Ginn
Well-Known Member
I spent the weekend at center parcs and as it was Kiri's birthday on Sunday Kiri, my mum, a friend and I arranged to go trekking locally. Not only did we have a fantastic time but it really gave me a confidence boost with regard to starting Tilly under saddle.
My horse was a very sweet but very, very green 5 year old (was told if I wasn't happy with riding him, especially as he had bucked his rider off the previous weekend! then I could have something else but I figured it would be good practice if nothing else!)
We started off fine, he didn't bat an eyelid as we waited for a train to pass near a level crossing, not one spook at anything. However, when we broke into canter he was very strong and everytime I took a pull or he saw some space up the side of the horse in front (we were quite near the back) we had a few sucessive "Yipee, lets go!" bucks - and they weren't little bucks either. Infact we had lots of bucking on each of the canters we did
But I ended the ride feeling a huge sense of achievement for not falling off - specially as I was wearing a new hat! And it really gave me an enormous confidence boost that I can ride a young horse and ride it through the exciting moments.
Now I just need a remedy for an achy upper body as 3 hours on a very strong horse is quite wearing
Also, just wanted to add how very proud I was of my mum - until sunday se still hadn't established the rising trot and had only had around 5 lessons in the lasy year. We explained all this to the center but mum also said she was happy to try a canter - by the end of it not only had she perfected the rthymn of the trot and was rising to it nicely but she'd also happily cantered each canter in a forward seat and didn't even wobble!!! She now can't wait til next year when I told her she can start having the odd lesson and hack on Till's and until then has decided to join a local hacking group at a local riding school!
So Huge thanks and praise to the White Horse Trekking Center for giving us such a brilliant ride and looking after us so well!
My horse was a very sweet but very, very green 5 year old (was told if I wasn't happy with riding him, especially as he had bucked his rider off the previous weekend! then I could have something else but I figured it would be good practice if nothing else!)
We started off fine, he didn't bat an eyelid as we waited for a train to pass near a level crossing, not one spook at anything. However, when we broke into canter he was very strong and everytime I took a pull or he saw some space up the side of the horse in front (we were quite near the back) we had a few sucessive "Yipee, lets go!" bucks - and they weren't little bucks either. Infact we had lots of bucking on each of the canters we did
Now I just need a remedy for an achy upper body as 3 hours on a very strong horse is quite wearing
Also, just wanted to add how very proud I was of my mum - until sunday se still hadn't established the rising trot and had only had around 5 lessons in the lasy year. We explained all this to the center but mum also said she was happy to try a canter - by the end of it not only had she perfected the rthymn of the trot and was rising to it nicely but she'd also happily cantered each canter in a forward seat and didn't even wobble!!! She now can't wait til next year when I told her she can start having the odd lesson and hack on Till's and until then has decided to join a local hacking group at a local riding school!
So Huge thanks and praise to the White Horse Trekking Center for giving us such a brilliant ride and looking after us so well!
