You have confused me.. We have all sorted the differences on the A.. And are now discussing the tobiano...

Re the rearing if it doesn't get sorted by them it will need sorting.. I have heard about the old crack an egg on the horses head.. But not sure I would do it... I have also seen horses be dragged over... If you can keep a horse going forward though it can't rear...

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Hi there. Good luck with this pony if you decide to take him home... I do find it hard to believe that a dealer with over 200 horses cant find a bridle or sadle for that matter that fits a pony..... Did you even try putting a girth round him ?? I used to keep my horse at a dealers yard and i am sorry to say I saw an awful lot of pretty bad things....If you dont know how to hold the reigns properly then why are you even considering buying another horse ?? sounds like you have a challenge on your plate with your first one !!!!!! Just be very wary thats all I am saying....

..I don't want to show him in-hand. If someone else wants to dress up for it then they go for it. He's nowhere near in a decent condition physically to be shown. I'm just concentrating on getting the hair around his face to grow back.
Again, he's fine with my weight. I'm not arguing about my fatness anymore, I know i'm tubby. Getting to a happy 6stone isn't easy for someone my height.
He knows how to lead, tie, have his feet picked out etc; he was taught that from when he was a foal.
I didn't break him, I rode him, at a walk, for about a minute the day after I got him, then for about 5mins with someone leading me at a show on Sunday.
Since he's been with me, he's started showing a lot of character, at the other place he couldn't be cheeky or god knows what would of happened. He's happy and loves where he is now and with me, if he didn't want me to ride him, he'd quite happily ground me.
I've had the vet to him yesterday, and he's having treatment for his back as our physio isn't out for another 2months. It's nothing to do with the bones, just where he's been ridden hard on concrete by his previous owners. Till he has that done and the vet gives the all clear i'm not even contemplating getting on him.
Maximum work he's done with me is walking on a lead rope with me riding him bareback, at the times I stated.
The MINIMUM work he did with his previous owners was jump, canter, hacking, galloping etc;
He's barely doing anything except sitting in a field at night with good grass and a cool stable in the day to keep the flies off.

There are a lot of 2 year olds being ridden into the ground by idiots and unknowledgable people, I'm neither. Sorry if I come across as one because I bought a bombproof 2 year old...
We all train differently, I don't agree with your methods and you don't agree with mine. If we all trained the same there would be no variety in horses and they would all be push button.

..I do know how to hold my reigns properly. I've been riding for 14 years, i'm very experianced with riding competition horses and project horses and have owned many horses myself. I don't think I'd get very far if I held the reigns the way he told me to, in the show ring. My horses mouths would be like leather.
There are bad dealers and good dealers. But there are bad riders and good riders, bad owners and good owners. There are good and bad people everywhere not just in the horse world.

They had his bridle but that was the only one they had in there at the time. I don't think they ride their horses in saddles often, just when hacking.

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Your feet almost touch the ground when your on your new pony!

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Because I don't crumple my legs up like a jockey.
Let this thread die. If you looked at the posting date, this was weeks ago.
Haven't bothered updating on him since i've been busy with my new(er) one.

Meh, I'm fat, i'm tall, I get the message ¬¬

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Im sure your not too heavy for him, looks very sweet

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