Hi! My 2 year old daughter has been taking lessons for several months and last month I bought her a little pony. He has been great with her.
I also have an 8 year old son with autism (though he is verbal), he showed no interest in the horses until last week he said he was ready for his own horse. Our trainer found him a nice big TB gelding and he became ours yesterday.
I am pretty new at horse ownership and have found this forum to be a great resource. It has already helped make the white pony white again.