!!
Like i said i really recommend them, lovely ponies
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Hmmm, we have one, very strong willed, opinionated and to clever for his own good! Very loving but acts first and thinks later, will kill (kick) anyone (other horses) when food is around and if he doesn't want you on his back then your in for a rough ride!
On the plus side my ten year old loves him dearly and is trying to persevere with him. He is very talented and often jumps the 4ft fence for fun, the dividing field fence! However if he isn't in a jumping mood when ridden then he just thrusts his head to the ground as you land.
And don't get me started on loading him :-\
Hmm reading this back I'm not sure why he's still here :thinking: he was supposed to be a pony club pony but the loading issues got the better of me.
Loveable rouge :love:
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Oh they've got character! mine would test a rider but i could put a non rider on his back and he wouldn't come out of walk.
But he did used to jump into the next field and pinch their hay when his ran out! and i caught him going on his knees under a slip rail to get to another horse's field for food.
But if he did buckeroo when i rode him he always kept his head up so i didn't come off and he never " dumped" me like some horses do.
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Thank you so much, Jinglejoys, that made me so happy :) I remembered when my sisters and brothers and I would try to turn our little Dartmoor ponies into circus ponies (we didn't do that well though ;D ) but would do "round the worlds" "under and overs" vaulting over their tails or necks etc. Happy, happy days :) :)