Well, the only pony riding on a beach that my 7 year old daughter did was on a beach in hua hin, being led by a woman walking beside the horses head. The pony itself looked very resigned to its fate and hardly looked like it could raise its head let alone a trot. So I don’t think you can speak in total generalities. That said, I haven’t seen any other examples of pony riding on a Thai beach so maybe others use highly strung stallions itching to set off at a gallop. I can only speak for what I have seen and what I saw was not extreme at all and paled in terms of risk comparison to riding a motorbike. I must also admit that I have never seen any warnings about pony riding on Thai beaches. Jet ski, yes. Motorbikes, yes. Pony riding, no. Then again, I haven’t particularly been reading embassy websites looking for it. I guess I should count myself lucky for avoiding the extreme activity of pony riding without even trying to do so.
