Does anyone remember a little black pony from the same era called Babyface? He was about 10.2 and FAT. One year his owner entered him at Devon (the lure of that “smaller” class division where he was pretty much guaranteed a ribbon.) The only problem was, you couldn’t enter just one class, so he was put in the whole division.
Small ponies jumped 2’6" then and the stake class was held in the (then) Wanamaker Oval over a big course. Babyface huffed and puffed his whole way around and as he came to the last line which included a rather substantial wall, you could see the whole audience begin to hold its breath. The wall was bigger than Babyface.
That little pony never even hesitated. He galloped up to the wall, jumped up like a goat and landed on top, teetered for a moment, then jumped off the other side and continued on. 
I think he got a standing ovation.