The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Pets & Working Animals => Horses, ponies, donkeys & mules => Topic started by: Roxy on April 01, 2011, 10:55:26 pm
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(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y218/dollylane/mollyandoliverkinderwoods10thApr-1.jpg)
Having a breather before setting off to the top of the hill in the background. We have 9 ponies altogether, and all are barefoot and cope very well with the rough tracks. Live on the edge of the moors, over 1000ft above sea level, out full time unrugged.
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You lucky duck! Lovely sturdy ponies. Always wanted my own horse, never managed to have time and money together, too old now
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Well, we have plenty spare ones here you can ride, Annie!! The good thing is, they are not very big, so easier to get on and off. The ones in the photo are 14hh, but we have a very stocky Fell gelding who is only 13.1hh
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That would be my dream pony, but as always the girls come first and they have the ponies in our household.
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They remind me of a certain chap who is stood in my field! ;D
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ROXY im loving your photo those two are crackers :wave:
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You all look great. Lovely country too. 8)
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happy bunch there!
i am jealous of your riding territory, i have to go on the road for a spell before i get anywhere nice. and it's so much more fun with company too!
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absolutely fab! love them - can i steal one of them please?
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lovely...
(does this mean your camera is wired up? How big are the piggies now?!!)
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Are they dales? My boy looks just like them and he is a dalesx - he's also barefoot now and such a different pony it is unbelievable.
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Yes, Freddiesfarm, they are Dales. We have 5 Dales and 2 Fells, plus an Irish Draught mare and a Dartmoor x Shetland. The ones in the photo are broken to drive as well as ride. As you can see, the gelding is a lot wider, but the mare will put on weight now the grass is coming. The good thing about them is that they are good doers.
People wonder how we tell them apart, as they are all black, but some have a small star. I like to think I can tell the difference, but I have to confess that I have gone in the field and brought out one to ride, and had to return it when I realised it was the wrong one!!!!
We were at a show locally last year. The mare in the photo won the Mountain and Moorland class. I was waiting at the ringside to hand over to my hubby the mares younger sister, who was in the youngstock mountain and moorland. The lady judge asked hubby what he was playing at, entering the mare he had just told her was 11 in a youngstock class. He kept his face straight as he told her this pony was only 3. She said nothing ;D
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lovely happy ponies :)
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You very lucky people, I would love to be able to ride again. Nice ponies. :)
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:wave: Nice to see you both again :wave: ponies are looking good
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:wave:Hello Daisy. Hope your gorgeous new boy is settling in well!!
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Very nice indeed. We have horses too, mine is a 15 hand black welsh sec D, my daughters is a bay 13.3 irish cob, and we have their companion, a little shitland ;D Also got a coloured 4yr old pony I rescued as a foal, who should have been sold by now, but the market is dead.
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Very nice indeed. We have horses too, mine is a 15 hand black welsh sec D, my daughters is a bay 13.3 irish cob, and we have their companion, a little shitland ;D Also got a coloured 4yr old pony I rescued as a foal, who should have been sold by now, but the market is dead.
Is that you Heather? you sound awfully familiar!! Welcome to TAS!! Am sure you know who this is! ;D
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Is that you Heather? you sound awfully familiar!! Welcome to TAS!! Am sure you know who this is! ;D
I wonder how you knew it was me ??? ;D ;D
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Is that you Heather? you sound awfully familiar!! Welcome to TAS!! Am sure you know who this is! ;D
I wonder how you knew it was me ??? ;D ;D
OOOh, I couldnt possibly think why!!! ;D ;D ;D
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Apart from WB forum, WB is my username on every other forum I belong to PNT :hshoe:
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What beautiful Dales ponies you have. I have 1 Highland, 1 Haflinger, 1 Welsh A pony and did have my IDxTB (my avatar pic) but lost her in Feb. I really love Dales but think hubby would have a fit if I said I was getting another.
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Hi Roxy, he's settling in fine :wave:
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Thats great to hear!! He will soon find his place in your little herd (the bottom!) Dales youngsters are tough nuts. All mine go straight in with the herd, and look so small when the adults come thundering over. Being chased by Molly and Oliver cannot be a pleasant experience, but my view is that no matter when they go in with the others there will be a chase usually, so I do it sooner rather than later to get it done with!!