Recent content by Dawny

Depends on her circumstances. Is she a good enough rider for the horse and is just being held back by confidence issues, or is she genuinely not capable of riding it? No shame in admitting the latter. If only confidence came as quickly as it went. As others have said, I'd recommend she...

I think most people who are looking for a sharer wouldn't mind showing you the ropes as long as your enthusiastic and willing to learn, which you seem to be, and any that aren't tend to be the types you wouldn't really want to share with anyway. BHS may make you seem more appealing but if it...

I used to share a RS pony for 2 days a week and I found the answer was yes to the first two questions although she was a lot younger and because of that had very few people use her in the RS so that may have been why. As a riding school horse he's probably had the needed manners drilled into...

Definitely try and get one at a shop, something as important as a helmet is something you really need to be sure is right. If the prices are really bad though I would go into a shop and ask to try on some of theirs and then once you find one that fits you can remember the brand and order the...

It depends really on your daughters. Some horses will go better in them and some won't, but I would say it won't make much difference if the horse itself isn't suitable. If they are competent and confident riders then you may find a huge improvement however if they are middling somewhere between...

A reply from my mother who's 46 (Hope this will still apply) “I came back after over ten years off because of my daughters pestering, and even then I had never really gotten past trotting. My only experience in-between was two riding holidays down in Cornwall where I’d gotten to...

Thank you all for the advice, I think that going behind someone may be the way forward. Going to force myself to give it a try when the situation next arises. It is a lovely riding school and I feel very lucky to be near it so hopefully I'll get the courage to enjoy it fully.

Not really experienced in this so I may be wrong, but riding bareback may be useful. If she is in pain rather than being just grumpy, then her reaction to this may tell you whether it's her back or her saddle. Either way I'd say you're on the right track with trying to get a saddler out and also...

So at my current riding school we're lucky enough to have a gallop track, and now that the weather is getting nicer we are being allowed to canter around it on my evening lessons. The slight problem is I'm terrified of my horse bolting. I've been riding for roughly four years, but because I...

General riding, and I'm not really sure about the second part. I feel comfortable jumping that height and I don't feel like I have a bad seat but i may just not realise what i'm doing wrong.

I have currently been riding just over 3 years ( Began late december 2012) and I was wondering what I should be able to do by now. I was 11 when I started so obviously I started a fair while after most people start, and I want to know what I should be able to do competently by now. I have had...

Sorry for not clarifying in the post but i wasn't nervous of the horse but rather the fact that there were other horses in the lesson and quite a few of them were green and were bucking every now and then and running off. It made me nervous to get too close to them because of this as i wouldn't...

Today i went and tried a mare for loan. She was lovely both on the ground and to ride but she is more forward going than i am used to which makes me a bit nervous and then makes her a bit nervous ( I wouldn't call her green but she definitely isn't the most experienced horse). The instructor who...

sorry i ment I DONT plan on getting anything like a cob :)

Hello! I'm going to be getting my first horse a some point this year. I have loaned before but they have always been at riding schools where hay is provided, so im not really sure what to do about feeding. I am hoping to have a horse/pony who is between 14.2hh-15.3hh that would be used...