RoobyDoobs
Well-Known Member
Hey everyone. Wanted to share today's experience with you all. Consider myself to be a novice rider.... Horse owner for 18 months... First horse ISH, 14yo chestnut mare. Bonkers... Killed my confidence completely. Totally over-horsed, but took me nearly 12 months to admit it and do something about it. Seller saw me coming!!! Sold!!! Second horse, 14yo ID x Cob gelding. Was a driver... owned for almost 6 months. The love of my life (after OH of course (maybe lol)). Currently riding at weekends only as work full time, and then not every sat / sun dependant on weather and hunt being local ( he gets a bit excited!). So anyway, today I took him out for a nice long quiet hack. We met all my worst nightmares and he coped superbly... In fact better than me!!! We started out on a quiet lane... Could hear a motorbike getting closer and closer... Came at us round a bend at minimum 60mph.... Me ( in my thoughts ) omg omg omg omg what will happen... Him... Yeh whatever... Didn't even flinch! Local (very big) horses ran at us at speed as we passed their field.... Looked, but again YEH whatever! Onto the bridle path, and a Jogger ran alongside us over a (very noisy) wooden bridge as we went through a fairly deep stream.... Nothing. Into a little village, little shettie in a field full of ponies again ran at us at great speed in a very threatening way.... Nothing.... About 15 Lycra clad cyclists came from behind... Head up, ears forward, didn't give a monkeys... Bridle path back in direction of yard.... Big grey and rider - stopped, had a good look, and passed without hesitation even though grey tried to turn its backside to us and got very agitated... Then going through some very deep mud lost his footing up front... Went down on both knees.... Got back up, stood stock still while I sat back up off his neck, and then took me home. What an absolute babe.... Is it any wonder I totally utterly and completely adore him???? He had a banana as a special treat this evening for being such an amazing and special boy. I am so very proud of us... and am in total awe of him... This time last year just the thought of getting aboard my mare made me shake viiolently!!! Hope you didn't mind me sharing