How good a rider are you?

[Shilasdair]

As the title says, really.
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[kerilli]

one limpet, reporting for duty. obviously not good enough yet to use a Pessoa though, 'orrible things!

 

[ihatework]

I opted for can stay on as long as horse has no pulse.
Just need slight clarification on that one though, does the horse actually have no pulse or is it that I am just too numpty to be able to find the pulse

 

[Shilasdair]

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one limpet, reporting for duty. obviously not good enough yet to use a Pessoa though, 'orrible things!

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Oh good...I have a couple of youngsters awaiting your suction pads....oh dear...that sounded rude!
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[Santa_Claus]

you forgot to mention my spurs have bling!!!

just kidding but mate has engraved spurs with added diamante bling! she 'claims' she didn't spot said bling till she had already bought them. hmmmm yes of course after all it is so sublte

 

[the watcher]

since i know how much you admire it, I have decided I am so good I never need a hat

- but there were sooo many I could have chosen

Does it matter that I rarely get out of walk

 

[Shilasdair]

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Does it matter that I rarely get out of walk

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We're not talking about your mobility with your Zimmer, dear - this is about riding horses.
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[Pidge]

no 3 for me

 

[Keltic]

Can stay on in walk, trot, canter and when horse shakes itself unexpectedly

I can now ive stopped hogging the beast!!! grab the mane and squeel!!

 

[jesterfaerie]

I can stay on most of the time.....but not all!

 

[dozzie]

I put I can stay on most of the time...I'm pretty practised at that!!!!

The trouble is that if i dont stay on it usually means a bad back for a couple of weeks!!! And a chat with the paramedics of course!!! Hence why I do my best to stay on board!!!

 

[xcalicox]

Oh god!! I'm so messed up I could pick too many boxes

 

[_April_]

I can sit alot and have stickability. April can be quite the loon.
I fell off a few times when jumping last year. I don't think being able to stay on makes One a good rider though... because...

I am an ineffective, rubbishy limpet. I can stay on but my position still needs work and I need to be less of a passenger. Am going for as many lessons as I can afford

Am getting better but it's hard changing the habits of a lifetime and can be quite disheartening sometimes!

 

[Allykat]

Was going to opt for "ok as long as horse has no pulse" but I am unable to locate said pulse to find out if horse is suitable for me to ride

 

[Shilasdair]

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Was going to opt for "ok as long as horse has no pulse" but I am unable to locate said pulse to find out if horse is suitable for me to ride

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Pssst! If you can't locate it, either you are incredibly incompetent or your horse is dead. So you can happily pick that category on my helpful poll.
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[Murphy3]

Can you substitute Hot Flushes for PMT for us senior ladies? Since the menopause I've been sticking a little post-it note on neddy's neck to remind me which way round I should be facing.

 

[Flame_]

There isn't a box for 'sh*t, fall off all the time'! I can lunge in a Pessoa though.

 

[Cop-Pop]

I picked OK apart from during PMT

R u in the 'poll mood' tonight S?

 

[Madam_max]

OK, if not for PMT. That's Corroy not me

 

[PapaFrita]

I'm good enough to wear pink but I don't wear spurs OR carry a whip.
Daaang that's gooood

LOL.
Actually, I'm quite stickable, but that's pure terror

 

[Shilasdair]

Inmydreams - I suggest you ask any friends/observers to point to the horse's ass when you are mounting

KVS - Go directly to 'Natural Horsemanship' category.
Zalacca - do you like my poll? You could try poll dancing round it....?
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[S_N]

Unfortunately I discovered horse has a pulse at the weekend - nearly came a cropper

 

[Shilasdair]

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Unfortunately I discovered horse has a pulse at the weekend - nearly came a cropper

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Again, see 'Natural Horsemanship' category as aspirational.
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[Murphy3]

So many horses' asses around here I could end up on anything!!!

 

[Shilasdair]

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So many horses' asses around here I could end up on anything!!!

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I was thinking they might not point at a horse....
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[missshell]

Hmm I once lost my stirrups at (accidental) Gallop and stayed on....just....so i can stay on most the time, although the next time I get on a horse i'll fall off now for tempting fate!

 

[Shilasdair]

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Hmm I once lost my stirrups at (accidental) Gallop and stayed on....just....so i can stay on most the time, although the next time I get on a horse i'll fall off now for tempting fate!

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Well, I'd heard of plain gallop, and rotary gallop...but accidental gallop is a new one....
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[missshell]

It was a comedy of errors! lol! cantering through field on ex racer and lost one stirrup, trying to regain it lost the other which ment I fell forward and hence ended up in gallop with no stirrups! Ooops......

 

[ajf]

Well I stay on most of the time, don't wear spurs, always have hat and hate pessoas so I'm gonna be........................A LIMPET!!!!

 

[_April_]

My whole stirrup and leather came off once on a x-country course (I think it was caught on a branch but I can't really remember, was years ago). I had to finish 3 jumps with one stirrup LOL.

Of course a good rider wouldn't have lost their whole stirrup in the first place