- Welsh Part Bred
- Brown
- Gelding
- 7 years
- 11.2hh / 117cm
- Gypsy Boy
- 7 years old
- Pony Club Pony
After two very happy years, the difficult time has come to find Coco a new home, as our daughter has sadly outgrown him.
Coco is a much-loved lead-rein and assisted first pony who is ideal for a young child beginning their riding journey. He is kind, affectionate and incredibly easy for children to handle. Our 7 y/o can catch, groom, tack up, load and lead him herself, and all of her friends have enjoyed riding him.
He is perfect for teaching a tiny tot the basics, including rising trot, steering and gaining confidence around ponies. He is happy to pop cross-poles, hack, loves a PC rally, dressage and all other Pony Club activities. He won the overall points prize at our PC show this year in dressage, PC pony, SJ and WHP. He attended PC camp this year and was a star! Hundreds of videos available on request.
Our daughter has ridden him independently off the lead rein, but he goes best with someone on the ground. He can occasionally nap towards the nearest person for a cuddle, which can be difficult for a very inexperienced child to correct independently. Nothing nasty, just a cheeky welsh and importantly, it's not sharp. For us, he has been the perfect balance between easy to ride and cheeky enough to teach my daughter how to ride properly, she isn't just a passenger but can ride and steer thanks to Coco. For an experienced home this is not a problem, but for this reason, we feel he is best suited to a lead-rein or assisted home, rather than as a completely independent first pony. He will follow his leader like a lamb, see videos.
Coco is barefoot and lives out all year with other geldings, doesn't mind being stabled either. He is straightforward to manage and loves attention and being included in family life, always the first to the gate.
He has been a wonderful pony for our daughter and has given her two years of fun, confidence and happy memories. He is only available because she has outgrown him and wants to start jumping bigger jumps. Finding the right home is extremely important to us and homes will be vetted.
He will only go to a loving, knowledgeable home where he will be treasured. We would love his new family to keep us, and his previous owner, updated on his future adventures.
Full wardrobe including a fitted saddle and 2 rugs included.
Located near Edinburgh.