I am aware of the practice of supporters of various ponies using online forums to drum up support for their favorite. I do assure you however that the actual votes brought in by these messages are very, very few – too few to actually affect the eventual poll results. Most votes are actually being brought in by people e-mailing each other and letting each other know about the poll.

The whole purpose of these polls – in fact, the site itself – is to foster enthusiasm and discussion for and about the breed. If people are talking about who the best ponies of the past ten years were on message boards, forums, and e-mails, then we can say that the poll has done it’s job.

I know that some would place more importance on the exact results than others, but, in the end, an online poll is merely a way of testing the waters. That’s why we look for people to nominate five ponies instead of one – is Dexter a better pony than Darkie, or Darkie a better pony than Coral Misty, simply on the difference of five or ten votes? Of course not! But their positions at the top of the list gives us an indication of the affection and esteem people have for these particular ponies. It is our intention to then reward this affection with some good write-ups on these ponies after the poll’s end.

So, in conclusion, don’t worry too much when you see a message extolling people to vote for a particular pony on our poll – it’s not doing anyone much good, and it’s certainly not doing any pony any harm. The final proofs will always rest within the ponies themselves!

Suggestions Welcome!

I agree, Fear Bui is definitely one that could have been included. I’m actually a big fan of the performance stallions and particularly like Fear Bui’s breeding as the Winter connection is very rare and very special.

If you’d like to send a photograph and list some of his progeny and achievements, we’d love to do a feature on him on the site. We’d be particularly interested in some half-breds by him, as they are terrific ambassadors for the pure breds

Tom.