Cinnamon has had about a month of training. He’s now trotting around the arena with confidence, even in a group of 8, ridden bareback by  12-year-old! He LOVES people and is such a good boy.

There were a huge number of successes today…

-Zoey, Maddie, and Emma stood on their ponies for the first time.
-Zoey and Maddie stood on Peanut and Wallie bridleless in cordeos.
-Emma and Maddie jumped the barrels, and jumped them bareback nonetheless.
-Chloe sat like a frog on Celebrity, cantered him, and jumped him over a bigger jump.
-Blue Man got ridden for the first time. Chloe put the first rid eon him.
-Cinnamon got ridden by someone other than Kali for the first ride. Chloe put the 4th ride on him.
-Desiree rode a horse for the 4th time in her life, getting to ride Celeb. It was her first time trotting bareback.

Apparently PonyPros and ponies flourish in tornadoes and monsoons

At PonyPros, we try to give our colts a very good first experience with riding. Here is an example of a 3 year old ranch raised colt’s first time being ridden. We start our colts bareback because they are less likely to get scared and buck. The first ride is just about getting moving and there is very little focus on cues or aids. We do use some obstacles to give the colts somewhere to go, but we use them to create a migratory flow, rather than as events. Cinnamon is learning very quickly and is an especially good boy.