Oh, yes. Off a real pony. We lived in the country out on a rural road that was about 5-6 miles long. With houses set in groups, of 4 here 6 there, except a huge cluster that was called the village. There all the children who lived up and down the road would gather and we’d have parades, circus and contests. Fortunately I had two older sisters so I’d borrow their clothes to dress up and do tricks on my ponies back, like the circus. Many of us had our own ponies but my guy was mellow and tolerant. I spent a lot of time training my pony and my dog. We won a few times. There was no real prize. It was just a rag tag bunch of kids putting our own entertainment together and whiling away the long summer days. Back then the mum’s were all connected by party lines and the mum’s in the village kept eyes on us and if someone misbehaved the word went out to their mum. Think “the Rascals “ only 60s and early 70’s instead of 30’s. It’s all a gone by era. We had fun.