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Kokopelli

Kokopelli

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Well it seems very unfair to me to post something horrid about your riding. I've only watched the first video and really can't see a problem - in fact I thought you did a good job, and a cute pony too. If I was to be really picky I'd say perhaps you could give with your hands more over fences but that's being really critical as I didn't see you actually yank your pony in the mouth and he seemed happy with you.

Ignore the horrible people and carry on doing what you both enjoy. x
 
Dont think your hurting him hun, som folk just lov to get at others, hiding behind their computer that is..Ii like your horse he is the same as mine :D
 
Thanks, I will try giving a bit more, my old pony didn't really strech over fences so I'm not used to it. I really hate people like that if they came on and said "to improve I'd do this" I would feel happy but its just made me a bit down.
 
I agree with Angelbones. You look ok to me. (much better than i do over a jump anyway :p ;) :D) If you where hurting him he wouldn't jump (or you would have to beat him over and he looks prity happy to me)

Try to ignore the horrible comments and block that user.
Keep up the good work :) :)
 
I agree, you both seem relaxed and your horse is'nt show any signs of being distressed, it looked rather good to me. Just ignore the nasty comments, it seems to happen alot with horsy people, it's like a sport, nit picking at everyones riding. You should hear what people say at shows.
 
You're doing fine, and he's jumping well for you. Ignore the weirdos on youtube.

Someone wrote a bizare paragraph about how miserable I looked in a dressage test I had on youtube.... I deleted that comment too!
 
Don't Worry hun just watched some of the videos as they kept freezing but from what i could see you are a brilliant rider and you have a great bond with your new boy. :D

Just bit of advice, every now and then you lean back going up to a jump which is exactly the same as what i did so just try and sit up a bit and look straight over the fence! x

Don't worry about the nasty comments, you can ride and all other HHOers will agree x x
 
I agree, you look fine and your horse looks happy and forward. People are so nasty when they have the shield of anonymity. Just look at the awful comments they leave on news stories! Especially those about some tragedy - blaming the victim and that sort of thing.

Try to let it slide off you.
 
I can't see where you were hurting your horse. I was pleased to see that you did not resort to smacking the horse when he/you made a mistake. I did wonder why you went round the indoor school so many times. You/the horse seemed to get tired/bored and made more mistakes towards the end. It is always better to finish on a good note. If you are really concerned about your riding it is always best to ask an instructor who can see you in person.

ETA, lovely horse, will you be taking him to the Northern Appaloosa Show?
 
Thanks guys really made me feel better. Anybody know how to block users on youtube? I think I will to save anymore future stress.

Unfortunatly at shows we get a lot of attention due to his colour which I hate :p I think I need to build my confidence within myself a bit.
 
Pearlsasinger said:
I can't see where you were hurting your horse. I was pleased to see that you did not resort to smacking the horse when he/you made a mistake. I did wonder why you went round the indoor school so many times. You/the horse seemed to get tired/bored and made more mistakes towards the end. It is always better to finish on a good note. If you are really concerned about your riding it is always best to ask an instructor who can see you in person.
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Thankyou, we hired the arena for an hour so he could see the scary jumps :p the jumps actaully change each time and we were doing different course etc so he could see all jumps from all angles I think the mistakes were me burying him at the bottom of the fence rather then him getting tired.
 
Kokopelli said:
Thanks guys really made me feel better. Anybody know how to block users on youtube? I think I will to save anymore future stress.

Unfortunatly at shows we get a lot of attention due to his colour which I hate :p I think I need to build my confidence within myself a bit.
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When you go to shows, just aim for your personal best, you don't need to ride to anyone elses standard.
 
I have watched both videos, and tbh, I would say you are a pretty quiet rider, and I can't see any evidence of you 'hurting' your horse.

He looks like a lovely little horse and I am sure you will have loads of fun together!
 
Not rubbish at all, you look like a lovely quiet rider and he's jumping nicely for you, he looks confident and relaxed about it to me. I did read in one of your comments that he's only young so you have plenty of time to practise and perfect his technique, and I did pick up quite a few things for you to work on. I hope it doesn't sound like I'm nit picking, you did ask for constructive criticism and I thought I'd try to give you a little!

Well the first thing I noticed was that at the start of the second video, his canter is very crooked with his hindquarters off the track. This is very common and most horses do it but can be corrected by riding a slight shoulder-fore in canter. I don't know what level he's at flatwork-wise, you may need to teach him shoulder-in in the slower paces first, but of course the sooner you get a nice straight canter to be second nature to him, the easier your job becomes.

A few times you ended up on the 'wrong leg', however I don't think this is a big deal. He was balanced enough to make the turns (which were wide anyway) and the jumps on the 'wrong' leg - if you only ever practise on the 'right' leg how can you expect him to cope on the 'wrong' leg? On the other hand, with lots of practise if you can control which leg he lands on 99% of the time, you can use this to your advantage when it matters, ie when riding jump offs and sharper turns against the clock.

I also thought perhaps, when you were riding at a slightly quicker pace toward the end of the video, that he was maybe not so confident at speed and the refusals started creeping in. Perhaps that was not the reason, its difficult to tell from a video, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts. You may have just pushed him out of his natural rhythm a little or something. Or quite possibly he was just getting a little tired and/or fed up, who knows.

Some of the jumps you got a little close, some you stood off a little, but again you went with him, he took it in his stride, all was OK. You look like a good pair. I do agree with the other poster who suggested perhaps you could give with your hands a little bit more over the fences but without throwing the reins away.

Well done though, lovely young horse you've got there and you look like a promising partnership. What are your plans with him? I look forward to seeing more of you!
 
Ziggy_ said:
Not rubbish at all, you look like a lovely quiet rider and he's jumping nicely for you, he looks confident and relaxed about it to me. I did read in one of your comments that he's only young so you have plenty of time to practise and perfect his technique, and I did pick up quite a few things for you to work on. I hope it doesn't sound like I'm nit picking, you did ask for constructive criticism and I thought I'd try to give you a little!

Well the first thing I noticed was that at the start of the second video, his canter is very crooked with his hindquarters off the track. This is very common and most horses do it but can be corrected by riding a slight shoulder-fore in canter. I don't know what level he's at flatwork-wise, you may need to teach him shoulder-in in the slower paces first, but of course the sooner you get a nice straight canter to be second nature to him, the easier your job becomes.

A few times you ended up on the 'wrong leg', however I don't think this is a big deal. He was balanced enough to make the turns (which were wide anyway) and the jumps on the 'wrong' leg - if you only ever practise on the 'right' leg how can you expect him to cope on the 'wrong' leg? On the other hand, with lots of practise if you can control which leg he lands on 99% of the time, you can use this to your advantage when it matters, ie when riding jump offs and sharper turns against the clock.

I also thought perhaps, when you were riding at a slightly quicker pace toward the end of the video, that he was maybe not so confident at speed and the refusals started creeping in. Perhaps that was not the reason, its difficult to tell from a video, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts. You may have just pushed him out of his natural rhythm a little or something. Or quite possibly he was just getting a little tired and/or fed up, who knows.

Some of the jumps you got a little close, some you stood off a little, but again you went with him, he took it in his stride, all was OK. You look like a good pair. I do agree with the other poster who suggested perhaps you could give with your hands a little bit more over the fences but without throwing the reins away.

Well done though, lovely young horse you've got there and you look like a promising partnership. What are your plans with him? I look forward to seeing more of you!
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Just what I wanted :) I do practise a bit with which leg he lands on but I'm not always to bothered unless I'm taking very tight turns (which I don't as hes a bit green)

The second video I had him like 2 or 3 days so I was still getting used to him and at this time we had a "wahhayy I'm jumping" problem! :p He's just worked out that he doesn't need to go 100mph to jump. Any adivce on how to fix this as occasionaly he does still do it?

I used to be fine at seeing a stride but I find it quite difficult with him, any adivse on this? I think its cause he's so different from my old pony. Because of his age I am also letting him sort himself out, I don't always want to tell him take off here etc as if I get it wrong we are stuffed. When we start jumping bigger I am definatly going to be a bit more carfeul about where we take off. We do a lot of gridwork and use placing poles etc so he gets the right idea.

I hopefully want to event as he has lovely flat work, he is working at elementry level but when we go to a show he's so excited I'd be lucky to ride a decent prelimanry :p He also needs to mature before I consider proper eventing.

We intend on starting small BS with him at the beginning of the winter or perhaps next year not in a bug rush were taking it slow and steady and bringing him on slowly. I will keep you posted :)
 
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