DD2 tried a lovely pony yesterday,she has just been on trial with 2 different friend who both sang her praises but neither of whom bought her.One said it was because despite her daughter loving the pony and her not putting a foot wrong,she won't give up her old pony and can't have 2.The other said that within a year her daughter would have outgrown her and she couldn't bear the thought of having to part with her and start looking all over again.
DD2,despite recently having such bad experiences with B,got on really well,and cantered and jumped her very nicely on two separate days in 2 different places.I asked the owner what the pony was like in open spaces and she replied that her daughter had been taught to turn her in circles if she got excited and couldn't be stopped and that did the trick.Now,this girl is twice dd2's age and dd2 is small and light [see pics on my profile],so I don't think she'd stand a chance of stopping.
I emailed one of the friend's who have trialled her and asked how they found her out in the fields.She said that they didn't know as her dd [9] is not allowed to canter outside of the school,and that there are hardly any ponies that won't bomb off if everyone else is too.But dpony doesn't,even out hound exercising she does as she is told,and Newboy didn't either.Plus when I asked the owner,neither of us mentioned other ponies,just 'what is she like in open spaces?' If she bombs of alone,what will she do in company?
So,am I being unrealistic to expect a pony not to loose it's head in a big field? And am I being unreasonable to let the dds canter and gallop about in fields at 7 and 9? I thought everyone did stuff like this?
Thankyou for reading this far.