Recent content by kissoffire

I have discovered that writing sms's and having spell check has diminished my capacity for spelling - for instance, I abbreviate tomorrow to tomoro in a text, and the other day I had to type it out correctly, and for the life of me I could not see past "tomoro" - took a couple of attempts to get...

After years of back pain, I finally went for x rays after rupturing 2 disks, and was diagnosed with scoliosis, and a whole lot of degeneration etc, a lot of which explained my difficulties in the saddle over the years. Basically I was told my back was very fragile and I should not ever ride...

Congratulations! Have a few glasses on me as well - I know how shattering a loss of confidence can be and what is simple and taken for granted by other riders can have a huge emotional impact on us when it comes together! PS - I often find a ride a bit better after a glass of Sav Banc:)

Thanks sbloom, wish I was in the UK to take advantage of the lovely variety you have there! He he, I am also very far from petite, why I was handed out this horse craziness I cannot understand, my two sisters who have the perfect figure for horse riding are not interested! I bit the bullet...

Greetings from the Garden Route, South Africa. I'm hoping this is the right place to post this query. My hubby is a larger rider (120kg's), and is battling to find a suitable dressage saddle, as we live in an area that caters more for jumpers so our access is very limited and saddle fitting...