Leam_Carrie
Well-Known Member
Hello everyone,
Having a tricky patch with my horse... my fault... so hoping for some words of wisdom / encouragement.
I’ve had her a few months and keep her at home. The fields are super lumpy bumpy with years of mole hills. I’m not brave enough to drive a trailer / lorry (and would need to do my test), so mainly limited to hacking distance.
In hacking distance (35 mins away) is a dressage centre. So I decided to give dressage a go... starting from scratch. We’ve been having lessons and done a couple of tests. The problem is we now seem to be going backwards rather than improving. First dressage test was 64%, second 59%. We were starting to work in a consistent contact and seem to have lost that. Last lesson was a bit of a disaster, feedback from my instructor was basically I should be able to do it. And struggling with nowhere to practice other than lessons, when hacking on neighbours fields - or a long hack to hire their school (which i can’t do after work and is used for comps at weekends).
The horse is better than me. So it’s a case of me needing to improve. It’s also about building trust and a partnership.
Hubby is also feeling a bit neglected as gone from a semi-retired horse to trying to ride 4 or 5 times a week to keep my horse fit. And often end up working late. So need to balance things better.
The worst bit is I know I have a lovely horse and am very lucky. Just feeling a bit stuck and want to ride her better.
Having a tricky patch with my horse... my fault... so hoping for some words of wisdom / encouragement.
I’ve had her a few months and keep her at home. The fields are super lumpy bumpy with years of mole hills. I’m not brave enough to drive a trailer / lorry (and would need to do my test), so mainly limited to hacking distance.
In hacking distance (35 mins away) is a dressage centre. So I decided to give dressage a go... starting from scratch. We’ve been having lessons and done a couple of tests. The problem is we now seem to be going backwards rather than improving. First dressage test was 64%, second 59%. We were starting to work in a consistent contact and seem to have lost that. Last lesson was a bit of a disaster, feedback from my instructor was basically I should be able to do it. And struggling with nowhere to practice other than lessons, when hacking on neighbours fields - or a long hack to hire their school (which i can’t do after work and is used for comps at weekends).
The horse is better than me. So it’s a case of me needing to improve. It’s also about building trust and a partnership.
Hubby is also feeling a bit neglected as gone from a semi-retired horse to trying to ride 4 or 5 times a week to keep my horse fit. And often end up working late. So need to balance things better.
The worst bit is I know I have a lovely horse and am very lucky. Just feeling a bit stuck and want to ride her better.