As someone who rides a 17'2 hand tall Percheron mare... I love ponies and I have met and ridden a lot of good ones but there's just something about riding a literal tank of a horse that makes me feel so happy inside.
This might just be the most relatable video EVER, i own a pony and a horse and I laughed through this entire video. Especially when it came to “how it feels when the pony canters”😹😹😹I’m dying over here
Oh my gosh I laughed out loud! This is adorable! The video when you show it so bumpy on your pony trot …fantastic haha! I’ll ride a pony or little horse anytime, those big one scare me!
@@sevennine9208 SAME LIKE I WAS RIDING THIS PONY NAMED CASPER AND HIS TROT WAS SOOOO BUMPY AND I COULD HARDLY POST BC IM ONLY USED TO RIDING HORSES. LOL
Pony rider cantering horse: "woah, did you see that extension?!" horse rider observing: "he looked a little short strided there..." (totally not a true life story or anything.... 😂😂😂😂)
Storytime: My first time working for lessons, my trainer had all the horses in the arena. At the time, I'd only ridden 2/5, and didn't know any of them super well. In addition to the horses, there was a Shetland colt (maybe 6 months) and his mom. She left me alone with all of them for a few minutes. Obviously, I went for the colt first. He was so little and cute I thought he was smelling my pockets for treats, and accidentally nibbled me. When my trainer came back, she asked, "Has Derby tried to bite you yet?" "So that's what he's doing!" I replied, then explained my assumption. "Nope. Ponies are evil. Closer to the ground, closer to-" A few weeks later, the same pony kept taking the reins from me when I was riding in a pasture. My sisters think they're adorable (which they 110% are, no disputing that), saying, "I love ponies!!" I keep responding with, "You wouldn't think so if you spent some time with them!" -Laura C.
As someone with an Icelandic, I must say that the spooking part is, in my experience, completely the contrary. Most horses run away, completely losing their head, while my Icelandic flinches, takes a look, thinks "Oh! Okay, won't eat me, let's just carry on" and that's it. Only thing that truly scares him is fire. Okay, and drones. And...he does have a VERY good, comfortable trot - all it took was good training.
It's the same with our ponies (two Haflinger Horses) and my own horse (Shagya Arabian). The Haflinger horses just flinch and stay calm, my Arabian mare prances, sometimes she jumps to the side. Luckily she doesn't run away. I don't know if I could parry her through.
@@valeriebreidenstein8362 Haha, right? My Icelandic is pretty hard to shock, but I guess it's natural selection, really. If a horse runs off somewhere in the steppe, that's okay, but if an Icelandic loses its head, it'll end up in the next crevasse in some glacier and die. Probably similar for Haflingers, they come from the Alps, after all...
@@valeriebreidenstein8362 right? I guess it's due to natural selection - they cannot afford to lose their head and run off like that, they'd end up dead in a crevasse or something if they did...
Some time ago, I was outside with my riding instructor (she walks beside me and the horse, who is an icelandic mare) and out of nowhere a rabbit jumps out right in front of us. Both my instructor and I jump because it startles us, but the horse just calmly stands there, looking around lol. She didnt even flinch
😂😂😂 Ponies are just so much more convenient! You don't need a mounting block, you can always reach their head, if you fall off you're only two feet off the ground so it won't hurt and they're so much easier to keep! lol (But yes, I would like to have my horse in every size 😂 )
@@lilybean9585 How tall are you? I'm 5' 6" and my half Icelandic is 13.3hh, I don't think it matters on height as much as weight, I believe a horse can carry up to 20 percent of their body weight. But riding ponies feels much different in that you can throw them off balance a lot easier so its important to have a good seat, I'm so used to my short horse that riding my family's 14.2hh curly mare feels tall 😂
@@sportpony9037 almost 6 (5’10 5’11 maybe), I can technically ride smaller I guess (But no smaller then 14 something)but it feels really weird and my legs hang down past the belly a lot of the time so I can’t really use my heals at all. Just more comfortable on 16 hands I guess
@@lilybean9585 I could see that being awkward for sure! My family's Icelandic mare is only 12.2hh, I sometimes feel like I just need to dig my heels into the ground to stop 😂
This looks so funny! I have not watched it to much yet, I was at a camp with a 16 hand horse, and everybody else's, horses were smaller, so I could get all the good fall leaves!♡😂
the spider thing reminded me of that time when I went trail riding with my small friend on her small fjord, while I, being already a head taller than my friend, went on a tb that was the tallest horse in the barn. so the difference in height was comical, up till the point where my friend didn't even have to avoid all the branches that forced me to basically lie down half the ride, then it wasn't so funny for me
This is hilariously accurate! my friend has an old pony and I have a young quarter horse, dynamics are the same 🤣 She'll take a 1/2 ft vertical and thinks it's like 3 ft high! 🤣
Funny! Although my experience is that the spooking is opposite, the horses spook, and you're in another county or have your head stuck between the top branches of a tree. The pony, just bounces up and down in place.
Love love love my 11.2 hand pony but he sure thinks hes tough business! I bought him for my daughter but he’s my lil man! Ive always had big horses but now that I’m an old Mom with bills to pay I appreciate his closeness to the ground. However…. The trot is brutal! 🤣
I learned to ride on horses 15h-15.3h, vaulted on 16.3-17.2h draft horses & owned a 15.3 Tennessee Walker. Now I'm riding a 13.3 pony & my daughter's 12.2h pony (I'm tiny) & I VERY much appreciate being closer to the ground, not only in case I fall or get launched, but because I can just jump on & off his back real easy!
My favorite part was the trotting 🤣 I have a 14.3 horse and a 14 pony and I feel both those trots but love ❤️ love 💕 both my mates very funny video great job so much truth 😂
I’ve never ridden a pony but I drive both a pony and a horse cart and let me tell you, I could fall asleep while the horse is cantering and I feel like I’m in Ben-Hur when the pony is walking.
The sweet pony I ride is absolutely the best. He’s so calm, doesn’t spook and is a perfect gentleman, however I know of other ponies who are just the opposite
I had a pony(14.1) and a Morgan mix(~15) on winter lease last year. The Morgan had a relatively smooth trot, but I did prefer cantering on the pony more than the morgan.
I had a bad fall off a pony as a beginner rider My pony spooked for no apparent reason in the middle of a lesson with a large ride, galloped around the arena and eventually right at the gate where it abruptly jumped sideways. I flew straight at the gate and bashed into the top bar face first. Miraculously nothing broken but some teeth. Since then I’m in the horse camp.
The point about spooking is that ponies usually spook less. And while horses are all wound up for at least 15 minutes, Ponies usually forget what scared them after 10 seconds. 😁
I used to own a horse and we boarded her at our friends house. She acted so much like a pony. Our friends actually did get a pony at some point and he avoided her lol
I first learned to canter on a pony when I was seven, and I still love ponies. Do I prefer them over horses? No. Have a seen my fair share of bites from a pony? I indeed have. Do I still love them? Yes, I do.
I have times when I think I should have just got my daughter a horse instead of a pony. But after her pony id say she is qualified to ride almost anything.
Adult pony rider here - all of the above are accurate. In my pony's case, he is so round and witherless (even at a healthy weight) that there is no way I can get on from the ground unless someone is holding down the other stirrup for me. I actually have to use a taller mounting block so I can get on without putting any weight on the stirrup or vaulting up from a small block 😂
Riding ponies literally puts me out of commission for a few days. 😂 they take too many strides per second and I just feel like I’m riding a bike on a bumpy ass road
I ride on a pony but on a horse too. It is funny that they are so different compared to others. My pony eats the same amount of food as my horse and its weight is still normal for both of them. (My pony is a sport pony maybe that is why). My pony jumps a little smaller than my horse with me, but it still holds my record with me(lol). And also when I compare how my pony spooks and how my horse spooks, my horse spooks like the pony in this video and my pony spooks like the horse in this video (lol again). So it is so funny how different they are compared to others.
I'm fine with either 😂 I used to ride a pony and her trot was actually very smooth lol it definitely was a lot easier to put the bridle on! I would say I'm used to being around ponies more though
My horse is about 14’3-15 hh but she’s a mare and has temper. She is nice and puts her head down when bridling, bombproof and her canter is nice but jumps like a pony 🐴
I guess my horse really is a pony XD All she eats is hay and a vitamin/mineral supplement, or she'll get chubby. She's the perfect height to mount and dismount (and for an unplanned dismount). She hardly ever spooks and when she does, she'll just jump a little and then stare at the thing all insulted. Around other horses, she's the devil incarnate, though (usually) sweet towards humans and small creatures like dogs and cats :)
Another perk of having a pony - you can mount without mounting block or a stump xD (I have hucul horse, which I think belongs to riding pony. Or D-Pony? Not sure)
Ha ha, I'm a pony girl and my ponies trot's are both super smooth.. don't even need to rise! One of my ponies tosses his head up way high when bridling, yeah we are working on improving that,. He prefers his bitless bridle. Most of this vid is true, but some things are variable.
So my two quarter horse mares are 14 hands, Jasmine is 14.2 and Star is 14.7. And yeah they aren’t ponies but you can duck under things because of how little they are. While with Gunner, my 16.0 hand Appendix gelding, your much taller 😂
Hey! I just found your channel about a week ago, I love your training style videos. I have a horse focused youtube channel and I was wondering if you had any tips on how I could get my channel growing. 🙂
As someone who rides a 17'2 hand tall Percheron mare... I love ponies and I have met and ridden a lot of good ones but there's just something about riding a literal tank of a horse that makes me feel so happy inside.
Um, just for clarification. Is the tank of a horse the Percheron or the pony?
@@crystalross2284 The Percheron. To me, pony's are more like race cars.
"The shorter a pony, the closer it is to hell" -someone
Ya I know but I L O V E pony’s
This is true i have a 14hh mare and she is the D E V I L
@@steeletengen3820 all mares r D E V I L S
@@That_mare_girlnot all. Also most of the time, they are in pain
I... 💀
This might just be the most relatable video EVER, i own a pony and a horse and I laughed through this entire video. Especially when it came to “how it feels when the pony canters”😹😹😹I’m dying over here
Your horses look like they think you've lost your mind..."Who are you talking too??" 😄 Love your videos! Bought your course 👍👍
Oh my gosh I laughed out loud! This is adorable! The video when you show it so bumpy on your pony trot …fantastic haha! I’ll ride a pony or little horse anytime, those big one scare me!
Horses love when you talk to them 😝😂
@@sevennine9208 SAME LIKE I WAS RIDING THIS PONY NAMED CASPER AND HIS TROT WAS SOOOO BUMPY AND I COULD HARDLY POST BC IM ONLY USED TO RIDING HORSES. LOL
Hahahahaha
“Pony’s are evil” always makes me think of that phone commercial from a long time ago where the girl gets a backyard pony and it eats the dog house.
Lol
2:19 lollll the way tucker just turns and looks like he saying "what!!! you liar!"
Pony rider cantering horse: "woah, did you see that extension?!"
horse rider observing: "he looked a little short strided there..."
(totally not a true life story or anything.... 😂😂😂😂)
Storytime:
My first time working for lessons, my trainer had all the horses in the arena. At the time, I'd only ridden 2/5, and didn't know any of them super well. In addition to the horses, there was a Shetland colt (maybe 6 months) and his mom.
She left me alone with all of them for a few minutes.
Obviously, I went for the colt first. He was so little and cute I thought he was smelling my pockets for treats, and accidentally nibbled me. When my trainer came back, she asked, "Has Derby tried to bite you yet?"
"So that's what he's doing!" I replied, then explained my assumption.
"Nope. Ponies are evil. Closer to the ground, closer to-"
A few weeks later, the same pony kept taking the reins from me when I was riding in a pasture.
My sisters think they're adorable (which they 110% are, no disputing that), saying, "I love ponies!!"
I keep responding with, "You wouldn't think so if you spent some time with them!"
-Laura C.
Umm say what now?
My pony’s name is Derby but he’s Welsh lol
As someone with an Icelandic, I must say that the spooking part is, in my experience, completely the contrary. Most horses run away, completely losing their head, while my Icelandic flinches, takes a look, thinks "Oh! Okay, won't eat me, let's just carry on" and that's it. Only thing that truly scares him is fire. Okay, and drones. And...he does have a VERY good, comfortable trot - all it took was good training.
It's the same with our ponies (two Haflinger Horses) and my own horse (Shagya Arabian). The Haflinger horses just flinch and stay calm, my Arabian mare prances, sometimes she jumps to the side. Luckily she doesn't run away. I don't know if I could parry her through.
@@valeriebreidenstein8362 Haha, right? My Icelandic is pretty hard to shock, but I guess it's natural selection, really. If a horse runs off somewhere in the steppe, that's okay, but if an Icelandic loses its head, it'll end up in the next crevasse in some glacier and die. Probably similar for Haflingers, they come from the Alps, after all...
@@GraupeLie True. You're right. Same with Shetland and Welsh Ponys. It's the same for all the Robust Horses.
@@valeriebreidenstein8362 right? I guess it's due to natural selection - they cannot afford to lose their head and run off like that, they'd end up dead in a crevasse or something if they did...
Some time ago, I was outside with my riding instructor (she walks beside me and the horse, who is an icelandic mare) and out of nowhere a rabbit jumps out right in front of us. Both my instructor and I jump because it startles us, but the horse just calmly stands there, looking around lol. She didnt even flinch
😂😂😂 Ponies are just so much more convenient! You don't need a mounting block, you can always reach their head, if you fall off you're only two feet off the ground so it won't hurt and they're so much easier to keep! lol (But yes, I would like to have my horse in every size 😂 )
I would ride ponies but I’m really tall so I feel to tall anything under 15 hands
@@lilybean9585 How tall are you? I'm 5' 6" and my half Icelandic is 13.3hh, I don't think it matters on height as much as weight, I believe a horse can carry up to 20 percent of their body weight. But riding ponies feels much different in that you can throw them off balance a lot easier so its important to have a good seat, I'm so used to my short horse that riding my family's 14.2hh curly mare feels tall 😂
@@sportpony9037 almost 6 (5’10 5’11 maybe), I can technically ride smaller I guess (But no smaller then 14 something)but it feels really weird and my legs hang down past the belly a lot of the time so I can’t really use my heals at all.
Just more comfortable on 16 hands I guess
@@lilybean9585 I could see that being awkward for sure! My family's Icelandic mare is only 12.2hh, I sometimes feel like I just need to dig my heels into the ground to stop 😂
I rode ponies and I still need a mounting block 😎
I’m 5’1 and not flexible at all so that’s probably why but whatever
The trotting / spook on a horse vs on a pony had me in stiches 🤣🤣 Great video!!
This looks so funny! I have not watched it to much yet, I was at a camp with a 16 hand horse, and everybody else's, horses were smaller, so I could get all the good fall leaves!♡😂
the spider thing reminded me of that time when I went trail riding with my small friend on her small fjord, while I, being already a head taller than my friend, went on a tb that was the tallest horse in the barn. so the difference in height was comical, up till the point where my friend didn't even have to avoid all the branches that forced me to basically lie down half the ride, then it wasn't so funny for me
This is hilariously accurate! my friend has an old pony and I have a young quarter horse, dynamics are the same 🤣
She'll take a 1/2 ft vertical and thinks it's like 3 ft high! 🤣
Am I the only one who "thumbs up" the video before it started because I know im going to love it 😂
Same here. I knew I would love it before watching.
My mother has suggested getting a pony, to which my response is "our new place is in the country, I need a horse to get around".
Funny! Although my experience is that the spooking is opposite, the horses spook, and you're in another county or have your head stuck between the top branches of a tree. The pony, just bounces up and down in place.
“Well we did it in 7”. That cracks me up every time 😂
'ponies are evil I'll stay away from them' cracked me up 🤣🤣
So true! I did a video a while back training an auction rescue pony to jump. All. The. Stereotypes. 🤣
*15.1, I mean he's still Big* 😄 ... this was awesome. All of it, Made my day.
The cantering on a pony part is so relatable 🤣
i feel the "Get your head down! Get your head down!"
2:02 was just the funniest!
Ponies have silly stuff on their mind. I like it
🤣🤣🤣THIS IS SO TRUE! i am so the pony girl, the crazier the better!
When my horse gets spooked he usually gets that jump scare lol
"We got it in 3 strides! "
"We got it in 7."
„Ponys are evil!“ 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ponies just feel so much faster!
Love love love my 11.2 hand pony but he sure thinks hes tough business! I bought him for my daughter but he’s my lil man! Ive always had big horses but now that I’m an old Mom with bills to pay I appreciate his closeness to the ground. However…. The trot is brutal! 🤣
I learned to ride on horses 15h-15.3h, vaulted on 16.3-17.2h draft horses & owned a 15.3 Tennessee Walker. Now I'm riding a 13.3 pony & my daughter's 12.2h pony (I'm tiny) & I VERY much appreciate being closer to the ground, not only in case I fall or get launched, but because I can just jump on & off his back real easy!
I love Tucker. he is so relaxed.
“Look guys I found this cute little pony bridle is so small 🥺“
My favorite part was the trotting 🤣 I have a 14.3 horse and a 14 pony and I feel both those trots but love ❤️ love 💕 both my mates very funny video great job so much truth 😂
Me watching my pony sparky: wow he must own the pasture
Chub being put in the pecking order: AHHHHHHHHHHHH RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“What’d you get?”
“Oh yeah we did it in 7”
That is so accurate for me 😂
I’ve never ridden a pony but I drive both a pony and a horse cart and let me tell you, I could fall asleep while the horse is cantering and I feel like I’m in Ben-Hur when the pony is walking.
Your pony gets grass ?! We foundered on the dry lot 🤣 !
The sweet pony I ride is absolutely the best. He’s so calm, doesn’t spook and is a perfect gentleman, however I know of other ponies who are just the opposite
The first one is relatable I sometimes ride a 14.2hh pony and we were jumping and other people just stepped over it and we jumped really high
I had a pony(14.1) and a Morgan mix(~15) on winter lease last year. The Morgan had a relatively smooth trot, but I did prefer cantering on the pony more than the morgan.
Really felt the trotting pony one AAHHAAHHA
I had a bad fall off a pony as a beginner rider My pony spooked for no apparent reason in the middle of a lesson with a large ride, galloped around the arena and eventually right at the gate where it abruptly jumped sideways. I flew straight at the gate and bashed into the top bar face first. Miraculously nothing broken but some teeth. Since then I’m in the horse camp.
The point about spooking is that ponies usually spook less. And while horses are all wound up for at least 15 minutes, Ponies usually forget what scared them after 10 seconds. 😁
"oh my pony goes after all the other horses" BRO THATS MY HORSE . SHES FRICKEN EVIL
Even tho i'm a poy girl, ponys are EVIL. That is confirmed 😆
True I fell of a pony because it touched a pole and bucked
When my horse spooks she has all of her feet up in the air not even kidding, mares.
Tucker is good actor now 🐴😂
This is so accurate! The spooks, jump height, and pasture habits especially! The strides are jot for my pony because he can make a 5 stride a 3 XD
THE TROTTING ONE LMAOOO
I like riding both ponies and horses, although i DEFINITELY prefer a horse trot..
This is so hilarious! I love this! Thanks for sharing this!
I asked my friend to hold my dead head 15.2 mare and she was absolutely terrified because the horse was so big!
I used to own a horse and we boarded her at our friends house. She acted so much like a pony. Our friends actually did get a pony at some point and he avoided her lol
So true. I ride a pony, spook, trot, canter are all true. He does not like me putting the bit on him but it’s easy to put the saddle on him
Haha, so FUNNY! I love your videos! I love horses, I one too. Tucker is a really good boy
I ride both horses and ponies, but I don’t have a preference 😂
I have a a welsh ponh and pretty sure thoroughbread cross and when she trots or canter it is SMOOTH. Lol
I've ridden 13.2 h pony and a 16.5 horse. Wanting a 19.0 Percheron mare. I like them big.
I first learned to canter on a pony when I was seven, and I still love ponies. Do I prefer them over horses? No. Have a seen my fair share of bites from a pony? I indeed have. Do I still love them? Yes, I do.
Haha! I ride a pony and all she does is boss around all the other animals! This is so true tho!!
I have a 16.2 ottb and a 13.3 quarter/appaloosa lol 🤣 it's definitely different going back and forth
Me riding a 17.2 hand black stallion!
Oh this is painful
I have times when I think I should have just got my daughter a horse instead of a pony. But after her pony id say she is qualified to ride almost anything.
My favourite horse in my stable is pretty tall and she always lifts her head up really high when I try to put the bridle on😭
My horse spooks like a pony though 😂 She's a 17.2hh dramaqueen 🦄👀
I have a pony, but he is big and has big strikes and everything but he still spooks like a pony🥲
Adult pony rider here - all of the above are accurate. In my pony's case, he is so round and witherless (even at a healthy weight) that there is no way I can get on from the ground unless someone is holding down the other stirrup for me. I actually have to use a taller mounting block so I can get on without putting any weight on the stirrup or vaulting up from a small block 😂
Great video!! Just like always! 😂😁
I own and rode 5 ponies and 3 horses, this is 100% accurate 😂
Absolutely adorable video! Love it! So true too!
When you have a ✨ pony like horse ✨
I love ponies. My favorite is a little curly named giedion. (I don't own him)
TUREE TUREEE TUREEE AHHHHHH
Riding ponies literally puts me out of commission for a few days. 😂 they take too many strides per second and I just feel like I’m riding a bike on a bumpy ass road
Trotting on a horse and trotting on a pony I can relate
I ride on a pony but on a horse too. It is funny that they are so different compared to others. My pony eats the same amount of food as my horse and its weight is still normal for both of them. (My pony is a sport pony maybe that is why). My pony jumps a little smaller than my horse with me, but it still holds my record with me(lol). And also when I compare how my pony spooks and how my horse spooks, my horse spooks like the pony in this video and my pony spooks like the horse in this video (lol again). So it is so funny how different they are compared to others.
I'm fine with either 😂 I used to ride a pony and her trot was actually very smooth lol it definitely was a lot easier to put the bridle on! I would say I'm used to being around ponies more though
I remember watching this before I got a pony… I was like the horse person
My old stable used to call it chihuahua syndrome
Ah yes, I've given up trying to buy used girths, all too big
I have a hard time with halters- never the right size.
I think my 16.1 hh horse might be a pony! He has a very rough trot, canter, and big spooks!
My horse is about 14’3-15 hh but she’s a mare and has temper. She is nice and puts her head down when bridling, bombproof and her canter is nice but jumps like a pony 🐴
I guess my horse really is a pony XD All she eats is hay and a vitamin/mineral supplement, or she'll get chubby. She's the perfect height to mount and dismount (and for an unplanned dismount). She hardly ever spooks and when she does, she'll just jump a little and then stare at the thing all insulted. Around other horses, she's the devil incarnate, though (usually) sweet towards humans and small creatures like dogs and cats :)
Snowcap appaloosa ^^ i have a black version of tucker and her name is beauty
Another perk of having a pony - you can mount without mounting block or a stump xD
(I have hucul horse, which I think belongs to riding pony. Or D-Pony? Not sure)
Im adult but I have two larger ponies...love them. Much better than horses 😂
Ha ha, I'm a pony girl and my ponies trot's are both super smooth.. don't even need to rise! One of my ponies tosses his head up way high when bridling, yeah we are working on improving that,. He prefers his bitless bridle. Most of this vid is true, but some things are variable.
So my two quarter horse mares are 14 hands, Jasmine is 14.2 and Star is 14.7. And yeah they aren’t ponies but you can duck under things because of how little they are. While with Gunner, my 16.0 hand Appendix gelding, your much taller 😂
Hey! I just found your channel about a week ago, I love your training style videos. I have a horse focused youtube channel and I was wondering if you had any tips on how I could get my channel growing. 🙂
Are you able to make some videos about gaited horses?
I am a new rider and have a Rocky Mountain. Thank you! 🐎🤠
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Blessings ❤️
I have a 16’2 gelding, and he feels like he’s 13’2 instead cause I’ve fallen off of him so many times ✌🏻😗
Me, a pony rider, but my best friend is a horse rider
Iv had both a pony and a horse and this video is so true!
That pony look a lot like my pony, Geiko💕🐴🤩
I agree with everything but the strides one (I ride a pony most of the time I don’t own her tho) my pony dose a 3 strider in a 6 strider jump
Why is this whole video so ture😅 I ride ponys and horses and I get both of these!
two family ranch is so good also
I’m definitely a pony girl myself and I’m not ashamed
I Ride everything i can fit on which is 14.2+ if it’s a fineboned or weaker horse but 13.2+ if it’s a stronger cob or draft
My trainer calls ponies, “reincarnated ax murderers”