First lesson today since owning my mare - 4 years!!!!

[katie_southwest]

So Iv had my mare for 4 years, and earlier in the year had to move yards, and this one has an indoor school.
So after 4 years of just hacking and generally pottering about I finally decided to start having lessons , I would find Id go in the sachool, get bored and really not end up achieving much.
Well today after our first lesson Im chuffed Its marvellous what you can actually do when someone is telling you to!!
Weve discovered that we can actually bend if we try

 

[welsh horse rider]

good on you..... look forward to hearing more about your progress xx

 

[rhino]

Well done Sometimes it's just useful to have another pair of eyes on the ground - it's amazing (embarassing ) to see what other people will pick up on!

 

[katie_southwest]

Haha yep definately embarrasing what people pick up on
Itl be good for us though!

 

[SaffronWelshDragon]

Good on you Katie! You sound just like me, but I'm worse! I've not had a lesson since I was 11 (I'm 26 now!) Suddenly got my arse in gear a couple of months ago and took my first lesson in 15 years (albeit not on my own horse, distance means I struggle for time so it's easier to do it nearer to home). What a difference it makes, I've only had one so far due to money, but I feel so much more motivated when riding Saf in the school (fenced off bit of field lol!) as previously, like you I was a happy hacker and found it hard to motivate myself to school as basically I didn't know what I was doing!

Keep it up

 

[katie_southwest]

Yep Im 25 and last time I had a lesson I *think* was at least 6 years ago if not more Im excited

 

[SaffronWelshDragon]

Hehe! I stopped having lessons when I got my first pony, as my parents thought I was lucky enough getting a pony (and I was!) so they weren't going to fork out for lessons as well Since then I progressed through to Saffron, my Welsh Cob who is great, but I worry that I've not let her reach her potential (she'd have a go at anything!) and she's 17 now so I almost feel I've cheated her by not doing anything other than hacking. We're making up for it now, I'm going to take more lessons on a riding school horse and school Saf more, then aim to enter an Interdressage competition early next year I've found it's good to have a goal

 

[VioletStripe]

Yay! Good on you It's amazing how much difference a little instruction makes! Have fun and keep updating xx

 

[katie_southwest]

It is amazing really, by the end of the lesson I was doing things so much better just by someone helping me out/ correcting me when I'm doing my bad habits