I could be in love.
She's young, obviously, but her natural self-carriage makes her miles ahead of Penny already. She's still uncertain about things, but already accepts contact. I didn't have a problem following with my arms at the walk, something I struggle with on Penny because her body doesn't move mine enough.
She's absolutely sweet and very well bred. She's Meatball's niece and when I got her into a forward trot it felt like riding Meatball on a smaller scale. She's just barely 15.1, she'll probably grow an inch or two, to make her the perfect height for me. I, of course, like the ponies, but I really should be riding something a little bigger.
Conformation wise she's a bit calf kneed, but is otherwise good. Now, I just have to convince the husband she's worth her price tag. The Taskmaster firmly feels that after Penny I deserve a nice horse. Yeah, Penny has her points, but she's "not a team player" and that it isn't fair to me, who works so hard, to have her basically make me look bad in public. I agree. I'm also going to ride Banana this week, to see what I think of her as a potential horse for me. For whatever reason that mare is completely attached to me and all I did was lunge her once. She's also much cheaper and at 6/7 she's ready to go when the filly needs a little growing up time still.
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