Minnies_Mum
Well-Known Member
So, I'm supposed to be going hunting on the 9th, on the pony I've been riding. It was my idea, and I was all geared up for it. I'm not a very brave rider but she's given me so much confidence that I was sure I could handle it.
BUT, I have fallen off twice in the last 8 days. Admittedly, once was off another pony and the other was in a jumping lesson, so totally un-hunting-like situations. But today I had another little wobble where I thought I might come off again, while we were out cantering. We cantered past a field with 2 ponies in it and they cantered up the field with us, and pony scuttled sideways and shot forwards and I got a bit unbalanced. Just wondering if I'm really ready to cope with what she might do in a crowd out hunting.
I really really want to go hunting, I've never had a horse I've felt comfortable to even consider it on before and it would make my dad so proud. He used to hunt a lot and I feel I'm a bit of a disappointment to him because my lack of confidence and tendency to panic often stops me going very far with my riding.
Part of me knows that if I can grit my teeth and just go for it, I will feel so much more confident at the end of the day when I have done it. But the falls have dented my confidence this week and I'm not sure I can go through with it. I'm sick of my lack of confidence getting in the way of what I want to do.
So, should I get some balls and go, or give it a miss?
BUT, I have fallen off twice in the last 8 days. Admittedly, once was off another pony and the other was in a jumping lesson, so totally un-hunting-like situations. But today I had another little wobble where I thought I might come off again, while we were out cantering. We cantered past a field with 2 ponies in it and they cantered up the field with us, and pony scuttled sideways and shot forwards and I got a bit unbalanced. Just wondering if I'm really ready to cope with what she might do in a crowd out hunting.
I really really want to go hunting, I've never had a horse I've felt comfortable to even consider it on before and it would make my dad so proud. He used to hunt a lot and I feel I'm a bit of a disappointment to him because my lack of confidence and tendency to panic often stops me going very far with my riding.
Part of me knows that if I can grit my teeth and just go for it, I will feel so much more confident at the end of the day when I have done it. But the falls have dented my confidence this week and I'm not sure I can go through with it. I'm sick of my lack of confidence getting in the way of what I want to do.
So, should I get some balls and go, or give it a miss?