What is Pony Play?

Pony Play is one of the fastest growing sexual subcultures today. The span of Pony Play is quite vast, it reaches from Europe to the states and we are sure expanding to other areas as we write.

The pony play crowd in mainly derived from those who “play” in the arena of BDSM (Sadism and Masochism), simply put “pony play” is where one person takes on the role of a pony, horse, mule or donkey (this is usually the submissive person) and the other takes on the role of the trainer, master or owner (usually the dominant person). Although pony play is not isolated to those who enjoy BDMS play. You will run to people who simply enjoy the fantasy, adventure and dress up of pony play and are not into any type of other “play”. Keeping an open mind is the key.

Let's get this question out of the way…“is sex involved in Pony Play?” Not usually, is the best answer we have to offer. This is a question determined by those consenting adults who are participating. For example…

• There are couples that enjoy pony play as their foreplay to intercourse.
• There are those who enjoy the dominant feeling over another and there is nothing more then that feeling.
• There are those who look to pony play as an adventure or challenge and the satisfaction they derived from completing the task at hand is what they enjoy.
• There are couples or groups who enjoy the sexual nature pony play can bring out and if consenting adults wish to make it a sexual experience they can.
• There are those who simply relish in the fantasy of dressing up and going for a pony ride and nothing else.

When we think of pony play we think of a human down on all fours – this is not necessarily the case in all pony play. There are ponies out there that you will see on all fours and others who prefer to carry you on two legged rides. It all depends on each pony. We should also mention this is not a predominately all male or female activity. Pony play is wide spread through men and women and does not take sides.

What is the attraction to pony play? This question varies due to the fact that there are so many who enjoy pony play for so many different reasons. Here we have listed a few of the reasons.

• Some “pony-girls” and “pony-boys” like the show aspect of pony play. They indulge in the show pony aspect where they are saddled up in complete show pony wardrobes and imitate the canter, trot or run in front of a crowd or solo with their “trainer.”
• Others participate in the complete “horse show” where they pull the carts or even perform an elaborate choreographed show as pony-girls and pony-boys for an event full of people.
• Some people enjoy the time they spend in the barn, carrel, tied up to a post, being saddled up and trained and living out the life a horse leads.
• While others enjoy the dress up.
• Many enjoy the dominant/submissive role that is played, as the pony-girl or pony-boy receives training. There are several different training methods i.e. whips, paddles, loving affection, offering of favorite snacks such as sugar cubes or carrot sticks.
• In England especially, pony play attracts some people because of its upper-class associations -- some pony trainers assume aristocratic titles like "Sir" or "Lady".
• Pony play also offers more flexibility and imagination. You can select your breed, name and setting of where you will live.

The list goes on. We hope we have opened the door for you to Pony Play and maybe someday you too will experience all it has to offer.