RIDING A STALLION!!! Harlow rides Ringo the Stallion Pony at Forest Oaks Equestrian!

Hi guys, I'm Harlow. Welcome back to my YouTube channel and in today's video it is going to be one that I've never done before, riding a stallion. So I'm going to be riding Ringo and he's a good size because he's the same size as popcorn but you do seem really sweet. You're very licky and you're very cute. Oh no, no escaping, no escaping. I'm just going to sniff that. But yeah, I can already tell that he's got a much more bigger face. Yes, and quite a big, long, thick arched neck. Oh hello, oh hello. Hello, oh, oh, oh, slobber. I can't escape your slobber. As you can see he's a very licky and good reflexes there. As you can see he's a very friendly stallion. He's really licky. So Ringo is in the same barn as popcorn. Popcorn's just like diagonal to Ringo. Right, so let's get Ringo out of his stable and into the tie-up so we can start tucking you up. Okay, no, no escaping, no escaping, no escaping. So this is Scarlet, she is Ringo's owner. Are you trying to eat the head collar? No, no, no, Ringo, Ringo. Naughty, naughty. You're yawning now. He's like, oh, oh, I don't think that's a nice taste. No, I wouldn't like eating a head collar as well. I don't think I would. So is Ringo quite strong when you're riding him? He can be. I think you'll feel it more on your right hand than what you will on your left. Really? You might have a little bit of an ATM in the morning. You can lead him for the moment and I'll watch. I haven't seen any differences walking yet, but that's only on foot and you never know. Is he really fast? Like, is he quite forward? He can be quite forward. I think you'll find him very powerful. Really? If you're brave enough to canter, I think you'll find it's quite a big canter. Really? Does he have quite long strides? He's very, very soft and silky. Did you? Oh, I bet you've done a lot of rolls. Is his canter quite smooth or is it like quite easy to sit to? I find it quite smooth. I think it looks more bouncy when you're on the ground looking at him, but it'll be interesting to see what you think. It's just, it's very strong and very bouncy and I don't know, it's difficult. How long have you had Ringo? So I've actually had Ringo for 13 years now. Have you? I have. So we bought him when he was one, so he's now 14. So we've had him since he was a baby. I know, so a really seriously long time. He's becoming a bit of an old man now. He looks really like when you're looking at him from front on, he looks quite like a liver chestnut, but then when you start looking down him, he looks like a strawberry Rome. He's like, I don't want to be strawberry Rome, I want to be grey. Brown on top and white underneath. Yeah. What colour was he when he was born? The same, I think. Was he? He doesn't change, I don't think. I don't think so. He might have been lighter a little bit when he was younger, but he's always roughly been around the same and always had super crazy name. You look quite sleepy. You look quite sleepy at the moment. That's good. So I've just put my hat on because I'm going to pick out his hooves. Are you going to be a good boy? Thank you. Right. Oh, you're not like popcorn. Whoa, that's quite heavy Ringo. Normally popcorn will like almost lift it up for you. He's quite like reliant on you. There we go. Oh, was that a lot of work picking up your feet? Your feet are actually quite clean. There we go. Scarlet, is Ringo like a dad to anyone? Not yet, not yet. He'll be one day. One day. But not yet, not yet. Hasn't had any lady friends just yet? None just yet. He seems to be quite interested in whenever everyone walks past his stable door. I think he's eyeing up the ladies. Is he? Yeah. Okay. Does he whinny at you guys when you walk past? Yeah. Does he? Yeah. Popcorn always looks at him like, hmm. Do you think they're friends from a distance? Yeah. Yeah. Popcorn has tried to stand his place next to Ringo before on the way to the arena and back. Really? What does he do? He just like stands there and kind of looks at me like, can I stay with Ringo? I want to sniff him. I think Ringo would kind of lick popcorn all over. Yes. Is that good? Oh, I see that bottom lip. I see that lip. Oh, you've got really, really good reflexes on your nose there Ringo. Ringo's just having a scratch and I can see the inside of his mouth quite well. You ready to tuck up now? Yeah, should be. Do you want me to do it? Do you want to give it a turn? Do you want to do it? You can do it and then I'll just watch. Okay. Okay. So I'll put his bridle on after you've put his saddle on. For some reason, his belly feels a lot bigger than popcorn's. He probably is breathing out, but I can tighten it. I've put it on two on this side. Is he a breather out like popcorn? You have to breathe out. I don't know why they breathe out in the first place. Cause it's just going to get tightens with once they've sucked it back in. Do you? Oh, Ringo. I don't think many horses would discover the thought of shaking bridles off. My friend's shakes her ib on it off. Oh really? Yeah. Cause she's got really, really small little ears and it's the mini lemur set. So that comes straight off. I don't think a bridle would come off though. That's quite weird. Just to pop his reins over his head first and then he's secure then and shouldn't go off anywhere. How old were you when you rode a stallion for the first time? I think I was maybe about 11 or 12 and it was a Dartmoor stallion actually. I know. And then we got Ringo and because to show in the ring legally, you have to be 14 to ride a stallion. He was ready to be broken in at obviously four, but we couldn't break him in until he was six because I wasn't old enough to ride him. Oh, but no, I think I was probably about your age or near enough around So I'm 12, no 10. I don't, I don't know how old I am. No, I'm 10. I'm 10. Definitely 10. Definitely 10. I turned 10 this month. So I should know I'm 10. My girth's gone loose. You sucked it back in. Do you want to pop his bridle on then Harlow? If he's a little bit funny to put his bit in, if you give him a little kiss on the nose, he should just open his mouth straight away. There we go. Oh, did you shake it off? There we go. Oh, that's a very pretty brow band. That's really nice. So this, so does this go up to the top one? Um, yeah, that's fine. As long as he can breathe a little bit, it's not too tight. He's quite a quiet stallion. Well, I suppose that's cause no, that's cause no one's going past or, I guess, to be honest though, if he was naughty, we would have had him gelded a long time ago. Really? But because he kind of, most of the time, acts like a gelding more than a stallion. Does he? So what I'm doing now is just plaiting his forelock into his mane, because as I said, he's very clever and shakes his bridle off. So he needs to be plaited in so that his bridle stays in one place. Oh, there we go. He says, I like to be free. When you count to ring around, does he shake it off? And then you just start riding him with no bridle. Um, luckily he hasn't ever fully shaken it off, but it's just, this is like one ear comes out. You've then got to but this does work doing this. He can't shake it off and you will be safe. I promise. Yay. We don't want any free ponies or any free ringos. He said, I wanted to try doing a challenge where I have no bridle on. Right. So my trusty steed is all plaited up now. Um, you're raring to go, aren't you? Come on Ringo. Good boy. He's got quite like a forward walk. Now I'm leading him. I forgot my gloves. I've got my gloves now. Should we go into the arena? This way and standing. Good boy. This saddle's also a little bit different. Yeah. It looks, Oh wow. He's a lot wider. Yeah. A lot wider. He feels a lot wider. It's a little bit more bouncy. Um, he's very forward. Um, yeah, he feels really good. I think these cereals might be just a bit too long. Now I'm getting on him. Have you ever like galloped him before? Is he quite like forward? Is he? Um, yes please. What do you think? Up two? Oh, standing Ringo. Up two or up three? Um, up two maybe. Um, no, he feels fine. Is he okay to like ask for an outline and everything? Um, this is, this is perfect. Yeah. I think popcorn is a little bit more, um, like hyper. Um, but yeah, he's been quite, quite good. Yeah. Oh, should I go large now? I feel a little bit more like stuck to the saddle. So that makes it a little bit more feeling like a dressage rider. Um, wow. But apart from that, it's not really that different. Yeah. It feels really smooth. He's got quite like a marching walk. Like I feel it a lot more differently, even in just looking at his neck and yeah. Like I'm, I am asking for an outline, but like not as much as I normally would with popcorn. So he's a lot more like respective and I didn't have to like continue asking. He normally just like stays like that, but yeah, he's been really good. Whoa, wait, now we're going, this is a bit too fast. Is he doing it? Wow. That was, that was really fast. I felt like he was going to go into canter. Whoa, steady. Wait, head up, head up. If we're going to canter. That was a lot of sponging. Yeah. How didn't you break fingers? He's so strong. Right. Should we try that canter again? Cause that was kind of, um, a bit surprising. He really puts his neck down though. Is that just him? Like, okay. It feels like a lot more bouncy, but he's got shorter strides than popcorn. Yeah. Like a lot, a lot shorter. Like they feel a lot more collected. Um, whether it's popcorns, they're not like as they're quite long. Um, but that was, it was really bouncy, but really like gathering. I'm just using big words here. For some reason, I feel a lot more like a dressage rider. Now the lights are on. Yeah. There we go. Good boy. Well, head up, head up, head up. Whoa. Yeah. Oh, like every opportunity he has, he puts his head down. Whoa. That was quite a fast transition. Bingo. Stop putting your head down, please. But he's putting his head down. So we can't feel any of it. He's really testing me now. Is your neck tired? Or do you just let it look in the ground? Steady. Whoa. I think Ringo might be a bit tired now. Good boy. Standing. Good boy. So I found it like quite nice. Like he didn't feel too different to popcorn. Oh, got Ringo slipper on me now. Um, but yeah, his cancer was a bit, just, just, just a bit more bouncy. Um, I think that's cause he's got like a bigger neck and he's got to like carry himself a bit more cause he's got bigger everything. Um, so yeah, Ringo was really, really good. I really enjoyed riding him. Oh, I see what you mean by Ringo soaks his own hay. It's quite a lot of hay in there, Ringo. He says, I need it steam. No, I need it soaked, but I want to do it myself. I make it Ringo homemade. Oh, you loved it all around your mouth. Don't you? Oh, is that why he has a yellow nose? Oh, I think in the night when he's having a midnight feast, he's going to find some dinner just on some hay. Thank you so much for letting me ride him. It was very, very fun. Yeah. Would you want to do it again? I think it would be really, really fun to do it again. Now I know that he's not going to do anything. So that is the first time of me ever riding a stallion. I don't think it will be the last. Um, because I think, you're here though Ringo, you've been quite round with that. He's just got the soup left, so he's drinking it all now. Have you eaten all the big clumps? Thank you guys so much for watching. I'll see you in the next one. Bye. Oh, Ringo. Oh, night.