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Hey there :) I posted a while back with complaints about a lazy horse. Actually it was me taking my time to get back into horseriding and now my leg aids up to trot are fine :) I'm so happy! My new problem is the canter. I don't have any difficulty asking for the canter and getting it...

Again, thanks for all the support and advice! I had a lesson last Tuesday and it was SO much better. I'm making progress. I actually think it's a case of practice makes perfect and also training my muscles. I'm sure I will have many more questions as I go along! :P

Thanks for this advice. Yes, I certainly get what you mean about the balance in trot. If I concentrate, I get it right and it's all fine. I think what I might be doing is not putting enough pressure on the stirrups to keep the friction between the boot and stirrup so it comes undone if that...

No, she's not constantly asking me. He has started to obey my leg aids most of the time, it is just the gate and sometimes corners that he slows down. I think he was probably expecting me to nag him yesterday, so now that I've started using a better leg aid, he'll probably be even more...

Thanks for all of the advice everyone! I had a lesson today and it was INFINITELY better. Progress!!! Very pleased with myself, but also with my lovely riding school horse. He's so patient! Now I need to work on giving more leg whilst doing rising trot - this is the next hurdle to clear. Any...

That was very, very helpful! :) I shall be trying all this out on Tuesday and hoping that there will be a massive transformation! EDIT: Thank you so much for that!

Hello there! I have a question and am dying for an answer. The horse I'm learning to ride on is very slow with me. When going into trot, he will do it for a little while and then slow down. And of course, instructor says "More leg" or "tap" or "nudge him". Well I tried doing all...

Yeah it was towards the end of the lesson. I think he had a busy day yesterday... I think he might have been tired. He was also quite slow with me, whereas in the past he's been pretty sharp!

Hey there :) Just started riding lessons again after many years of not going anywhere near a horse. I'm so glad I made the decision to start learning to ride again! Yesterday during lesson, the horse I was riding started snatching the rein and chewing the bit. He's a school horse so...

Thanks Bonkers2 - unfortunately mechanical horses aren't bred here in South Wales as far as I know!

Thanks so much Joanne... did you mean 1 private lesson a week as opposed to one lesson a year?! :P Either way, I'm committed to going every week... I'm hoping that I'll be able to canter relatively quickly... I was confident on the horse in my first lesson, in terms of, I didn't get nervous or...

Thanks for the welcome outinthefens88! Yes, I'm thinking of going half group lessons, half private - or maybe half private and half semi private... as with everything, a lot depends on how much money I can pay! I'm very keen to get going, but I know I must be patient. I like to think I'm a...

Hey there :) I'm new to this forum and new (ish) to riding. Basically, I had lessons when I was very small, but stopped for many years, and now as an adult I'm returning to riding again. So I'm almost a complete beginner. I had my first lesson at my riding school last week, in a group...