Quote Originally Posted by AndrewBlack
Superb links, thanks for making the effort.

Master Chris have you made any progress in looking for real life pony play?

In fact anyone else have any first hand experience of this, especially in the UK?
Andrew I do have some small experience and a special place in my heart for pony of the two legged variety. As you have asked about personal experience I'll drop in a note about the small amount that I have. I hope that there are others who could go into more depth from their experiences. To do this I need to take off my Dom vest and hop into the wayback machine and head for the middle 70's to the start of my BDSM journey.

At that time there was a group who owned a horse ranch in the heart of horse country here in Florida. While they raised and trained horses for show and trotter racing, racing pulling carts, their main love was for human ponies. They were well equipped with several hundred acres adjacent to a national forest. They also had grazing fields, training areas and equipment, and a small trotter track. All were very useful with the ponies as well as the horses.

My Mistress, at the time of our first visit, was there to ride horses, as she had owned some on her youth and missed the experience. Quickly she realized that the ponies could bring something special into our relationship. After that first visit she expressed a desire to train and ride me using words to describe her experiences with the ponies such as powerful, exciting, sensual, and invigorating.

On our next visit my training started in earnest. I to this day I remember vivadly the first time she came to me with my tack in her hands. As I stood naked with my hands behind my back she fitted me with my first bit. Immediately I felt something strange and special as I felt her hands running along the reins. While we had been together for almost two years and 27/7 for about a year, this was something new, sweet, and very scary. I still can remember vividly the first day when she lead out of the barn in full tack. I can remember the fear I desperately tried to hide and the pride I had tried to hide it with not being adequate to the task. I remember too the first taste of the whip as it struck me frequently on the flanks that day in the training ring. I too remember my desperate attempts to learn quickly this new role. Another vivid memory from that day is the abject fear I had when Mistress handed my reins to a trainer and too their stern and firm discipline as she put me through my first grueling training session. The trainer was adept in the the training of horses and knew when to push and when to pull back. At the end of the first day I had been pushed and prodded long past any physical point I thought I could reach. But in reality not past my physical limits. After the workout the sable hands were quick and efficient in their duties, cooling me off, washing me with brushes while my reins were tied to the wash stand, cuffing me, feeding and watering me and finally taking me to my stall to wait. Lots of waiting in pony land. That night when Mistress came to the barn she found a very tired pony glad to see her. I can remember the soft words and the stroke of her hand and the feel of her hair as she examined her new pet. My feelings of submission were coming from a new place that night. This had opened up a new area for me as a submissive and I don't think I had felt closer to her at any point to that date. When she told me to stay quiet and removed my bit she told me she needed only one word, yes or no, and asked "can you continue". With the whispered answer of yes my fate was set. She spent several more glorious hours with her new pony.

The next day brought another training session with Mistress, this time with a cart. After about an hour of grueling work she surprised me by taking us out on a path and into the forest. Once I got over the fear of navigating the path with blinders and began to rely on the reins the trip was one of shear bliss. The high from the physical exertion coupled with the totality of submission and the beauty of the Forrest made the trip seem like a dream. For me this is my favorite part the pony experience.

As time went on we paid several more visits to the ranch. On one occasion I spent an 18 day period there while she was out of town on business. To say the least the training was grueling, and often boring in its repetitiveness. When Mistress came back after 13 days I thought I had died and gone to heaven. We spent the next few days together with her riding me or pulling her in a cart. During these visits we also were able to share the company of many other ponies, riders, trainers, Mistresses and Masters.

OOPS I hear the bell on the way back machine.

So bottom line.

The thoughts of my pony time remind me that a pony is truly a kept animal. Dependent on the Mistress or Master for everything and existing only to serve and please them. A very deep and personal form of submission.

Is this the method for you. Probably not. We had an unusual relationship then, and I'm not sure it would pass muster on todays concept of SSC.

Where should you start. Hopefully a little slower than this. The after care required was pretty heavy. Read a bunch both of you. Talk with your sub allot. While most types of pony activity requires acreage there are some things you can do at home. Start easy, say with a bit and maybe blinders, for footwear stick with flat boots that support the ankle. Enjoy some time indoors with show training. This incorporates foot and leg movements, posture and response to the reins. Its beautiful to watch, hard to do and can give you many hours of fun interaction right in the livingroom.

Some thoughts. This can be great fun for both and something you do that the training and learning never really ends. Riding ponies and cart pulling ponies require a great amount of physical conditioning this can be part of the training precess itself, and another form of submission. Not to mention good for you. Show training is something else. While it requires conditioning it is very similar to dance, particularly ballet, in its requirements.

Then there is the tack. You can get very elaborate with bridals, collars, corsets and hooves custom made in your design and color. But start easy, all you really need is a bit and reins and a pair of cuffs for the hands. The rubber bits you can find at all the fetish shops will do fine for starters. Keep in mind that this is an area you could and should customize in time. There are hundreds of bits for horses on the market and through experimentation you can find the right one for both comfort and control.

The next area to pay attention to is footwear. Ponies have a nasty habit of turning ankles and damaging knees. Start with flat boots. Something that supports the ankle. The balance is thrown off in the normal pony positions, particularly with the hands behind the back and even more if you use corsets or posture collars. I know high heels or hooves are probably going to be a goal sooner or later. Even if your pony is used to heels their change in balance will mean learning all over again. Pay attention to the feet and legs. A pony with a twisted ankle isn't much use.

As for how to dress your pony the sky and your wallet are the limit. I have seem maid ponies, ponies in chaps, corsets, harnesses, naked as a jay bird, business suits, and just about any other fetish attire you can think of.

Another resource and a good source for first hand articles from the ponies is a magazine called Equus Eroticus. They also sell some realistic pony videos. I love the animation of the pony girl on the main page.

So if you have the desire give it a try. All of the people I have met since the days of the ranch have said it was something special in their lives. It was for me.

Andrew thanks for the question. Haven't gone back to the ranch in a long while. And Tour Guide call this time the "Dark Ages".

So that it for me on ponies for now. I hope we hear from some other ponies. I'm sure there must be some others around.