# Ponies for you for New Year's

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ponies-for-you-for-new-years/523233>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 31, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ponies-for-you-for-new-years/523233 "2009-12-31T22:55:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ponies-for-you-for-new-years/523233/1 "2009-12-31T22:55:41Z")

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Here is my New Year’s gift to you: [a ride on the beach.](http://exurbanmusings.blogspot.com/2009/12/riders-on-cranes-beach.html) The beach is my town’s crowning jewel, and from October 1st through March 31st it’s open to horseback riders, dogwalkers, and anyone else who wants to enjoy its magnificent sweep.

I’ve ridden there twice – would go more often, if I had a horse trailer and a truck to haul it, or a riding buddy with same. Oh, well, I can walk there, and shoot photographs there, and indulge in the vicarious thrill of a grand gallop down the strand and through the surf.

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ponies-for-you-for-new-years/523233/2 "2009-12-31T23:08:56Z")

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Oh! _Swoon_ Grand pictures!.. and I wanted to just squeeze that little pony and call him George.

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**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ponies-for-you-for-new-years/523233/3 "2010-01-01T16:04:37Z")

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Oh. Oh, Oh, Oh…  
What glorious pictures! This is on my life-list; before I die, I want to gallop a horse on the beach.

Thank you for sharing that.

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ponies-for-you-for-new-years/523233/4 "2010-01-01T20:47:27Z")

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Very nice. Reminds me of my high school graduation cookout held there many moons ago. And of Steve McQueen tooling around in his souped up VW in _The Thomas Crown Affair_. And of summer concerts on the lawn of the Crane Castle. And of the little girl in the ubiquitous ally bank tv commercial that gets the real pony instead of the toy.