Caol Ila
Well-Known Member
The BTV thread brought this to mind. How common, or not, is it for children's riding instructors to properly teach the kids about contact. I was watching my 11 year old niece have a riding lesson a couple weeks ago, and she and her saint of a pony were doing a course of fences, the pony very out of balance and motorcycling around corners, and my niece's hands were very stiff and rigid, and she repeatedly caught the pony in the mouth over the little fences. Instructor didn't say a freakin' word about it. Didn't tell her how to do a crest release, nothing. I was kind of horrified. After the lesson, I got a chance to have a wee ride on the pony, and found that the pony can certainly go in a nice soft outline and bend, but like any horse, not without an elastic connection.
You can understand, kids wanting to get on to fun things like jumping as quickly as possible, but really?
How much of a thing is this?
And no, I can't help my niece out on a regular basis because they live in Hampshire and I live in Scotland.
You can understand, kids wanting to get on to fun things like jumping as quickly as possible, but really?
How much of a thing is this?
And no, I can't help my niece out on a regular basis because they live in Hampshire and I live in Scotland.