Recent content by Olas11

Hi all, I've been a lurker on this forum for over 10 years now and am looking for some advice please as i'm feeling at a crossroads. So i've recently started loaning an absolutely wonderful horse (first time loaning as an adult but have done lots of shares and part loans as a teen). I am...

Your words and prejudices are vile.

Also worth bearing in mind is that she was probably very, very nervous! If it is her first share/first time riding a non riding-school horse, i'm sure she was extremely nervous, added with the pressure of being assessed by yourself, so would probably cut her a bit of slack for her first time and...

I think OP should be getting some commission from Aldi at this rate!

Apologies if someone has already said, but they have an online store! Yippee!

Ah, great, thank you! He's absolutely gorgeous :)

I haven't yet been on a fast hack with her (just a few brief ambles), but will be taking her out this weekend and will see what she's like cantering then! Thank you for your response, definitely reassuring to know

Oh really! Amazing! Ah..I thought they came in shetland/pony/full. What size is your cob? And what model is it? They have basic, which doesn't seem to have knee pads/padding in cantle or pommel area, premium (like Sparkles') and premium plus for high withered horses (extra padding in both...

Hiya... sorry for yet another question about the bareback pad! I'm thinking of getting one for my cob. Is yours in size 'pony'? Thank you!

Having been a volunteer at local riding schools during much of my youth, I am quite certain that novicey children's lessons consist of the instructor focusing primarily on the child's basic position, use of reins and legs, and basic upward/downward transitions, rather than correcting the horse's...

Thank you for your advice, I will definitely be following that line of action and in that order, although I did think of waiting til I had a saddler out before getting an instructor, but perhaps instructor should come first. I am kicking myself for having asked the seller for a loan of an...

I did actually, it's a very well-known riding school in that area and the owner has a great reputation both for her school and her selection of horses/ponies for sale. They don't let a client buy on the first visit, and they also have the horses in the riding school for at least 6 months before...

Hi, thank you for your response. Not sure I understand, however. She was from a riding school and was ridden by total beginners..said riding school have over 30 horses and ponies and she wasn't regularly ridden by anyone other than the novice students. She was a particular favourite among novice...

Thank you - I have contacted her seller to find out exactly what the mouthpiece was and will be ordering a new bit straight away. I've even been struggling with 20m circles, as without completely overexaggerated aids, she is simply continuing on the straight.. nothing like the pony I tried...

Apologies, I haven't been completely chronologically accurate - I would say I have ridden her bareback twice, and problem (2) and (3) started around 4 rides ago, whereas problem (1) was from ride one!