If you think you are too old to ride - you’ve been busted!!
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Quigleyandme
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This did give me hope that at going on 63 I’ll live long enough to back and ride my two year olds.
Trouper
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Phew - At 74 I'm a mere child then. I'm going to cut this out and stick it on the fridge door.
J&S
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Ditto, Trouper!!! Another 20 years then?? Whoopee.
Rowreach
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She looks great on a horse still as well. I bet she was some rider in her younger days.
I've got a 5 year old. All being well we'll see each other out, riding wise. I'm not sure I cba to still be riding in my 90s, if I last that long.
I've got a 5 year old. All being well we'll see each other out, riding wise. I'm not sure I cba to still be riding in my 90s, if I last that long.
cauda equina
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She does look great
Her face looks aged, but her body could be a 20 year old's
Her face looks aged, but her body could be a 20 year old's
McFluff
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Haha - love that she nicked the grandkids pony and took it hunting. Way to go Granny.
oldie48
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Respect!!
Keith_Beef
Novice equestrian, accomplished equichetrian
Best reason I can think of for putting a bet on a horse is that the OH is riding it. Not that my OH would ever take part in a race. It's difficult enough for me to get her within five yards of any kind of animal, even Tabitha.
Skib
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It is a pleasure to ride so not something one deserved medals for.
Many others in their 80s who would want to ride have instead been in isolation away from the horses they ride?
I took a headcollar to the yard on 10 March last year and we havent left home since. To protect the NHS they say but to protect ourselves as well.
I was hoping post vaccine to ride in mid April but now even that doesnt seem certain.
Many others in their 80s who would want to ride have instead been in isolation away from the horses they ride?
I took a headcollar to the yard on 10 March last year and we havent left home since. To protect the NHS they say but to protect ourselves as well.
I was hoping post vaccine to ride in mid April but now even that doesnt seem certain.
AShetlandBitMeOnce
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I bet you're great fun at a party.
Brownmare
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Back in the late 90s I went to a lawn meet with the Beaufort that was an 80th birthday party for an amazing lady who was still hunting sidesaddle. I thought then that was something to aim for, maybe this lady was in the field then too and thought the same!
planete
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“I bought a cob but that was a mistake as she simply wasn’t fast enough,” ! Love it!
Flame_
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What a fabulous woman
Prancerpoos
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Fantastic, I love it! I always read the Times obituaries and love it when there is the tale of some older lady who '..only went out with the Quorn twice a week once she reached 85" or similar.
MidChristmasCrisis
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Huge respect to that lady...hope I’m fit enough to keep on going.
AutumnDays
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Huge respect to her, she's out doing me, and I'm only 33! My past as a downhill mountain biker has left me somewhat damaged, and I was told to reconsider that and horse riding if I didn't want to end up with the mobility of an "old woman"... if it was her mobility, I'd be well away! I'm off to go find some slippers and learn to knit...
EllenJay
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An elderly friend of mine continued to hunt twice a week up until she was 87. She has a fall one day, and whilst she was in hospital her children sold her horse. It was the worst thing they could have done, she went downhill very fast after that. I don't think she ever forgave them
paddy555
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amazing woman and lovely pic of her. Hope for us all.
this link is my inspiration for when I get older. What is really depressing about him is that he mounts from the ground.
this link is my inspiration for when I get older. What is really depressing about him is that he mounts from the ground.
cauda equina
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A nice Arab! That's what us old timers need
Prancerpoos
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Wow, that's terrible.
ycbm
Einstein would be proud of my Insanity...
Well I was hoping a 6 year old would see me out but even if he's still in work at 30 that would only make me 86, so maybe I'd better think about buying another 2 year old. What do you reckon?
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paddy555
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sbloom
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I once fitted a new saddle for a 5 year old Lusitano and 75 year old owner/rider, I fit quite a few people in their 70s!
Scotsbadboy
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My first riding instructor as a kid was in her 80's when i started riding and as a teen i would still see her out and about, funnily enough she did endurance. She was epic and i have fond memories of her scaring the life out of me and teaching me so much at the same time, she was very old school. She was riding into her 90's back then. Long gone now i imagine but i remember her so well and her two geldings, a big chestnut who was the love of my life and Jasper a massive appaloosa who was just awe inspiring. She used to take him up the bank of an M4 motorway bridge to catch up on hacks, its was vertical, lol! She was only a tiny little lady and both her horses were big!