...and a pony

[drplokta]

I now seem to be sorted for ponies. Jonny passed the vet with flying colours (he has itchy back legs from mites, and he needs to see a farrier soon), and I'm paying a deposit tomorrow and probably collecting him a week on Monday. He's pretty much your classic heavyweight cob, and has been very well-behaved each time we've been to see him.

Picture below, behind a cut tag. He's a bit muddy, because he's been living out and the weather has not been all that dry recently.

Comments

[eleyan.livejournal.com]

He's a bit shaggy and all. Hope he and GB get on well.

[drplokta]

Shagginess can be fixed easily enough, although show cobs are supposed to have shaggy manes and legs.

[attimes-bracing.livejournal.com]

He looks eminently sensible and not likely to run for the horizon with you clinging on or kick you in the head.

[drplokta]

No indeed -- I've taken him for a hack and a session in the school. On the way back from the school, four big dogs jumped up at a fence and started barking -- didn't turn a hair. Then the horses in the field alongside the bridleway decided to come and canter alongside us, and again he didn't blink.

[attimes-bracing.livejournal.com]

major_clanger and I have been trying to classify Jonny as a car and we came up with the Landrover Defender of the equine world - that's a compliment in our household.

[coth.livejournal.com]

Look forward to meeting him.

Could you guys use some riding equipment for guests at your new stables? I think I have a couple of crops, a hard hat and a pair of jods all looking for good homes...

[drplokta]

Yes, thanks, we could probably use all of that, depending on the fit of the jods.

[coth.livejournal.com]

Ha! I shall put together a bag of horse-related stuff to come to the housewarming!

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

He's a nice sensible looking horse, and I am very impressed by those feathers round his hocks.

[smofbabe.livejournal.com]

Glad you finally found a winner who passed the vet tests! Hope you enjoy a long partnership together.

[clanwilliam.livejournal.com]

You bought Peggy's twin! Yay!

Gorgeous boy.