Do you let others ride your horses?

I'm quite fussy about who rides my horse..but only for their safety really. There are some people on my yard who ride horses for others on a regular basis, others who help others out once in a while and a couple who just ride their own. If my horse was a friendly, easy ride I'd be more than happy to let others have a go, but as it stands the only other people who ride him are my instructor and my friend who broke her own horse in. :)
 
I quite enjoy seeing other people ride my girl. She's 6 and as she's warmblood cross, i'm carefull who goes on her. Either those who are very competent, or beginners who don't mind being led. If i'm feeling evil, i let (very occasionally) let those who 'think' they can ride on her; having given them the 'you know she's young, and spirited' chat.
Having said that, theres a couple of people at my yard who are infinitely better than me (i grew up on galloping about on naughty ponies, so usually stay on but lack finesse; i'm working on it a grown up:))
I would not allow anyone unsupervised access unless i was very sure of them.
 
I only let my instructor ride my welsh cob, she'se not the easiest and don't trust her with anybody else. But my instructor only rides her when I'm on hols. Oh and then my hubby who is 6'7" , poor girlie luckily he not heavy but his feet do almost touch the floor and my stirrup leathers are not long enough ;)
 
I used to love watching people enjoy riding my amazing WB - he's Mary Poppins of the horse world! I wouldn't put anyone through the hassle of riding my Irish thing!
 
He has enough people on him that its not a shock when some one new gets on but they have to be the right sort of person. He will take the P big time and pretend he doesnt understand what leg means with certain people and he likes to make a fool out of those that think they know every thing, so they either have to be competant or novice enough that he looks after them.
 
I share two horses and i know its going to sound terrible but its taken a year for me to not dread the owner riding. She rarely rode and would let mare do whatever she wanted, i have now found that if i put trotting pole around school and show her how to school without actually telling her i was doing it, it can be fun for both and i don't have a stroppy mare refusing to listen the next day. I think i works if people ride in similar styles and want to achieve same things.
 
I have a young lass(she is 15) ride my 5 year old irish sport horse. She rides him really nicely and has loads more confidence on him than i do :D. She would never do anything to hurt him and i know she would do anything to keep him safe so i trust her with him . My 3 year old nobody else rides her yet as she isn't ready for anyone else to get on her as it would be to confusing for her but when she is ready then she will have my rider get on her.
I haven't had many people ride my old girl as she was a very spooky and sharp ride and not many people wanted to ride her. Other than me i have had 2 riders and my instructor ride her and she is now 21 so not many were upto riding her and now she is retired.
 
No! I occasionally let someone sit and plod about (once or twice a year) but otherwise no. I'm very selfish and protective :rolleyes: They're not well schoold and deff nothing special but i still wouldnt let others ride them.
I think it's mainly because they would probably ride them better than me! And I couldn't stand the embarrasment!
What a selfish person I am :D
 
Poor Buddy has played riding school pony quite abit, basically I will let someone sit on him and be led about. My mum has hacked him out with me there.
I dont think I would let anyone ride him without me there.
 
No no no! They are the most precious horses in the world and nobody could possibly ride them without harming them for life as I am the most capable, wonderful rider you will ever meet!

Not.

Loads of people ride our horses. Especially hubby's big gelding who delights in his "riding school duties" where he can bimble along at the back rather than being made to walk out and work when I ride him! Less people ride my mare as she is sharp and strong, and scares people. I'm more bothered about them getting hurt than her - she is the type to look after herself and not get in trouble.
 
igglepop said:
I share two horses and i know its going to sound terrible but its taken a year for me to not dread the owner riding. She rarely rode and would let mare do whatever she wanted, ***** I think i works if people ride in similar styles and want to achieve same things.
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same here and same problem with owner. I got him going really nicely and had stopped him grazing whenever he felt like it and it's all gone to pot now. Really sad about it as i was so proud of him. I've been off for four weeks with an injury and reports I'm getting says he's been bucking and spooking and grazing whenever he wants. It's like we share a schizophrenic horse. I get the quiet plod who never bucks she gets the ASBO horse.
Don't know what to do about it and don't think I'll be safe to ride him for ages yet in case he now thinks it's ok to do same to me. I hate to see her riding him as she nags and kicks and pulls at him all the time. :( owners eh :)
 
It's a thought that's been on my mind tbh? They aren't dangerous they are donkeys an I worry other people who have horse experience won't understand the little differences with donkeys. Yes they are lazier an ten to say no but once they get going they are great. They can do everything a horse can you just ask/tell differently. I wouldn't want anyone to think badly of me or them because they won't do something a horse normall would. If that makes sense??...
 
I like to see others riding my horse, I think you always pick up something interesting by watching them work from the ground. Plus I love to see her expressive face and movement which I miss when I'm aboard!

I let my nieces ride, and friends, just as long as people are gentle and respectful of her and not too heavy for her. I also think its good for horses to be flexible enough to trust other people and learn to work for them too. I do keep an reasonably close eye though, I wouldn't let someone ride her frequently without checking up on them from time to time, I think that's when potential problems can start...
 
Having just let a friend ride my 5yo, I have to say there is nothing nicer than seeing a horse that you've put a lot of work into trotting round on the bit and generally looking fab with a different rider :)
 
Yes on the whole for all my past horses, I agree it's good for them and as rhino said hilights any schooling problems, however, new horse no way, not in a million years YET!! But that is only because he would be dangerous in the wrong or even perhaps the right hands, even we are still trying to figure the blooming thing out!

I own him but do not ride him. I'm a wimp and not capable of managing him and never will be, the thought of sitting on him fills me with dread and so i would not ask anybody to do something that i wouldn't do apart from the sister ;) But once he settles and gets over his issues then yes I would allow somebody else other than her to ride him but not me!! But then I get more pleasure out of seeing somebody compete my horses rather than doing it myself
 
I let my yard manager and a couple of my competent horse owning friends ride mine (they are better riders than me). I have offered him to a couple of people who want to start jumping their young horses but haven't jumped for years themselves as he is a real schoolmaster in this but I would always be supervising :)
 
My wee Highland gets everyone on him. He loves getting a novice as he can just wander around but will equally give a competent rider a run for their money!

Not sure I would let anyone get on my new horse, still sussing him out at the moment. Plus he's mine!! :D
 
yes but i have to be careful - she bronked off and knocked out my OH as he lost balance in trot and bounced on her back - so she took offence
i also have to be careful with hands - someone with hard hands rode her and it took me 3 weeks to get her to trust a contact again - after 2 years of building up to have one - that was a tad annoying!
saying that shes's done ridden and working hunter so she has to accept different jockeys... but if i was at all dubious of a ride judge i'd retire with some excuse rather than have her take offence to them ;)
 
Since he's not mine and he's technically a riding school horse, yes, others do ride him.

Not as much as the rest though, just me and another girl actually WANT to get on him, anyone else is put on him, but usually there's other horses to ride.
The other girl who rides him is 11yrs old and she adores him! She goes on walk/trot/maybe a tiny canter rides and always rides him after me on a saturday. I really think he keeps her safe. After I buy him, she'll be able to continue to ride him, I couldn't take him away from her. Though, I can tell her mother doesn't really like him :P
 
Oh yeah, anyone. Horse is a 19-year old schoolmistress who knows her business and I reckon she's read the dressage manual more thoroughly than I have, because she always tells me when I'm doing it wrong (and I'm like, "Hey, I trained *you*, and she says, "I don't care. Please sit up and soften in your arms and stop throwing yourself off my inside shoulder in the damned canter transition.") I like seeing other people rider her. She doesn't take any BS from anyone, but equally she's very kind to them and sees it as her job to at least keep them on board. So if someone is really heavy handed or unbalanced, she just plods around. I can put any rider on her and while they might never get more than four strides of a trot depending on how competent, or not, they are, they'll at least stay on and I can enjoy the mare's bemused expression.
 
I do. But I am a bit more discerning now. I used to think 'Everyone is a better rider than me so pretty much anyone could ride him.' But after my RI telling me over and over again that I ride him nicely and the right way, I actually believe her and I choose a bit more carefully who goes on him.

He only really has other people on him if I can't ride him though.

My RI schools him sometimes (less now), a girl, who used to hack him out before I was brave enough, rides him when he is free and she is back from Uni and then a few other people on the yard. I do secretly like it when the 'good' riders get on him and 'tell' him what to do instead of 'ask' because he generally just goes 'don't think so, I am just going to be a muppet until you ask nicely'. Nothing nasty, just makes his point.

He also has an 11 year old beginner on him for a few lessons. She looooovvvveesss him.:D
 
I don't mind others riding my horses. My TB has been ridden by a few friends occasionally and they usually get him working better then I do, when he is in a sensible mood I've also allowed some children to have a play on him in the school under close supervision. Don't think I'd let anyone else hack him unless I was with them on foot/bike and I wouldn't let anyone ride him if I wasn't there, not because he's crazy but he does sometimes have TB meltdowns and I'd hate for someone to get hurt, he can also be quite peculiar about how he's tied and tacked up so I like to be able to supervise that as well.

I think I'd be quite happy to let people ride and hack the new one once I get to know her a bit more, she seems a fairly laid back girl!

My TB having a canter with a little jockey
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Yes, but only when I'm there- I made the mistake of nipping back to the stables for a bit to muck out while I left my friend who could ride, but didn't have much experience, walkind and trotting around; she was very safe in her riding and I knew she wouldn't come off but unfortunately she did not have the experience to notice my pony had strained a tendon and gone lame :(. The horse i bought a few months ago I will lead people on and walk beside them, but he's very sensitive so not a good idea to put any unexperienced person on him who is not used to him
 
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