This morning S and I backed her two ponies - Coco for the second time and Rose for the very first. Rose (bottom picture) has caught up with Coco very easily since she seems to be the more accepting of the two even though she was born semi-feral. She is a NF x TB and looks like a racing pony! The white sheet underneath the saddle is non-slip tray matting which seems to work very well under all kinds of saddles and prevents them from moving too much and that, coupled with a breast girth means that we don't end up over girthing young horses.
