tw1nn1ejo
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My mum, gran, grandpa, basically everyone in the family have ridden in there lives so they told me to star off with and then just working at yards etc
how did you learn...
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Happytohack
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Worked at a stables and learnt whatever I could from the other girls there. Bought my first horse and kept it at a DIY yard where the owner was very experienced and I learnt loads from him. Later on, worked with hunters and learnt a lot from that yard. 30 years after buying my first horse, I am still learning lots and lots.
Mid
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Read every pony book in sight! I was just as interested in the care as the riding, really, and also did Own a Pony days at the RS. My mum didn't tell me she was horsey until I'd been riding for four years! She didn't want to encourage me, I don't think
Too late!
MagicMelon
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That's terrible. Hopefully she has knowledgable parents. But I would say that I dont think she's keen enough. If you're keen and THAT desperate for a pony then you spend pretty much all your time at your local yard offering to do ANYTHING just to be near a horse!
I had weekly lessons (and helped at the yard doing general things like tacking up, mucking out etc.) for 5 years. And read every horsey magazine available! I begged my parents every day for a pony and finally got one. I remember that day so well! But I did feel Id earnt it as I had worked hard at the stables and certainly knew the basics even though I was only very young. I still look back and frown at things I used to do wrong back then but I believe they're only things you learn from the experience of actually owning a pony.
I had weekly lessons (and helped at the yard doing general things like tacking up, mucking out etc.) for 5 years. And read every horsey magazine available! I begged my parents every day for a pony and finally got one. I remember that day so well! But I did feel Id earnt it as I had worked hard at the stables and certainly knew the basics even though I was only very young. I still look back and frown at things I used to do wrong back then but I believe they're only things you learn from the experience of actually owning a pony.
pagancluf
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started riding at stables and horse ready tacked up etc, just had to get and kick for England.
Then bought first one and did not know how to put on martingale, where saddle sitted, nothing about boots, felt really ignorant
so learn't from as many books I could get hold of and by watching others on the yard. The more I was around horses the more I wanted to learn hence doing a four year stint at University for a degree in Equine Science at the mo. Typical
horses have taken over my life completely
but I enjoy every second
SpaceMolly
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First ride was at age two, I took regular lessons at a riding school aged 4 and started helping out at the riding school aged 5! I used to help out every week end and on all the 'pony days'. After having one of the riding school ponies on loan from age 7, I was bought my own at age 9. I then went to pony club and learned from there. I now have an ND in equine management, my BHTB certificate,nvq's 2+3 and am studying for my degree in equine science. I am still learning!!
spotty_pony
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well, my mum has her her own horse so when I started riding she showed me how to groom, muck out, tack up etc and taught me lots of things about horse health etc and also I gained experience from helping out at the RS with the general yard duties and looking after the horses and ponies. Then I had a horse on loan for 6 months before I got my first pony (whom I have now had for nearly 2 years!
) Also, I read everything I could get my hands on - books, magazines, websites ... including HHO.
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trundle
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If you're keen and THAT desperate for a pony then you spend pretty much all your time at your local yard offering to do ANYTHING just to be near a horse!
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Except if your parents won't let you work at the yard or even hang around much after your lesson
Seriously, i would willingly have been one of those kids that spent every weekend at the yard, but my parents wouldn't let me, even though they knew that it was all I really wanted to do. I think they always hoped that the horsy obsession would wear off, but it never did.
I agree with you though, it doesn't sound like she's really horse-obsessed. I suspect that the pony will be up for sale in a couple of years, when the novelty well and truly wears off.
If you're keen and THAT desperate for a pony then you spend pretty much all your time at your local yard offering to do ANYTHING just to be near a horse!
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Except if your parents won't let you work at the yard or even hang around much after your lesson
I agree with you though, it doesn't sound like she's really horse-obsessed. I suspect that the pony will be up for sale in a couple of years, when the novelty well and truly wears off.
riotgirl
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I read every book going and pestered my next door neighbours who have horses to teach me stuff. I still go to them for advice 20 years later!
harrihjc
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Also used to read all the Jill books as well lol!
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Me too! Probably the only books I ever read.I have all of them at home somewhere haha!
Also used to read all the Jill books as well lol!
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Me too! Probably the only books I ever read.I have all of them at home somewhere haha!
harrihjc
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If you're keen and THAT desperate for a pony then you spend pretty much all your time at your local yard offering to do ANYTHING just to be near a horse!
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Except if your parents won't let you work at the yard or even hang around much after your lesson
Seriously, i would willingly have been one of those kids that spent every weekend at the yard, but my parents wouldn't let me, even though they knew that it was all I really wanted to do. I think they always hoped that the horsy obsession would wear off, but it never did.
I agree with you though, it doesn't sound like she's really horse-obsessed. I suspect that the pony will be up for sale in a couple of years, when the novelty well and truly wears off.
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I suppose she is only 10, but you'd think most people would know the basics by that age, some of it is common sense surely?? Maybe she was a bit slow
Does anyone else remember the TV series 'If wishes were horses'? I was obsessed with that when I was a kid!
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If you're keen and THAT desperate for a pony then you spend pretty much all your time at your local yard offering to do ANYTHING just to be near a horse!
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Except if your parents won't let you work at the yard or even hang around much after your lesson
I agree with you though, it doesn't sound like she's really horse-obsessed. I suspect that the pony will be up for sale in a couple of years, when the novelty well and truly wears off.
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I suppose she is only 10, but you'd think most people would know the basics by that age, some of it is common sense surely?? Maybe she was a bit slow
Does anyone else remember the TV series 'If wishes were horses'? I was obsessed with that when I was a kid!
mizzhonesty
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i learnt through my neighbour her son is my age an as we were friends froma bout 3 went down to keep him company and started off brushing legs until i grew and could reach more of the horse, then worked doing odds jobs for her in exchange for rides until i was able to spend most of time down there poo picking etc, did the usual own a pony day at the riding school along with pony camps
vieshot
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Slave labour at a riding school for about 3 years, brushing, tacking up, mucking out, poo picking, sweeping etc etc every saturday and sunday religiously. Riding lesson every sunday. Then i got a pony on loan at the riding school so was riding three hours a week and had more responsibility. Worked at stables for around six months or so for rock bottom cash in hand amounts of money,(i was 15) so that i could afford to have a pony on part loan to stay at yard near my house. Got 'PONY' magazine every month and also 'YOUR HORSE' magazine, rented books from the library and read fiction books like the 'SADDLE CLUB' series. Finally, mum allowed me to have my first full loan at 16 when i was starting my first proper part-time job while studying at college and we brought the pony in six months. Im now 18 and have a 16yo NF gelding and a yearling NF colt and have just about finished college and will have a full time job ASAP to afford to cover all costs of both my horses rather than just putting £100 a month towards them.
vanessahook
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I started riding lessons at a school at 4 and would do the summer camps. I read every book i coud find and then got a horse on half loan when i was 10. This didn't work out so i started having lessons with a private person who showed me lots of stable management stuff then i got another horse on loan at 11 and carried on loaning. I then worked at Catherston Stud where i learnt a whole lot more!!
It worries me the number of people that have horses without knowing some very basic stuff! My parents were never into horses so i couldn't get help from there and wouldn't have dreamt about even loaning without quite a bit of knowledge!
It worries me the number of people that have horses without knowing some very basic stuff! My parents were never into horses so i couldn't get help from there and wouldn't have dreamt about even loaning without quite a bit of knowledge!
WelshRareBit
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My godmothers hubby owns a big trekking yard in south wales, I learnt to ride through them, being chucked on and staying on lol
izzyxxx
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i was a volunter at my local rda centre and learnt evrything i know as well as a few extras from were i used to work and i have a very knowledgable friend which a call upon if anything baffels me or the next best thing HHO!!!!!!
teapot
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Stupidly volunteered to turn a horse out at my RS and subsequently spent 3 brilliant years of my life working at the yard dealing with anything from the 10hh RS ponies to the stallions, youngstock and the comp horses. Was also let loose on the little kids teaching them both ridden and SM stuff
Plus, when I was having group lessons, one in every 6 to 8 weeks, we'd have a SM lesson. Learnt all about bits by being sat in a tack room and we went through EVERYTHING that was hanging on the walls. Did help that the yard was next to school, so the majority of my lunch breaks/free periods were spent down the yard either working or watching the instructors ride/teach
And read as many magazines/books as possible.
Saying all that though - the arguements me working every hour of every day at the yard caused between me & my dad - he STILL thinks I'll grow out of horses
Plus, when I was having group lessons, one in every 6 to 8 weeks, we'd have a SM lesson. Learnt all about bits by being sat in a tack room and we went through EVERYTHING that was hanging on the walls. Did help that the yard was next to school, so the majority of my lunch breaks/free periods were spent down the yard either working or watching the instructors ride/teach
And read as many magazines/books as possible.
Saying all that though - the arguements me working every hour of every day at the yard caused between me & my dad - he STILL thinks I'll grow out of horses