Hows your riding, are you "BRAVE" or just Damn Good???

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Just musing over what a friend said to me recently about my riding, when asked to describe my ability she said I was "brave". Actually, I think she described it very well, I am very brave but technically lacking I think! I do try though and strive to improve. My friend however is to me "very good" but lacking in confidence. How would you describe your riding standard? xx
 
I wouldn't say I was "brave" - I just know how to ride and I will/can pretty much ride anything. I just do it, and I don't think bravery has anything to do with it, LOL!!
 
I'm neither brave nor any good.
I think those who are very good and naturally talented aren't exactly brave. They just have a knack and can work any horse. You either have it or you don't. Some make it big time with this talent, others ue it for their livlihood (like Tia). As a teen I was 'brave', but bravery can be lost. Talent can't.
 
I'm not either!! I'm generally quite confident although I can fall to pieces a bit if I feel I'm out of my depth. I get nervous about my horse not going well rather than falling off etc. though. So not brave or good, but I make sure that me and my horse are competent enough to do what we do so I hope I don't fall into the stupid category either!
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I don't think I fall into either of those categories
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I know quite a bit about what makes my mare tick and am also aware she has a lot of unchartered territory I would like to tap into!!! I think I have the courage and positivity (is that a word LOL) to give something a go, not sure that makes me brave though
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Maybe I'm just sooo damn good with my girl and c*** with everything else !!! Good post by the way
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think I'm quite a brave rider. I also think I can ride pretty well, but most of it is down to confidence and if somebody says to me "Go jump that" I'll get on with it, if it goes wrong then I'll try again. I'm the sort of rider that if I fall off, I stand up, check myself for any odd feelings and if alls well then I'm straight back on and try again. Braver than I was a few years back but now because I think I'm taller and weight a bit more its alot less easier to unstick me from the saddle
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i'm not very brave and while i can ride/get a tune out of most things i will often get off feeling really 'jittery' if ive had to brave out a tantrum or bluff my way through with bravado (ie: you will go past that bloody dustbin, rearing, bucking and spinning wont get you anywhere!)

im not the sort of rider who 'doesnt notice/care' if a horse is trying it on, im aware of it all the time and while i can win most arguments im not always calm and confident!! sometimes not wanting to hit the floor is a good motivator for winning the toss!
 
Neither. I am a calm rider but that is just my personality full stop, I am quite unflappable and calm upfront and inside I am curled up in the feotal (sp?) position, in a corner crying!
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I used to be a faily confident rider until a RS put me on several horses which ran off with me (one because we got to their normal galloping spot and i couldn't hold him, another when I was still on the LR broke away form the leader over the moors after the other riders and another spooked and i came off and went staight through their p&r fencing) since those incidents I have never had my confidence back.

I think if I regained my confidence and got ride of the paranoia and negativity I have which came with it I think I would be a half decent rider, as I am not too bad on a horse I feel happy on.

I will have to wait and see.....but at the moment I am just a poo, scared, nagative rider i think lol.
 
Damn Good? Nope.
Brave? Nope
Guess I would say I'm just confident in my abilites and know my limits. Not sure what others would say though. Might have to ask a few peeps now.
 
I think i am brave as i will get on a hprse that is being naughty, jump bigger fences if the horse has abitlity to do so. I do not think i am dam good as i know that i can't get every horse i ride going well as soon as i sit on it, it takes me a few rides.
 
i am brave to an extent and have no fear of getting on a prancing death machine but i wont jump anything (getting more confident) but no do not like it at all i did when i was younger lol. I have friends that ask me to ride theres and i school other peoples horses apparently i am very tidy but i think i am just unconventional however if my way works why change it
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who decides what makes a good rider and i love the quote "a horse is always a horse but a human is not always a rider"
 
I would say I am a fairly brave rider, but not terribly stylish! I will get on most horses, for example each friday I exercise one of the riding school horses who bucks on hacks if he is fresh and leaps about. I just ride him out sit to him and tap him with a stick every time he does it. Then when a kid rides him the next day he is usually good as gold. So basically I get the worst out of them!
 
i used to be brave. id ride anything espically if someone said it couldnt be ridden! id attempt anything! i wouldnt say i was a great rider but confidence is the key.
 
I think I'm a bit brave and do my fair share of bluffing, and just a tad reckless sometimes!
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(putting myself in danger that is, not the horses)
If RI says do something and I'm feeling less than confident about it I just bully myself into it and I do push myself hard into doing other stuff too
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I love the adrenalin rush I guess!
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I guess I'm brave...but I don't look for trouble either
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I used to be a 'crash test dummy' employed to break and school at an eventing yard amongst other places....but wised up as I got older and quit before I had a bad accident rather than afterwards.
It was fun, but the pay was c**p and I reckoned I deserved more...and got it
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I did work through the BHS system, so ride fairly conventionally though.
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I'd say I was 'Brave enough' and 'Good enough' to do what I want with the horses I ride. I'm not foolhardy though and am very aware of my own mortality. Others might disagree mind you as both of my boys can be a bit of a handful sometimes...but I guess the perception is only based on a fear of the unknown and I know how far my two will go so don't worry. I know my limits.
 
Confident on my own pony. I know my limitations. I will go off hacking on my own for hours and jump round the XC without batting an eyelid but schooling im not so good at mainly because i dont have the patience.

I was a far better rider when i was in my teens as i worked at a RS & livery yard and was riding up to 5 different horses per week. Now i just ride mine i dont ride as well as i did, especially as i dont have lessons or do dressage anymore
 
I am no longer brave, I onde would get on and sit anything. Now I prefer a challenge but something that is not too challenging, I think i have a good seat and can seat to most things. I am also a quiet rider and have opposite affect on sharp horses i.e. they turn into donkeys
 
Id say brave rather than good. But then I still dont think of myself as brave either! I think I could be better than I am if I just got my act together and concentrated better!

But I think I must be quite brave to do what I do as lots of people who dont SJ or dont event always say Im brave so I guess to a degree all horse riders are brave! I do have quite a good "mode" I can get into when Im nervous - I just suddenly go into automatic RIDE YOUR ASS OFF mode! And it usually works quite well, but all nerves disappear so I guess bravoury kicks in then.
 
I'm not brave and I'm not good (abley demonstrated last night when I was bouncing around in trot unable to get George to canter!!) but I'm not one for giving in!
 
somedays I have the confidence to jump around hickstead, other days I can't handle a spook. I get on and deal with it but definately have off days.

I would say I'm occasionally brave and really not that good!
 
Ohhh I like that answer fearless!!!! I certainly used to be, but now I do get a bit worried about things, things only really being height/size of jumps. I used to do and jump anything but now when its gets to just over 3' I get a bit nervy. Which I hate. I wouldn't say I am a good rider at all I did used to get called superglue bum, so was good at staying on. I wish I rode like I did 10 years ago!
 
I'm just stupid i think.
I'll ride anything put infront of me with no thought for consequences. At 16 I have yet to be put down a peg or two by a truly problematic horse, but i'm sure it will happen.

ATM im content in ignorance and riding whatever I can, as that is what I love to do.
But I lack actual technical skill unfortunately.
 
He he, Boodle - being fearless at 16 is great isnt it? I remember being just like you back then! Would jump / try anything with no fear whatsoever! Sadly you get old and start getting more sensible
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So enjoy it while you can!
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