Jzee
Well-Known Member
Sits beautifully ... completely ineffective! ha ha
Is that a level?
Is that a level?
I would class myself as fairly experienced but completely incompetent!
I came across a girl who told me she could ride anything, well not in my book, she could not ride any horse, she was useless, no horse went well for her, she could not jump her lovely little [schooled ] arab, in other words she made every horse look worse than it was, the fact that she could stay in the saddle of a quiet pony did not make her a rider.
I came across a lady who told me she used to ride when she was a child, turned out she was "self-taught", did not know how to lead a pony, mount or dismount, and she was the experienced person, child was even worse.
I've seen you ride and you would be fine to go round 1.10 on a horse that knew its job. I can and you don't ride any better or worse than me. Just because you haven't ever done it doesn't mean you couldn't and you shouldn't think it does! I won't have it!
Hmm, see I think you're much more effective than me - and a heck of a lot braver Even if I could jump a 1.10 course (on a very honest horse) I would probably wet myself into every fence
Stop putting yourself down missus. If only the ginger boy was in work I would drag you up here and make you go round a 1.10 course on him And I'm fairly sure YO would happily let you ride one of her horses - don't compete but can do all the advanced dressage stuff! I am sure you would be just fine
Sounds like a job for BH. He'll jump round 1.10 at home without a fuss. Wait till the jumps go out for summer and we're off
JFTD, you wouldn't wet your pants if you were on a horse you knew could do it easily. That's the only difference. 1.10 to Fergs is enormous. To a big horse it's just a big canter stride! I'm not brave over fences by nature but on an uncomplicated (big) horse with a bit of scope it all becomes quite easy. Honest. You can ask people on my yard how big I jumped before the boat came along if you like. Answer is really not very!!
I would say experienced as I have lots of experience accumulated over the years and have ridden affiliated in all disciplines, however I may not always be the most competent rider so not sure if experienced and competent necessarily go hand in hand!
After last nights lesson (first lesson in 5 years) I will say novice. Although I have 12 years experience.
AAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHH
Please don't make me type my rant again!
After 12 years riding you are NOT "new to the sport" or a beginner
ARGH I'm going to have a rant.
Can we please be clear about the use of the term novice, it is being misused and it is making the term worthless.
Novice means new to something, a beginner. So all those people saying I'm a novice but I've been riding 20 years are talking rubbish, you may have been riding 20 years and remain techinically a bad rider, or have 20 years experience but lack skill but you are no longer a novice.
You also can't be a novice in confidence, you might lack confidence and that may hold your riding back but confidence has nothing to do with whether you are a novice or not.
Most of us acknowledge and recognise that you never stop learning and improving (and if you don't recognise that then you should give up now) but that doesn't mean that you are a novice all your life.
Calling yourself something other than novice doesn't mean that you think you know everything there is to know, neither does it mean that you believe you are better than Mark Todd. It just means you are no longer a beginner.
So all those people who say that they are a novice but have been riding for years and years have a rethink. Maybe call yourself, competent, intermediate, experienced but nervous, experienced but lacking techincal skill, experienced but rusty, or just tell people what your limitations are.
If we all call ourselves novices it makes it impossible to distinguish genuine novices. So what does the person who has had six months worth of weekly group lessons call themselves? If you are the proprietor of a riding school/trekking centre and you have five people all calling themselves novice riders which do you give the steadiest horse to? How do you know whether they are a beginner or someone with 20 years experience being coy?
Rant over!
I read Laurenbay's reply and thought "Please God, for Kat's sanity, don't let her see that "
Sorry I didn't want to read through all 11 pages. No I am not a new rider or beginner. But I would say I am not a great rider
Not sure why you're getting so ranty about actually, Kat. Novice means different things to different people; after all a 'Novice' eventer is actually competing at more than half way up the levels..
BE80
BE90
BE100
Novice
Intermediate
Advanced
and is capable of jumping round a 1.10 sj and xc course.
Not sure why you're getting so ranty about actually, Kat. Novice means different things to different people; after all a 'Novice' eventer is actually competing at more than half way up the levels..
BE80
BE90
BE100
Novice
Intermediate
Advanced
and is capable of jumping round a 1.10 sj and xc course.
This thread makes me laugh. It's amazing how inflated some people's ego's are!
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