rosiesowner
Well-Known Member
Well, as some of you know if you read my thread last week, poor old Chilli and I had a scare on the roads... Luckily we came away with the most minor injuries when it could have been a lot worse.
I hacked her out the next day as she was sound and I felt nervous at first but then better the further into the ride we got. She then had a day off, and the day after that I took her out again and I felt horrific. It was a windy day and she was pretty sharp doing the usual Chilli tiny spooks which normally wouldn't even register with me. However every time she so much as twitched I felt sick and came out in a sweat. My nerves were frayed, which I found pretty humiliating as normally I can master them and get on with things. Either way I was disappointed and upset with myself, feeling pretty down and sorry for myself.
We have an event coming up on Sunday, and we're doing some jumping. With how awful and nervous I'd been feeling after our near miss I didn't think I could manage it. Again, this made me feel awful as we've worked really hard and I hated myself for letting one thing withdraw all the additions I've made to my confidence bank since getting Chilli! Plus, her owner may be coming to watch and I didn't want to let her down... Either way, the thought of jumping made me feel physically sick.
And so, naturally, I decided to have a jump school the next day. So yesterday I enlisted the help of my long suffering mother to do the fences for me and film. And guess what?! Despite feeling as though I could throw up at the start, by the end I was having so much fun and jumping triples, which are probably my least favourite fence... So, this has been long enough already so I'll insert some photos and videos!
We started over a tiny single fence. (In fact, before my mum arrived I was warming up and just jumping the cross that's underneath the top pole which I find a little embarrassing but am not ashamed to admit!!)
Then we popped the fence up a little bit
And added a spread as the second element...
We just kept the fences plenty small more for me than her to build my confidence back up. Then Chilli started to get a bit fed up of boring doubles, so we popped a triple up. Again, keeping it small so that I didn't feel too worried!
[video=youtube;upWf3o2pYFw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upWf3o2pYFw[/video]
She was being really strong, and so I had to remember to wait for the fence to come to me, instead of riding her right into the bottom of it due to nerves which is often why we will have a fence down!
[video=youtube;Rc5nxQ10xRU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc5nxQ10xRU[/video]
We jumped that on the left and right rein and then finished up while I still felt confident!
Here's a few more clips:
[video=youtube;1m3llRRVgMY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m3llRRVgMY[/video]
I just love my horse. She always looks after me but still challenges me, she's just what I need! I hope everyone else has had a good past few days with their horses, even if the weather seems to be baking one minute and tropical monsoon the next...
H and Chilli xx
I hacked her out the next day as she was sound and I felt nervous at first but then better the further into the ride we got. She then had a day off, and the day after that I took her out again and I felt horrific. It was a windy day and she was pretty sharp doing the usual Chilli tiny spooks which normally wouldn't even register with me. However every time she so much as twitched I felt sick and came out in a sweat. My nerves were frayed, which I found pretty humiliating as normally I can master them and get on with things. Either way I was disappointed and upset with myself, feeling pretty down and sorry for myself.
We have an event coming up on Sunday, and we're doing some jumping. With how awful and nervous I'd been feeling after our near miss I didn't think I could manage it. Again, this made me feel awful as we've worked really hard and I hated myself for letting one thing withdraw all the additions I've made to my confidence bank since getting Chilli! Plus, her owner may be coming to watch and I didn't want to let her down... Either way, the thought of jumping made me feel physically sick.
And so, naturally, I decided to have a jump school the next day. So yesterday I enlisted the help of my long suffering mother to do the fences for me and film. And guess what?! Despite feeling as though I could throw up at the start, by the end I was having so much fun and jumping triples, which are probably my least favourite fence... So, this has been long enough already so I'll insert some photos and videos!
We started over a tiny single fence. (In fact, before my mum arrived I was warming up and just jumping the cross that's underneath the top pole which I find a little embarrassing but am not ashamed to admit!!)
Then we popped the fence up a little bit
And added a spread as the second element...
We just kept the fences plenty small more for me than her to build my confidence back up. Then Chilli started to get a bit fed up of boring doubles, so we popped a triple up. Again, keeping it small so that I didn't feel too worried!
[video=youtube;upWf3o2pYFw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upWf3o2pYFw[/video]
She was being really strong, and so I had to remember to wait for the fence to come to me, instead of riding her right into the bottom of it due to nerves which is often why we will have a fence down!
[video=youtube;Rc5nxQ10xRU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc5nxQ10xRU[/video]
We jumped that on the left and right rein and then finished up while I still felt confident!
Here's a few more clips:
[video=youtube;1m3llRRVgMY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m3llRRVgMY[/video]
I just love my horse. She always looks after me but still challenges me, she's just what I need! I hope everyone else has had a good past few days with their horses, even if the weather seems to be baking one minute and tropical monsoon the next...
H and Chilli xx
) which can't be beaten!!