imr
Well-Known Member
I just wanted to say that I think you have done the right thing at the moment. I feel for you. But, baby horses can be tricky and they certainly are not like grown up horses. Everyone falls off baby horses and they do things becasue they don't understand, they get nervous or they are naughty. If you look on the CR thread about stallion quirks you will see a few people saying indoctro babies are tricky !
You may well get to grips with it, or you may decide not to. Either way, what you have done right now is sensible, and in a couple of months you can try again and reassess how you are doing, with the help of the eventer. In the meantime it would be good to get on something which will give you confidence.
On the saddle etc, I am heavier than you and my 17h baby is just fine. But, saddle was made for her and flock settled, so got saddler out again to redo - mad ea huge difference - it needs to be flocked pretty firm and as it had settled it got too soft and so the balance changed and the saddle started to shift, making her a bit uncomfy and meaning she was carrying my weight further back, and hence was obviously a bit uncomfy. Saddler said it would not have been so obvious with someone lighter - so worth having the flock re checked too.
You may well get to grips with it, or you may decide not to. Either way, what you have done right now is sensible, and in a couple of months you can try again and reassess how you are doing, with the help of the eventer. In the meantime it would be good to get on something which will give you confidence.
On the saddle etc, I am heavier than you and my 17h baby is just fine. But, saddle was made for her and flock settled, so got saddler out again to redo - mad ea huge difference - it needs to be flocked pretty firm and as it had settled it got too soft and so the balance changed and the saddle started to shift, making her a bit uncomfy and meaning she was carrying my weight further back, and hence was obviously a bit uncomfy. Saddler said it would not have been so obvious with someone lighter - so worth having the flock re checked too.