yes i totally agree and 9st is light my sister is 9 half st and our filly carries her no problem but we only took her half mile max and she had had enough by the end of it but once fully mature and muscled up im sure 9 to 10st she would carry but at her age i think you have to be careful with weight as she still developing i wish i weighed 9 stone i think ponies are great fun when i was 16 i had a 17h id and a 13 2 cob prefered him hands down such good fun n soooo cheeky

just to add not that it makes much difference but she is section a x new forest

ah i did think she looked it, nice cross

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Personally you should have an experienced rider or trainer help your daughters.You should wait till the mare is at least 4-5 to breed her and it is not a good reason to breed her to calm her down.There are thousands of homeless horses being SLAUGHTERED because no one wants them.You would be adding to those horses.

Breeding can sometimes make them moody and skittish.. and does cost lots of money

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3 yr old is not too young to breed, most show breeders choose to breed a foal before they back due to it helping the mare to mature

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As a breeder of British Riding Ponies & Welsh Ponies I would never put a mare in foal at 3, purley because I dont believe they are mature enough at 3. Most breeders do but I wont. I wait until 4-5 years when they have had time to settle down from the youngster naughty period of there lives! Working her will stop the skittiness, I have a 2 year old BRP who is jumpy, skitty and very bouncy. Working her helps her to relise she isnt the dominant one and will help her relise that you are the boss. xx

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hi - 3 years old isnt too young to breed providing the filly is well grown - i myself put my 3yo mare in foal last year so she will be foaling this year aged 4 (dont forget in the wild most get pregnant at 2 years old and surely having a foal at a young age is far more natural than us breaking them in aged 2 or 3 as most people do! - now theres food for thought eh?!) however - you say she is skittish - in which case i would say a big NO to breeding from her - breeding is not something that should be embarked on lightly or because foals are cute or you have some spare time on your hands etc - it is costly - sometimes devistatingly so - something im sure you wouldnt like your children to go through. personally if the mare isnt ready from breaking i would use the next 12 months to really work on getting her handleable - lots of grooming and leading out in hand and generally exposing her to all the things she will later experience with your kids on - she needs to learn to trust you and accept all the spooky scary things around before she is broken. then i would suggest sending her away to a professional to start off and on her return work carefully with a good local instructor and your kids - it is all to easy for things to go wrong and both your kids and the pony be put off for good. hope some of this is of some use :-)

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