17/05/2026
If you know, you know….! PENNY 😍
If you’ve know me for a long while you’ll remember Penny. Penny was the most traumatised abuse case I’ve ever met. She was rescued by a wonderful man who entrusted me as her forever home.
She found being out in a large field difficult to begin with, so I created a small “safe” area for her at the start. I’ll never forget the day I went in to muck out, got a little too close and she fell to her knees shaking.
I made a promise to Penny when she arrived that she won’t have anything asked of her. All I want is for her to be happy in the herd and she can take all time she needs to be ok with humans without any pressure. I’ve been led by her and her timescale and if you visit my herd now you’d have no idea of her past fears. She’s a happy, friendly character!
I’ve never, ever planned to ride her… and to be honest I still don’t. But she’s been enjoying doing things lately and I thought we could do some backing learning more for fun than anything else. She has learnt very quickly over the past few sessions and has loved the engagement with me. Today I think we both surprised ourselves! The fact that we could trust each other to do this means the world and I’m perfectly happy with just a little sit on if it’s all we ever do! Incredible feeling to be trusted so much by this pony.
If you know her you’ll understand my joy. 🤩
