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Comment by William Micklem on August 24, 2010 at 2:12pm

We can all have our students bucked off/unseated at times but to allow this pony to dump this child so many times is irresponsible and puts the child at risk of serious injury. The child may love the pony but the first responsibility of both the 'responsible adult' and the coach is to the child. It is not funny, it just shows ignorance of horse training and safe practice. William

Comment by Roseanna on August 24, 2010 at 2:05pm

someone else is controlling the pony via a thin wire leash...
you can see it if you look carefully.
of course the poor horse is confused...
and why are you making it look like the 6 year old knows what he is doing
when he is just sitting there like a puppet....
ridiculous and yes dangerous...and the horse is the innocent one...as is the child...
don't get on a horse unless you know what you are doing...
wait until you are old enough to know
not cute and yes very dangerous

Comment by Mered30 on August 24, 2010 at 2:01pm

Having fallen off and gotten injured from a horse doing those exact same things I don't think this is either funny or stupid. I think it's just dangerous.

Comment by Jackie Cochran on August 24, 2010 at 1:41pm

On the Equine Ink web site there is a letter from the boy's grandmother. Apparantly she took this video because no one would believe that this angel of a pony (really!) would ever do anything like this. This video was made just to show a trainer occasional problems with the pony.
She also said that her grandson loved Ed, loved riding Ed, completely refused to stop riding Ed when told to, and got back up on Ed by his own free will and determination, and now misses Ed and misses riding Ed. In fact is seems that this kid's main problem with his new pony is that the new pony isn't Ed!
Ed is now a driving pony.
This little boy has my deep admiration. He shows every sign of having the guts, boldness and determination necessary to become a very good rider. His pony, I think, was just showing the boy the remaining weaknesses in his seat. When the boy did not correct himself the pony kept on repeating his lesson. From what the g-mother said of Ed the rest of the time, Ed would take care of his rider. And I noticed, after every kick Ed would keep his neck up so the kid could regain his seat, and even when Ed fell/laid down, Ed waited until his rider was clear before rolling.
So how big is Ed? Is he even 12 hands? We have here an equine of great athletic potential training the rider on his back. Good pony.
Haven't you ever had a GOOD horse give you a sharp lesson while making sure he (the horse) didn't hurt you?

Comment by helen whittle on August 24, 2010 at 1:32pm

Patient & quite polite pony really! He is obviously trying to get someone to listen without resorting to dumping his jockey, but as no-one is listening it escalates, he leys Ross use his neck to stay in the plate, but eventually gets down & deposits kid on the floor. Sweey pony, pity no-one listened to him.

Comment by Jennifer on August 24, 2010 at 1:24pm

@P.Ann--that was my first thought--except over and over, over a long period of time? He's acting less like a horse in pain than one who, like Dana said, has learned "Hey, if I keep throwing the kid eventually he'll get off and go away."

Comment by P.Ann Turner on August 24, 2010 at 1:19pm

Has nobody figured out that this pony's back hurts? Oh sure I know ponies have their share of attitude, but physical cause should always be addressed first, and then training issues. He doesn't try to stomp on the kid - which some of them do - so he is not mean, but I would suspect some back issues under the saddle. Reschooling also might be in order, but maybe the pony just doesn't like jumping and should be doing flatwork only. Horses are always happier and safer when they are not forced to do what they hate.

Comment by Dana on August 24, 2010 at 1:16pm

while the kid is quite a trooper, what I see is some super reinforcement. This pony has absolutely no question as to how to get out of work. He was allowed to be rewarded time and time again for his bad behavior.

Comment by Jennifer on August 24, 2010 at 1:11pm

Obviously there's a lot of context missing, but that pony's bigger than I thought from the girls standing alongside in some of the videos--put a pony jock on him and teach him he can't pull some of that. It's cute when they buck a little and the kid learns how to sit it. Not so cute when they make a habit of bolting and dragging. I think he needs a little come to Jesus meeting with a rider big enough to make their point.

Comment by Susan Hamilton on August 24, 2010 at 1:00pm

It was both - but they are both happy now and no one got hurt!!
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