It's a hard life [for your horse!] but I'm sure he'll survive. I always wanted a pony as a kid and I would still like to have one, but paying my own costs is hard enough. It's a pity, because I do live on the edge of an area where horse agistments are available, though my fantasy was always to have a horse where I was living.

You mentioned having two horses. Is the younger one still being trained to ride?