Can't believe I Quit - so sad

Thanks guys yeah once me and the new girly are up and running I will post a wee update - fingers crossed it works out for us ;-)
 
I over horsed myself massively 2 years ago. I fought for 8 months (I know it wasn't very long, but I was only 17 and just couldn't do it any longer- she was just way too sharp for me at the time and I either fell off every day, or didn't ride because I was too scared to, my confidence hit rock bottom) ...anyway, I was devastated when I sold her, who wants to sell their first horse in those circumstances? But it was the best decision I ever made and I went on to buy my horse of a life time who took me through the dressage levels :)

Best of luck with your new mare, she's beautiful and I guarantee you'll look back on this and wonder why you never did it sooner :)
 
Daytona said:
Oh yes I've learnt ALOT

1 - I'd never buy a youngster again, in my eyes big powerful young WB should be left to pros

2 - that's even though I've rode for 30 years been reasonably successful at RC type things etc, I'm not as good as I thought.

3 - it don't matter how much you want something , sometimes you don't get them.

4 - you can spend all the money in the world on a horse with capabilities , don't mean you will learn to ride it.

5 - I've learnt that I'm not invincible like I thought and horses can seriously hurt you and it's really not worth it in the grand scheme of things

6 - I can see why there is so many problem horses out there thanks to people mucking up their schooling through lack of knowledge and it's not the horse that's the problem but who ever started it, had I not turned to pros for help that's exactly what ludo would of turned out like, had I tried to bring him on myself.

On the positive notes I've improved my riding thanks to ludo, with the lessons I got on the PSG horse with the hope I could transfer what I learnt across to him. Ive learnt a lot more about flat work and advanced dressage moves, something I was never that interested in, and I enjoyed it, so much so I'm gonna try and do a little dressage with this mare. I always thought it boring, but the feeling of cantering down the school doing 2 time changes for me was a awesome experience and something I'd love to achieve myself with my own horse. - ha ha one day maybe :-) we can but dream xx
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My hat is completely off to you - that is a lot of learning and you've done it, believe it or not, in a unusually short space of time and without permanent damage or quitting the sport altogether. You can see now why some people on here raised alarms way back when, not to be mean but because they'd seen it - or been there themselves - all before.

Lessons learned. Hopefully someone else will learn from your journey and then you will have done even more good in the world. Enjoy your mare, you deserve it. :)
 
Good on you for making a really tough decision. You tried your best with Ludo, nobody could have done more, but at the end of day no horse is worth getting seriously hurt. The whole point is to enjoy yourself and I hope you can do that with your new girl.
 
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