This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Good points about Fjords and children. The one who felt ponies were more manageable because of their size? Have you ever seen a mini horse spook? I also thought the little two to three hundred pound horses would be easy to just pull over backwards if they ran off with the cart. Ha!!!!! One panicked in the show last year with an adult driver, wiped out two carts in the ring and sent its well trained owner to the hospital with concussion and hysteria. The entrants who still had their seats in their carts were huddled against the walls. Even two strong reins could not stop the wee beasty. It stopped when it jammed into a bunch of carts and had no place to go.
A pony can do just as much damage as a full grown or mini horse. I go along with the well trained theory plus lots of luck. Look at Karen Mc who has had some really hair raising experiences in years of working with horses and then gets "bumped" and has a fractured back!! This is a dangerous sport of ours, but it has all been worth it in my opinion. Karen might not think so at this moment, but she will when she heals. Jean Jean Walters Gayle [Authoress of "The Colonel's Daughter" Occupied Germany 1946 To 1949 ] http://users.techline.com/jgayle Send $20 Three Horses Press PO Box 104 Montesano, WA 98563
