Hi.  This is Brady and I have a pony.  His name is “Frost on the Punkin”, but I just call him Punky.  He is a Shetland/Welsh pony, 12, 1 hands. very chubby, and he is about 11 years old. I do not know for sure, because my parents got him from the Vermont State Fair.  How that happened; it’s a long story. 

 I’m an eventer. We take lessons with Sue Berrill every week. Sue pushes me to jump higher and better and also work on dressage.  My goal is to go Beginner Novice, but right now I’m competing at 2’3″, which is  elementary level.  I am working on folding at the jump, keeping my elbows back and making sure I can get him over every jump first try.  If I let him charge to the fence, he acts naughty and stops right at the fence, so I almost come off. I have to do numerous half halts to keep him at a controlled pace and have to make sure I don’t make him go too slow.  If I forget to fold, Punky has to drag my weight over the fence and he doesn’t like that so he stops.

Looking at my pony, you would immediately assume that the highest he could jump would be a crossrail.  That is not true. He has jumped Novice height a couple of times. I’ll keep you posted on what we do next.  I’ll also fill you in on how I got Punky.

Thanks for reading Brady’s Blog!

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