As a pony rider, I'm used to hearing, "Hey, can you get the gate since you're so low to the ground?" or "Are you really going to jump that? It's bigger than your pony!" I take offense to neither of these comments, and with my faithful pony standing quietly, I lean completely out of the saddle to latch the gate as the bouncing Thoroughbreds jig around us nervously. Then I proceed to hop my pony over the 3'6" coop beside the gate (most times giving one or two flustered and unwilling horses a lead) and head off after them.