[Rhiannon]

Of course the owner could have lied to me about their ages . But I have known ponies at 35 and over 40 years and the one that was 70. My TB mare is 26 and going strong, still jumps and runs. I am careful about overstress due to age.

[Beaker]

If they are a little rank it is because no one puts the time into training them that they would a full sized horse, they think they're more harmless because they're small.

I think the person was certainly telling tall tales when he or she told you about the horse's age. Horses can get to be into their 40s, but that's really old, and that doesn't happen all that often.. They can easily live into their early to mid 30s, though. To be fair, however, I once knew a pony, his name was Dynamite, who lived to be 45.