Pixxie
Well-Known Member
well its a bit different to the title would suggest but its still a MASSIVE achievement for me
now Marley totally knocked my confidence hacking through his napping and spinning and threatening to rear and me not dealing with the situation correctly.
When i bought Ted i knew he wasnt 100% to hack out at all and i would never be able to hack him out alone, which is fine seeing as i hate hacking alone. My friend has been dying to get me out hacking ever since i lost my confidence with Marley as i love a good hard gallop and plod around the country as much as anyone but i couldnt bring myself to do it.
So..today i bit the bullet and did it!!! No i didnt ride Ted because i knew that if he tensed id panic 10 times more than him and more than likely id end up on my bum. so after about 5 mins of me on him shaking like a leaf we switched and fearless wonderful friend took Ted and i rode her pony. well Ted was a superstar, we had all of two spooks rather lookey and jogged about 4 times. he was a total STAR i couldnt have asked him to be better!!! going to take him around the same hack for about 2 weeks (not everyday) now so he can get used to it before we think about extending our route.
and well i went on my first hack in over 3 months and actually enjoyed it and wasnt overcome by fear. and yes im sad i didnt manage it on Ted but the fact i did it without so much as a whimper from me. im very proud of myself
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now Marley totally knocked my confidence hacking through his napping and spinning and threatening to rear and me not dealing with the situation correctly.
When i bought Ted i knew he wasnt 100% to hack out at all and i would never be able to hack him out alone, which is fine seeing as i hate hacking alone. My friend has been dying to get me out hacking ever since i lost my confidence with Marley as i love a good hard gallop and plod around the country as much as anyone but i couldnt bring myself to do it.
So..today i bit the bullet and did it!!! No i didnt ride Ted because i knew that if he tensed id panic 10 times more than him and more than likely id end up on my bum. so after about 5 mins of me on him shaking like a leaf we switched and fearless wonderful friend took Ted and i rode her pony. well Ted was a superstar, we had all of two spooks rather lookey and jogged about 4 times. he was a total STAR i couldnt have asked him to be better!!! going to take him around the same hack for about 2 weeks (not everyday) now so he can get used to it before we think about extending our route.
and well i went on my first hack in over 3 months and actually enjoyed it and wasnt overcome by fear. and yes im sad i didnt manage it on Ted but the fact i did it without so much as a whimper from me. im very proud of myself
