Help, I've lost my brave pants!

[Jackson]

Excuse me while I have a small self obsessed rant

I haven't ridden properly for such a long time.. I think I've lost it

Jack's coming off his summer holidays and back in to work; I'm hacking out every other day which is fine, he's generally pretty good but might get a bit shirty if chased by a ninja cyclist or something like that, but nothing that I can't deal with. Hacking is great

I've started schooling him a tiny bit in the field on the days we don't hack, it's not brilliant because the ground is very lumpy and everything is bareback because he's put on a bit too much weight for his saddle

I'm not going to put myself down, I have a better seat bareback than with a saddle, it's really not that that's bothering me. And I *know* I'm more than capable, it's just every time I see him I'm a bit like 'omg, what a massive horse' And he's not helping himself by using every passing excuse to lift his bum or fight with me which is no problem but I think I must be on some sort of confidence low, or something.

Please tell me that it will come back? I don't like being scared of my beast.

 

[Shooting Star]

I lost my brave pants for a while too after our mishap and used every excuse under the sun not to get back on but in the end just had to grit my teeth and get on with it.

Wouldn't say that I enjoyed it at first but now things are better than ever after a hairy few weeks and some lessons turns out I had my brave pants all along ... now my left half chap that's another thing altogether, how the heck did I managed to loose just one ?!?

I'm sure you'll find yours again too, hang on in there. Could you borrow a saddle that's a better fit and have a few lessons?

 

[Jackson]

Eep, I'm glad that you have got yours back

Sadly, he's nearly impossible to fit a saddle to, and I have no transport . I think that maybe half the problem is getting bored going around in circles?...