Bluebells
Member
Hello everyone,
My 11 year old daughter has been riding for 18 months and is quite a confident rider. She canters on hacks with her riding school and jumps small posts there. All of her riding has so far been under instruction.
We have decided to loan her a horse at a stables where her friends have horses. However, she will be alone with him at weekends as her friends have Sundays and my daughter has Saturdays. They will spend holidays together
She tried out her horse last week and she managed to tack him up, get him to the arena and walk and trot him without issue. But when she cantered him he was a bit cheeky and turned so fast, he almost lost balance. The owner was watching and calmed the situation but she said he was 'taking liberties'.
It gave my daughter a fright but hasn't put her off wanting him. However, she wants to know how to handle him when he tries it on, but if she doesn't know what he's doing, then she doesn't know how to correct him.
Any suggestions please? I don't know enough to help her.
Thankyou
My 11 year old daughter has been riding for 18 months and is quite a confident rider. She canters on hacks with her riding school and jumps small posts there. All of her riding has so far been under instruction.
We have decided to loan her a horse at a stables where her friends have horses. However, she will be alone with him at weekends as her friends have Sundays and my daughter has Saturdays. They will spend holidays together
She tried out her horse last week and she managed to tack him up, get him to the arena and walk and trot him without issue. But when she cantered him he was a bit cheeky and turned so fast, he almost lost balance. The owner was watching and calmed the situation but she said he was 'taking liberties'.
It gave my daughter a fright but hasn't put her off wanting him. However, she wants to know how to handle him when he tries it on, but if she doesn't know what he's doing, then she doesn't know how to correct him.
Any suggestions please? I don't know enough to help her.
Thankyou