Dear wwh,

You place the apple on your palm, and the pony just munches it as he will--sometimes dropping the fruit that didn't make it into its mouth into the sandy dirt. Doesn't matter to the pony! I'd be more worried about that pony biting my fingers accidentally than choking on that apple. I rode for years and years, and now hang around horses at my Uncle Jimmy's barn and never saw one choke on an apple.

Horses do choke--when they're ill.

But enough to choke a horse? I still don't get it here. Is there a problem somewhere in the world with horses choking on their food? And what kind of food would this be?

I hope Jackie does check in here. I've learned a lot from what's she's written about horses already. I wonder how many falls she's taken? When you've taken far too many to remember, then you're a rider.

Trotting back to starland,
OrB.