When the wind picked up and the skies darkened prior to the start of yesterday’s small green pony hunter over fences, understandably many trainers were worried about how their charges would handle the already pressure-filled atmosphere of the U.S. Equestrian Federation Pony Finals in Lexington, Ky.

Ali Sweetnam had the opposite concern.

“We were scared he’d be too quiet.”

So why wasn’t she worried that her 6-year-old pony would be a tad wild? Mr. Magoo was born in the circus.