How old was your child when they came off the lead rein?

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And how old were they when they started lessons?

pixel - sounds to me like you have ern't that medal for all that running along side or do teh rda ladies do it for you ? hope the pressie was a pony !

Lol, the shetland can trot at my walking speed which is handy and keeps ds happy, although she can do a pretty good spanking trot if I run faster which makes him laugh. She was really a driving pony for many years so I've never managed to get her to canter even when I've run as fast as I could!

Ds goes with his school to the RDA and although I've helped out a few times my presence isn't usually required. They have scary pony-club-type ladies for that sort of thing!

Actually ds would happily be a speed-merchant and shows no fear, if only he could be persuaded to hold the reins we might get somewhere.

know what you mean about scarey pony club types....sounds like your son gets alot out of it htough