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[Roy Morgan]

On Sep 6, 2008, at 8:05 PM, Bruce Moden wrote:

> thanks Roy,
>
> I used to have a few ponies & minature horse (too tall to be  
> registered but born a minature)!  The ponies were far more crazy  
> than the min. horse.

Bruce,

The neighbor from two doors down stopped by to warn us of a dug well  
out back. He'd been born into the house we have and grew up there.   
Said his Dad raised quarter horses - some went to Roy Rogers, he says,  
and they had the best ones on the East Coast.  Anyway, he frowned at  
ponies.. said they are very unruly compared to horses.

Truth is, the particular two ponies we have are nice. One is quite  
small - I dunno how tall, but not a mineature.  He's "retired" from  
being the pony of a kid now grown whose family could apparently afford  
to get a very nice animal for him.. This pony is trained to pull  
(darriage and/or sleigh).  We have a needs-work sleigh and so I'm  
looking forward to making it right.  (the seat is all to pieces from  
age and wood rot, but there's enough to make a reproduction.)  We will  
need harness.

The other pony is the fat hafllinger (wholefllinger) and was bought by  
my wife who couldn't pass up such a nice animal.  That one we got for  
our now 6-1/2 year old.  When we got him, her legs would sort of stick  
out straight, his back is so broad.  He hunts and jumps, too, so Celia  
can do things with him beyond just lead the young girl around on a lead.

Did you ever hear of a miniature fainting pony?   Apparently there is  
such a thing.

Roy

Roy Morgan
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