Jerry update..to sell or not to sell...

[madhector]

Right, well after my dilemma yesterday I decided the only way I could decide what to do was to just get back on him again. So this morning I managed to squeeze my leg into a boot and scrambled on.

He was an angel to get on, didn't fidget or anything, and we walked into the school, he felt very tense but think I was actually shaking, so couldn't blame him, started walking round and we both began to relax. A few laps of the school later and I started actually riding, he responded like a pro, and what a walk!

tried the other rein with my bad leg on the inside and he was a little muddled to begin with but tried his heart out and we achieved a gorgeous walk.

Feeling brave I popped him into trot, and again I was blown away, I forgot how much I loved that trot, and it is now balanced and calm but still with all the movement. We did a few circles and didn't quite achieve the correct inside bend, more to my stupid leg than him, changed the rein and with the dodgy leg on the outside he was amazing, did some lovely work, all without stirrups as couldn't bare to use them with my leg.

So the decision is..he is staying, there is no way I could sell him, haven't sat on anything like it for years. So yes I may be mad, but for now he will stay with me, and sis is in no hurry to buy a horse, so if next year I decide he isn't going as far as I would like, then she would probably still want him.


Edited to correct typo

 

[Pidge]

yay

 

[sunflower]

Awwwww, I wish you all the best with him when you can ride him properly again.

 

[moodymare1987]

I missed all this but glad you arent selling him

Hope your leg is ok. xx

 

[madhector]

Thanks, leg is very sore afterwards, but its more the joint rather than the break, so think it will get easier the more I do

 

[Blizzard]

Aww Im pleased you found him so wonderful to ride!!

 

[Weezy]

What happened yesterday?!

 

[madhector]

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2256898/an/0/page/1#2256898

 

[lisan]

Your leg will definitley get easier as you go along, well done for getting back on and deciding to keep him! He is lovely x

 

[Weezy]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh wow. OK well personally I would keep him or if you wanted to sell I would sell to someone outside of your family. Glad it all went well today

 

[madhector]

Thanks, he is definatly staying, she seems happy with being able to go and do some dreaded stressage with him for me instead

 

[_jetset_]

I think you have made the right decision, but didn't want to say too much yesterday... If you had sold him to your sister I think you would always have wondered 'what if I had kept him?' and that is one thing you don't want to be thinking.

If in a year or so you decide he is not the horse for you (although reading this post i don't think that is a likely occurence) then I would sell him to someone outside your family as you can ask whatever price you want for him without feeling as though you have to be 'generous'.

I am so pleased you rode him today... don't forget, you have put all the work into him, you are the one who has sent him to be trained and paid for it, not her! You should be the one who reaps all the benefits

 

[severnmiles]

Glad it went well!

I'd have still bitten her arm off for the 6k though!

 

[Alibear]

fantastic news and am so pleased to hear he is doing so well now.

 

[HenryandPeta]

Wheee! Glad you had a fab ride. Can your sis keep him ticking over for you until your leg gets stronger?

 

[madhector]

Thankyou, that sums up my thoughts exactly. When I was riding him I was beginning to think he might actually be the horse to replace Hector.

 

[madhector]

lol! well it was tempting, but she is also in love with the little grey so maybe I can flog her to her next year

 

[madhector]

Yep, she will ride him a few times a week, I will ride him a couple of times just for 10 miutes, and Ali is still coming once a week to make him really work

 

[HenryandPeta]

sounds good!

 

[madhector]

Thanks, hows Atty?

 

[Tempi]

im glad youve decided to keep him, i think youve made the right decision. And well done for getting back on aswell x

 

[madhector]

Thanks, Im glad I did, feel so much better now

 

[Nickijem]

Well done for making the right decision imo! Don't think about the 6k your sister offered you cos you probably couldn't replace Jerry for that. It is more important that you have the horse that makes you happy than to have the money in the bank and searching for something as good!
(P.S. My horse is named Jerry too and I wouldn't sell him for the world!!!!)

 

[harvgj19]

Yay!

I knew once you got on him you would make up your mind, and I have to say I am glad that you decided to keep him!

Like you say, if in a year or so he hasn't progressed as far as you'd like, then sell him to your sis!

 

[madhector]

Me too

 

[harrihjc]

I'm so glad you're keeping him!

 

[Iestyn]

These horses cause a lot of heartache. I have had my new boy for 4 months. I went out looking for a nice little allrounder but ended up with a 5 year old bred for SJ but a fabulous mover that had done NOTHING. He could barely walk without getting tense and shooting off. I can't see the progress we have made and many a time I have wanted to give up with him - the latest being after disastrous SJ on Saturday where I was really stupid and made some wrong decisions. I gave him Sunday off and then went to have a lesson with Becky Moody yesterday, who hadn't seen him since the beginning of May, and she said he looked like a different horse. She told me I needed therapy to learn to chill out and that he was definitely going in the right direction. Looking back at the videos I am so amazed at him - and it's nice to hear the compliments and the "ooohs" and "aaahs" in the background from people I don't even know. I was so chuffed I could have cried. We're still very unbalanced and it will be a while before we're out competing but I've bought him for me for the long-term so thereshouldn't be a rush.