follow on from my wimped out post......

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.....I did it today,well sort of,thanks to happybus for her support and i know it was hard for her as she is a little nervous like myself.

so i got down the yard at 7.30 with all my tack,this time not feeling as sick as i did that day !!
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thought it would be better to give it a go whilst all the others were still in,anyway got him ready and off i went with happybus there for support i rode him round the track to the far gate and back a couple of times then up past the yard(big thing for me as i thought he would have napped towards the yard) but he didnt so took him on up to the road,stood there for a bit then rode back to the stables
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he was as good as gold
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mind you havnt tried the hack out alone thing yet !!!!

so then decided to ride out with happybus,went up round the fields,we then went infront and had a fast trot up the hill,(havnt ridden much with him infront so another big thing for me to do !)
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hb didnt manage to get a canter in so i waited at the top whilst she turned round and rode away from us to have a canter,well again another big thing for me as id no idea what earl would do being left !! he just bloomin stood there watching lol god why was i such a wimp !!!!
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then a big scary glass collecting lorry was at the exit to the field !! i made him go out infront again,he tried to mount the pavement but i pushed him on and he was as good as gold and hb was further back as earl has big strides so it sort of felt like i was hacking alone,he looked at a few things but i pushed him on and he was fantastic,im so pleased
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a big thanks to hb for being there with me we concored a few things today between us it was a fab ride thank you,and thanks to everyone for all your support in my previous post
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cookies for getting this far xx
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Brilliant, so glad you managed to do this, sounds like its all in your mind!!! I wimp out sometimes, but it is very much mind over matter.
Perhaps with a few more rides out with HB you will be able to do more on your own.
Well done for getting past the glass collecting monster...not sure my 'brave' eventer would go past that!!
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thank you,yes the class collecting monster was scarey and the men shouting and throwing the glass in was scarey but he did it and it didnt eat all 17hh of him lol
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yes i do feel on top of the world
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do you think that sbecause you have a 17hh er!!! lol!!

well done though, we knew you could do i t!!
 
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do you think that sbecause you have a 17hh er!!! lol!!

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lol yeh i do feel like it up there
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I'm so proud of you today
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. I knew you could do it you just needed a push. I didn't even cry when I got on him
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thank you
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it couldnt have been easy for you coming out with me and mr big div either
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im very impressed with you getting on earl that was brave,well done
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Don't think I'll do it again though and I'm not being rude about Earl at all but I could feel myself getting very scared up there. He was an absolute star today though bless him so you can chalk that down as a positive experience and you can go forwards from here xx. I can see you going off up the fields soon without worrying about it. It only took me 3 years!!!
 
his size puts alot of people off,i dont blame you for being a bit nervous
lol yeh in 3 years time i will be where you are now and youl be doing xc,hunting,showjumping and allsorts by then,earl is just like a bigger version of pete,he will look after me but likes to look at things and suss them out to decide if he likes it or not
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Well done lea,you can do almost anything if you want to it just takes that bit of faith and trust in each other,well done im very proud of you ,another hurdle you have overcome before the big 30 oops lol x
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Well done lea,you can do almost anything if you want to it just takes that bit of faith and trust in each other,well done im very proud of you ,another hurdle you have overcome before the big 30 oops lol x
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thank you
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yep i just managed to do it before i hit 30 tomorrow lol
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Brilliant! as long as you take it slowly so you dont scare either Earl or yourself Im sure you will be fine. you have a good bond I think.
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yeh i dont want to go mad and have a set back,its such a shame you dont live closer we could go out with the big men
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we do have a good bond that is also very important for me and boosts me up no end
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havnt quite managed the whole hack alone thing but i think he will be ok when i do,yeh was a great pressie considering i havnt ridden for nearly a month !! due to work,weather and time !!
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