Recent content by Skib

For years I rode my old share in a Podhajski training saddle, re created by Ideal. It is a very open saddle, One can move about on it and shift ones weight. I like to ride long and the vertical knee pad is right for that. My current sharing yard own such a saddle but I am not allowed to ride in...

I stopped riding in January as my falls seemed to cluster there. Didnt ride last week as it was pouring with rain but I intended to ride tomorrow which wont happen now as I have caught a streaming cold and am feeling totally dumb

My OH did that. And me too, up to a point. Even as a teenager, I never had strong arms. I have never been able to lift a saddle onto the back of the horse. Luckilly there has always been someone around, either staff or a livery who will do it for me. No one minds. If one can ride out alone...

Not trousers but I bought waterproof full chaps from Just chaps in Dec 2019 when we had a lot of rain. Not worn them for years as my current share is on a yard where we dont ride if it is pouring with rain. I am more comfortable riding in my Derby House warm breeches which may be slightly...

I am not a candidate for your horse. I live miles away. But she is the size and build of horse that I like to ride. May be find a less smart picture suggesting that someone newly retired and a bit out of shape might like to ride your horse mid week? It is sensible to put up little notices in...

That depends on the padding and saddle design surely? Or maybe I should have said some saddles prevent a bent leg. I am not a pro and dont have the expertise or jargon But like any RS rider, Over the last 25 years I have ridden in more saddles than many horse owners. May be 5 or 6 in my first...

It absolutely isnt. If you want your legs to relax and hang straight you cant have them forced into a bent knee position by the padding on a jump saddle. As an RS rider and sharer, I have to ride in whatever saddle I am given - currently a modern gp which would prefer my knees to be bent but...

I am the opposite. I have thin fine leather leathers and conventional narrow stirrups though my Sprengers have some flexibility (but not a lot) due to the sprung sides. The springs are to reduce wear on ones hips and knees so not just to assist in balance. The left stirrup and leather bears my...

But (at the clinic I spectated where this arose) Mark did not do it repeatedly.

Mark Rashid has never classified his work as "natural horsemanship" Nor has Mark's teaching and training remained the same throughout his career. It changed particularly when he took up martial arts. This again is not exact, or at least is horse dependent. As with humans at the gymn, a horse...

I think there is a problem of vocabulary here. There is kicking with the heel or toe of your boot and there is giving a leg aid with the inside of your calf which was what Davison showed. Plus therre is a big difference between doing it regularly and doing it just once, I dont think I have ever...

There is a Richard Davison DVD on which a woman rider is failing to get her horse to walk off from halt. He told her to increase the cue, culminating in her lifting both legs off the horse and giving an almighty kick. I have never needed to do this myself but I once hacked with an escort new to...

I wear an Airowear. Mine is now quite old and that model has gone butit is something like the Airmesh II Ladies Body Protector - Black My bp s protected me for many years, out hacking and removed a lot of the worry. The bp goes over a shirt or thin jersey and under ones riding jacket or coat...

But you should have been able to control both his speed and direction before hacking him out. Regardless of whether thehorse is shuffling sideways or not. It all starts in the school. Cavalry horses were trained to obedience by riding dressage in the school. And if you havent got a school use...

There are lessons that can teach you balance. After a year of RS lessons and some hacking, I eventually went to a highly skilled teacher who specialised in lunge lessons. Her aim was purely to improve ones balance and thus reduce the likelyhood of a fall. I started to trot without stirrups and...