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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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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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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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| 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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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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