Recent content by Pony_Problems

I am 14 years old and have ridden for 10 years. I am more than capable of going out to shows and competing in my chosen discipline of Show Jumping. I have owned my Mare for 2 years and only went to my first proper show yesterday where we were very successful and qualified for Cricklands...

UPDATE - My mother took Molly out this afternoon on a hack with two other very sensible horses. They rode along a quiet road for about 10 minutes, only two cars passed. According to my mother all she did was take a few steps back, out of nervousness. I did desensitisation with her yesterday...

She is a angel travelling, loading all that type of thing. Absolutely fine at shows, will stand at the trailer for hours.

We live in the middle of nowhere haha, no busy roads for a long way, which is very good I suppose. I shall try and start desensitising her tomorrow. She is fine with parked cars so I want to see how she gets on if we turn the engine on.

I also need to fix this issue. We unfortunately aren't keeping her forever. This time next year she will be up for sale. I'm not sure I would be happy just, ignoring the issue.

Not really. I don't hack her anymore myself. I'm too scared to even try. I'm trying to think positively about it, but as we show jump together and compete, I feel its quite an Important part of a horses life for them to be hacked.

She is turning 13 this June

I own a 14.2 connie mare. She is absolutely terrified of anything with an engine. This includes, Cars, Tractors, Lawn mowers etc. She has got to the point that I have now lost all my confidence on the roads. My mother who is confident out hacking, knows what she does and apparently isn't fazed...