>>> When we owned the Welsh pony, she was shown very successfully in local hunter/jumper shows by out grandson's young wife, who is about 5'5" tall, 110 lbs and legally an adult. In those classes, this was permissible, and the pony placed well against 16+ hand horses.
I can't remember all the show rules we encountered when my daughter was showing, but generally, it was not allowed to show a horse in pony classes. In the classes at the smaller open shows however, I think it was generally ok to show a pony in "horse" classes, but the rules were fairly lax at those. I guess the thinking was that a horse would have an unfair advantage over the ponies, but if a pony wanted to try going up against the "big guys", go ahead and try. I know there are some cases where adults are prohibited from showing ponies, but I THINK that usually applies to pony classes. I will eventually try to enter one of mine in a trail class. As a qualification, the only shows my daughter participated in were dressage shows, hunter shows or all-around open shows. The dressage and hunter shows used the national horse show association rules (US Equestrian I think they are called now?) We never went to a breed show. Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
