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 Texas Tenderheart
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Location: Red Raiderland | I ride pretty much every day and I have two mares that I have to keep legged up. I have access to about 1000 acres with lots and lots of trails so it never really gets boring but on days that I only have an hour to ride I will pony one of the mares off of the other. Nothing unusual there but lately I have been sick of fighting to keep one mare from dropping her head to graze so I just decided one day to just unclip her lead rope and see if she follows us...
Sure enough she did! The mare I usually ride is an alpha mare and the other one acts like one but goes a bit bonkers when we are at a show or even at home and she can't see the other mare. I tried to switch and let the other mare follow, uh, that was not happening. She ran/trotted(a mile or so) right back to the gate that goes into our pasture.  
I feel safe letting them go as we know those trails like the back of our hooves and they like to just stay on them and not veer from the norm.
So, does anyone else do the "lazy girl's" way to exercise your extra horse(s)? |
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  Whack and Roll
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Location: NE Texas | One of these days Prince Richard and I are coming to play. And if your loose, lazy mare gets me bucked off of my wild, goofy gelding......i'm leaving him with you! HAHA 
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| I wish I could do that !! Awesome! |
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| I guess you could add a "very" lazy to my lazy way of keeping them legged up.
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 Coyote Country Queen
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| We spend a lot of time ponying. And I also do the lazy, lazy way - ride one and pony two! |
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 Own It and Move On
Location: The edge of no where | Sounds like a great place to ride!! There's days I'd about kill to escape the arena. |
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Texas Tenderheart
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Location: Red Raiderland | Herbie - 2015-06-18 3:50 PM One of these days Prince Richard and I are coming to play. And if your loose, lazy mare gets me bucked off of my wild, goofy gelding......i'm leaving him with you! HAHA
Come over and let's give it a try! 
Actually, Troy was a bit weary to ride on his old gelding with us last week but Lulu did not bother his gelding at all. She stops and grazes and as soon as we get about 20-30 yards from her she comes trotting up, rarely ever passes us. It works out quite nicely with a "follower". |
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Texas Tenderheart
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Location: Red Raiderland | MS2011 - 2015-06-18 5:16 PM Sounds like a great place to ride!! There's days I'd about kill to escape the arena.
You know you can come out whenever you'd like. Too bad you are soooo far west of me.  |
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Texas Tenderheart
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Location: Red Raiderland | rodeomom3 - 2015-06-18 4:45 PM I guess you could add a "very" lazy to my lazy way of keeping them legged up.
RodeoMom, I think ponying one, two or three takes a lot of skill and I don't think laziness comes into play. I commend you for this. I have ponied two at a time and it can be very challenging. |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | Herbie - 2015-06-18 3:50 PM One of these days Prince Richard and I are coming to play. And if your loose, lazy mare gets me bucked off of my wild, goofy gelding......i'm leaving him with you! HAHA
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | rodeomom3 - 2015-06-18 4:45 PM
I guess you could add a "very" lazy to my lazy way of keeping them legged up.
When I tell my husband I want to add to the herd and he tells me can't do it all I will show him this picture!!! This is awesome! |
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 Ms. Poutability
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Location: In my own world | There is nothing lazy about riding one mare and ponying another!! We have to constantly decide which of the 3 of us is the boss!!!
my lazy legging up= horse on the treadmill, me in the lawn chair |
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Texas Tenderheart
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Location: Red Raiderland | livinonlove&horses - 2015-06-18 7:35 PM There is nothing lazy about riding one mare and ponying another!! We have to constantly decide which of the 3 of us is the boss!!!
my lazy legging up= horse on the treadmill, me in the lawn chair
Ponying is one thing but to unclip the lead rope on the pony horse and hope it follows you is another. It just makes me giggle a bit when I actually look at her troting along with us when she has the free will to think, "Forget that! I'm gonna graze or just head back home." |
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| Kaycee - 2015-06-18 8:23 PM
livinonlove&horses - 2015-06-18 7:35 PM There is nothing lazy about riding one mare and ponying another!! We have to constantly decide which of the 3 of us is the boss!!!
my lazy legging up= horse on the treadmill, me in the lawn chair
Ponying is one thing but to unclip the lead rope on the pony horse and hope it follows you is another. It just makes me giggle a bit when I actually look at her troting along with us when she has the free will to think, "Forget that! I'm gonna graze or just head back home."
That is just awesome she trots with you the whole time, what a bond! I have 100 acres and I have one that doesn't like to be alone and he will trot along side us for a little bit but then he decides that's enough, time to graze.
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I Am a Snake Killer
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Location: Golden Gulf Coast of Texas | The really lazy girl way is to pony them while riding a scooter. I used to do this when pasture was so wet I was afraid mud would suck their shoes off. It was battery powered so none of them spooked as I went up and down the road. |
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Texas Tenderheart
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Location: Red Raiderland | rodeomom3 - 2015-06-18 8:30 PM Kaycee - 2015-06-18 8:23 PM livinonlove&horses - 2015-06-18 7:35 PM There is nothing lazy about riding one mare and ponying another!! We have to constantly decide which of the 3 of us is the boss!!!
my lazy legging up= horse on the treadmill, me in the lawn chair Ponying is one thing but to unclip the lead rope on the pony horse and hope it follows you is another. It just makes me giggle a bit when I actually look at her troting along with us when she has the free will to think, "Forget that! I'm gonna graze or just head back home." That is just awesome she trots with you the whole time, what a bond! I have 100 acres and I have one that doesn't like to be alone and he will trot along side us for a little bit but then he decides that's enough, time to graze.
The vast majority of my ridable horses would follow that suit.   What's so funny about this particular mare is that she acts very bossy in a stall and even turned out in the pasture with others but when I am the "alpha"(actually the mare I am riding)she just can't help herself but to follow.
It was a little experiment that I just tried because I knew if I shut the gate to the pasture that leads to the barn she could only go so far and would either stay back and graze, somewhat follow us or be all in and follow like a puppy dog. I like to get a ways ahead of her and try hiding behind trees, she can't stand it. I wonder if she will ever get tired of following because she is definitely on the lazy side when I actually ride her.  |
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Texas Tenderheart
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Location: Red Raiderland | mreklaw - 2015-06-18 8:44 PM The really lazy girl way is to pony them while riding a scooter. I used to do this when pasture was so wet I was afraid mud would suck their shoes off. It was battery powered so none of them spooked as I went up and down the road.
Oh yes the scooter, the Gator, the 4wheeler the truck, etc., all work well. We horse people can get real creative when the horses need to be legged up. |
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Texas Tenderheart
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Location: Red Raiderland | I'll try and get a picture of her following us in the next few days....... |
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Location: west of East Texas | I have had a couple that would do that but not the ones I want exercised now. The mini, however, runs circles around us the whole time. We let her go with us just to watch the show she puts on. |
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| A long time ago I knew a crazy lady that ponied all her horses off a tiny mini bike. It was quite the site. |
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One Grateful Mom
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Location: wolverton,mn | I ride one and the other 4 follow. It's awesome! I live in a very rural area and I just long trot and lope and they all do the same. Sometimes they stop to graze and then run to catch up......it's a good lesson for the one I'm riding to control themselves when they run up their rear! It's a very lazy way! |
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| i round pen 3 at a time. got a big round pen so it works pretty good. also use a golf cart to pony with at times. i call it the smart way not the lazy. |
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Own It and Move On
Location: The edge of no where | My old guy would 'pony' for me in the arena......without a thing on his head. It was way easier to just turn him loose than it was to keep him from biting my reins and anything else he could snake into his mouth. It was hysterical. I miss his broncy wild self so much. Definitely the smartest horse I've ever gotten to be around, learned so much from him. |
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 Texas Lone Star
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Location: where ever my L/Q trl is parked | When I was in Calif, there was a few 1000 acres of open land that the high lines went across and some great hills to ride. I was able to ride my mare and let my other mare free follow us. I didn't have to worry about traffic or any crazy bikers. My loose mare would graze a bit then run to catch up. She never grazed long enough that we were out of her sight before she would catch up. Then as we got within sight of the house/barn she would head back and we would have to catch up. That was the easiest way to keep both in shape. |
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| Kaycee - 2015-06-18 9:29 PM mreklaw - 2015-06-18 8:44 PM The really lazy girl way is to pony them while riding a scooter. I used to do this when pasture was so wet I was afraid mud would suck their shoes off. It was battery powered so none of them spooked as I went up and down the road. Oh yes the scooter, the Gator, the 4wheeler the truck, etc., all work well. We horse people can get real creative when the horses need to be legged up.
Gator's make my life much easier ... pony two at a time. Now when they hear it, they come to the fence and want to go long trot the road with me!
Earlier in the year before all the nasty rain, I'd run and bring one with me on the dirt roads! It was comical as heck watching me sweat my arse off while the horse was barely even warm!!! |
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| lindseylou2290 - 2015-06-19 9:40 AM
Kaycee - 2015-06-18 9:29 PM mreklaw - 2015-06-18 8:44 PM The really lazy girl way is to pony them while riding a scooter. I used to do this when pasture was so wet I was afraid mud would suck their shoes off. It was battery powered so none of them spooked as I went up and down the road. Oh yes the scooter, the Gator, the 4wheeler the truck, etc., all work well. We horse people can get real creative when the horses need to be legged up.
Earlier in the year before all the nasty rain, I'd run and bring one with me on the dirt roads! It was comical as heck watching me sweat my arse off while the horse was barely even warm!!!
That's what I do... I run and pony two with me. I have a hard time balancing my workout schedule with work, horses, kids and tball, and my husbands business. I get honked at on a regular basis. I run 3 miles a day and they trot, occasionally if im feeling lazy ill run out 2 miles and then jump on bareback and lope back. The only down side is when they are feeling fresh and I feel like my arms are being pulled apart or my arms cramp up from holding the lead ropes. |
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I Am a Snake Killer
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Location: Golden Gulf Coast of Texas | FlyingJT - 2015-06-19 10:01 AM
lindseylou2290 - 2015-06-19 9:40 AM
Kaycee - 2015-06-18 9:29 PM mreklaw - 2015-06-18 8:44 PM The really lazy girl way is to pony them while riding a scooter. I used to do this when pasture was so wet I was afraid mud would suck their shoes off. It was battery powered so none of them spooked as I went up and down the road. Oh yes the scooter, the Gator, the 4wheeler the truck, etc., all work well. We horse people can get real creative when the horses need to be legged up.
Earlier in the year before all the nasty rain, I'd run and bring one with me on the dirt roads! It was comical as heck watching me sweat my arse off while the horse was barely even warm!!!
That's what I do... I run and pony two with me. I have a hard time balancing my workout schedule with work, horses, kids and tball, and my husbands business. I get honked at on a regular basis. I run 3 miles a day and they trot, occasionally if im feeling lazy ill run out 2 miles and then jump on bareback and lope back. The only down side is when they are feeling fresh and I feel like my arms are being pulled apart or my arms cramp up from holding the lead ropes.
I'm sorry but your way is NOT lazy but crazy. Would u come live by me so you can motivate me? |
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Shelter Dog Lover
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| Wow, no way could I pony two, probably not even one, while riding bareback- you are talented and strong! |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | rodeomom3 - 2015-06-19 11:08 AM Wow, no way could I pony two, probably not even one, while riding bareback- you are talented and strong!
Seriously! I ponied one yesterday and nearly got jerked out of the saddle at a lope. Luckily, my gelding started stopping as soon as my body started going backwards and he got back underneath me...bless his kind (and lazy) heart. |
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| rodeomom3 - 2015-06-19 11:08 AM
Wow, no way could I pony two, probably not even one, while riding bareback- you are talented and strong!
Stud chains, it's the only way!!! My husband calls me ridiculous but a girls got to do what girls got to do , to get sh*t done. |
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| I have seen people pony off of a four wheeler, I have never given it a try but I just might have to one of these days. Keeping four horses legged up is a full time job! |
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 Am I really the Weirdo?
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Location: Kansas | Jenbabe - 2015-06-18 5:01 PM We spend a lot of time ponying. And I also do the lazy, lazy way - ride one and pony two!
I ride 1 and pony 3 if I'm really short on time. It gets crazy so I only do it when I am down to about 15 minutes of time total.
About 2/3 of the time, I ride bareback and pony a second horse. Lately I have been riding my horses in the arena pre-rodeo bareback. Haven't gotten bucked off yet but have had a couple close calls since Chance likes to think he's a wild acrobat from time to time. |
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