Riverboy
Well-Known Member
Hi all
Well I've owned Florabella for 6 months now. When I first started riding her - a friend arranged for me to have lessons on her after a nasty riding accident meant I had to have knee surgery and my two boys were PTS within 6 months of each other - I wasn't enamoured with her. I thought her shy, a bit boring and VERY bouncy to ride. I carried on having lessons and a month later had her on a months trial at her owners yard as he'd offered her to me for sale. She was a head not a heart purchase. She was everything I said I wanted (expected for being a bay TB mare but she couldn't help that) but I was convinced I'd never love her like I did the boys.
Well we're 6 months in... and a lot has changed. She's changed my life. She isn't boring or dull - but I've had to earn her trust and I still don't have it 100%. She rewards quietness and leadership and is teaching me not only to be a better rider but a better person - calmer, more paitent, kinder and softer....
So enough of the boring bits how do you think we're doing?!
First day home:
Returning from our first hack at home:
August - one month in visit from the parentals
And finally - Jan another parental visit
My riding is still very much a work in process - I hadn't ridden much for two years before I started lessons on her, and my knee has meant there have been some issues - but as one of my best friends said when she travelled from Kent to Surrey - this is the horse I've waited my whole life to own.
CC welcome on her condition and my riding - though be kind I'm working hard at being good enough for her!!
Thanks and some homemade flapjack the OH just made for all...
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Well I've owned Florabella for 6 months now. When I first started riding her - a friend arranged for me to have lessons on her after a nasty riding accident meant I had to have knee surgery and my two boys were PTS within 6 months of each other - I wasn't enamoured with her. I thought her shy, a bit boring and VERY bouncy to ride. I carried on having lessons and a month later had her on a months trial at her owners yard as he'd offered her to me for sale. She was a head not a heart purchase. She was everything I said I wanted (expected for being a bay TB mare but she couldn't help that) but I was convinced I'd never love her like I did the boys.
Well we're 6 months in... and a lot has changed. She's changed my life. She isn't boring or dull - but I've had to earn her trust and I still don't have it 100%. She rewards quietness and leadership and is teaching me not only to be a better rider but a better person - calmer, more paitent, kinder and softer....
So enough of the boring bits how do you think we're doing?!
First day home:
Returning from our first hack at home:
August - one month in visit from the parentals
And finally - Jan another parental visit
My riding is still very much a work in process - I hadn't ridden much for two years before I started lessons on her, and my knee has meant there have been some issues - but as one of my best friends said when she travelled from Kent to Surrey - this is the horse I've waited my whole life to own.
CC welcome on her condition and my riding - though be kind I'm working hard at being good enough for her!!
Thanks and some homemade flapjack the OH just made for all...
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