Queenbee
Well-Known Member
Guido, no that's a fair question... Both horses were like this from the day I got them, although other horses that I ride/have ridden have not been like this. You must understand that pix was a teenage jogging stargazing pony that had been religiously used as a prince Philip cup pony before I had him, he evaded everyone and jogged with everyone, I was actually one of the only people who would ride him when the riding school got him on trial so I could try with a view to buy they also used him in a few lessons and I think the longest anyone else was on him was about 5 mins before there were tears and I had to swop onto him. This was just him, raring to go at all times anywhere! I only ever saw one person get him in an outline... I never even attempted it, I was 13 and it was far beyond my skill base to do so with such a horse, only my riding instructor could do it. With ebony she was a very green unschooled 7 yr old, sharp and headstrong with genetically a higher head carriage than some... She was like this on hacks with her previous owner... Although she only went out once or twice a month with them, and they were happy to let her do pretty much anything she wanted to
twizzle on here has ridden ebony and she would tell you the same... Ebony would do this to her last day if she thought she could evade you, but eventually she became familiar with going in an outline too, which meant that I could ride her without her evading. Don't get me wrong, I know I've always had what is known as a bit of a hot seat, but equally I have a thing for hot sparky horses to start with... I'm pretty sure it's less to do with me and more to do with the type of horse I go for lol! As I said, there are many other horses that I have been able to get on and ride or school all the way up without ever using dr. X