I have a very horsey friend who has (among others) two little white Shetland ponies. Her dd is 3, has ridden since before she could walk and rides beautifully - upright and confident. Friend is very keen for my dd to do things with hers and has just moved to within about 45 mins drive from us. We meet up about once a week. My dd loves animals and has lots of pets and I would like her to ride and get into horses, for reasons stated in other posts on this thread - self confidence, independence, etc. However, having no experience, when she sits on the pony, she hunches up and clings onto the mane (obviously - I'm not criticising her). What tips has anyone got?
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
Discuss horse riding and ownership on our Horse forum.
The tack room
How would you help a 3-year old learn to ride?
21 replies
RacingSnake · 11/05/2010 21:59
OP posts:
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.