It's A Small Step But it Means a Heck of a Lot

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Tonight for the very first time ever with my horse I got him in, tacked him up, took him into the school, got on and rode for 40 minutes all totally on my own.

So what I can hear your chorus I do that every day.

Well......

Two years ago I had the mother of all falls ended up being airlifted to hospital and spending 6 months looking at my newly bought youngster (present from OH) as I was too smashed up to do anything with him.

Just as I was becoming brave enough to get on my newly backed youngster he managed to break himself and needed 6 months off. For the last 6 months both now being fit enough to actually do something he has had lots of training and I have had lots of lessons, and I freely admit that i still felt scared stiff half the time.

So tonight was a a bit of a big deal but we did it.

Confidence does come back all be it slowly.
 
Splendid job......actually I think it's quite a big step, must have taken a lot to get back in the saddle after all that.

Well done.
 
:D Good for you.

Small steps lead to bigger ones and you've been through enough to make anyone step back and think twice.

I hope your saddle is a lot lighter than my leather one! I had to change to a synthetic because lifting a leather one onto even 15h wrecked my shoulder.

Pleased to see that you made it over to HT as well :)
 
Enfys my saddle is lovely but is a full leather Cates and weighs a ton.

Vardi does not seem willing to learn to give at the knees to allow me to put it on with ease but seems happy to have me chuck it onto all 16'3 of him to say I am developing biceps is an understatement.

Jan did threaten me with getting out the hoist which he made for one of his training horses a huge Tinker with a 4ft 11 owner, I refused, however he did ask one of the taller liveries to move their saddle and give the lowest peg to the short legged one! aka me!

I am not short I am 5ft 6 it is just that the Dutch are overly tall.
 
I would say this a a totally huge achievement, congratulations until it happens to you that your confidence just walks out on you, people never realise just how hard it is to get it back. People I have know to even sit on there horse fills them with more horror and fear, that to ask an average rider to jump round Badminton.

Am really chuffed for you.
 
Chavhorse said:
Enfys my saddle is lovely but is a full leather Cates and weighs a ton.

Vardi does not seem willing to learn to give at the knees to allow me to put it on with ease but seems happy to have me chuck it onto all 16'3 :eek: Good Lord! I knew he was a big boy, but....I'd be lying in a heap on the floor with the saddle on top of me!of him to say I am developing biceps is an understatement.

Jan did threaten me with getting out the hoist which he made for one of his training horses a huge Tinker with a 4ft 11 owner, I refused, however he did ask one of the taller liveries to move their saddle and give the lowest peg to the short legged one! aka me!

I am not short I am 5ft 6 it is just that the Dutch are overly tall.
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Ahhhhh, but some of them are drop dead gorgeous with it. I lived in Deurne for a summer once when I was working with a British race team based out there, I still adore that accent
 
scally said:
I would say this a a totally huge achievement, congratulations until it happens to you that your confidence just walks out on you, people never realise just how hard it is to get it back. People I have know to even sit on there horse fills them with more horror and fear, that to ask an average rider to jump round Badminton.

Am really chuffed for you.
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Thanks Scally and I willl freely admit that given an excuse (I am lucky I have a very wiley old trainer who stood chatting whilst I tacked up, opened up the door to the school for me them without saying a word promptly buggered off! and then arrived back 40 mins later out of nowhere.....I suspect he had been out of sight keeping an eye on just in case) I probably would have backed out.

And coming from one who used to consider herself brave to the point of stupidity then the total crippling loss (spent 2 months on the lunge most of them in tears) was actually worse than the broken bits they mended!

I have realized that until it actually happens to you you have no idea at all.

I am sure I am not completely over it but now I need riding time, lots of it.

Just off to my Saturday morning lesson with the full intention of actually getting on and riding him in before Jan arrives and starts the lesson.
 
thats amazing!!! well done you :D

after breaking my ribs in October quite nastily i had 4-5months out and im still a tad wary of riding totally alone. so CONGRATULATIONS!!! huge step

long may it continue :D :D :D x
 
well done you should be really pleased with yourself. some things that most peolple can do without thinking can be huge challenges to others. i had my own little achievement this morning doing something that the vast majority of people do everyday & no where near as scary to most people as getting on a horse! but to me it was a big challenge & to do it is a big step. a big achievement isnt possible without all the small ones that add up to it. so keep going & keep doing it!
 
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