Just for fun, have you taught your bf to ride?

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I am currently trying to teach my bf, and wondering if any of you have. Last week my bf nearly fell off, i got on my mare first and gave her a gallop before he got on, when he tried trot, my mare thought she was going galloping agian and bolted, i had her on the lunge so she couldn't go far but my bf ended up hanging off her neck, it was very funny:D some how he managed to stay on and shuffle himself back in the saddle.
 
Yes, tried. Good horse = very good, he trotted perfectly. Second horse = not so good, and he hasn't ridden since, although to be fair we don't have a suitable horse anymore.
 
Yes two of them and my last one wouldn't go near her xD
When I was with one guy, I was just switching onto Kelly so he used to come out with me on Rebel and I used to borrow Kelly :) funny stuff!
My last bf was terrified of them and I got him on her once but as she began to move he started to scream haha
 
not personally but i was at a show the other week (spectating lol) and i was talking to a young girl i know, and asked who was that on her other horse. it was her non horsey boyfriend who she had only know 3 months and he was flying round the jumping arena (3ft i may add!) she just told him to get on and he has never looked back (put me well to shame and many others ) :D xx
 
It will end in tears...I know these things :eek:

My OH has been teaching me to ride properly over the last two years. We have been married 29 years, and have had more.....words regarding horses, riding, technique, what I am doing wrong etc in the first year I was riding than at any time in out marriage.

Trouble is, we are both perfectionists, she is a school teacher and I am a grumpy old man, so not the ideal student.

The other day she told my my seat was "VERY GOOD". I nearly fell off the horse in surprise, that's the first time she has ever said anything good about my riding.

So, be warned, teaching a bf or OH to ride is fraught with danger, tears, frustration and anger...and that's just the good side :D
 
neilm said:
it will end in tears...i know these things :eek:

My oh has been teaching me to ride properly over the last two years. We have been married 29 years, and have had more.....words regarding horses, riding, technique, what i am doing wrong etc in the first year i was riding than at any time in out marriage.

Trouble is, we are both perfectionists, she is a school teacher and i am a grumpy old man, so not the ideal student.

The other day she told my my seat was "very good". I nearly fell off the horse in surprise, that's the first time she has ever said anything good about my riding.

So, be warned, teaching a bf or oh to ride is fraught with danger, tears, frustration and anger...and that's just the good side :d
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lmao:d:d
 
hahah i have taken him for the odd hack leading him, and he has even dared bareback! i even got him trotting a couple of strides bareback. unfortunatly my pony is a bit to sharp to let him make too many mistakes :D
 
charleysummer said:
hahah i have taken him for the odd hack leading him, and he has even dared bareback! i even got him trotting a couple of strides bareback. unfortunatly my pony is a bit to sharp to let him make too many mistakes :D
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Same here, both of mine are tbs, i am backing my 4 yo at the mo, so i am hoping he can ride well when im done, then we can go out together for a nice ride,
 
Yes I have!

He learnt on my old shire x, about 12 years ago, and he came out hacking with me every couple or weeks or so, and he became a reasonable novice rider. He popped the odd cross pole, and he even took my old eventer, which I still had at the time out for a gallop a couple of times.

Then, I can't remember if there were any reasons, but he seemed to lose interest and stopped riding and didn't get on for quite a few years, until he picked it up again this year. Unfortunately he has lost his rising trot, and my current horse is not ideal for a novice.
 
I haven't but took him to a RS - wasn't the best to be honest a bit kick and pull kind of teaching but it was the only place they would take him cos he is 16 stone (6'4). He fairly keen until his first canter - was bonfire night so horses were a bit fraught - 'gust give her a good kick in that corner!' was the helpful advise and he did. He motorbiked round about four times full belt before she decided to stop. I nearly collapsed especially when the instructor shouted 'whoops - get ready to catch him' as he headed for the corner I was stood in. Funnily enough he didn't go again. He's better sticking to his bike I think - don't think my 13.3hh will carry him unless he has rollerskates on.
 
Yes, when I had Woody and Mouse on DIY livery I would ride Mouse and Jack would ride Woody, and we'd go out for hacks together. Jack had ridden once or twice, and is very animal orientated.

Woody isn't the most patient of horses, but they got on well. Jack went back on his own on a ride once, at a very collected canter as the stupid girl we went with decided she wanted to turn around. This sent Woody's, already wired, brain completely mad and ended up cantering sideways. I had to keep Mouse, who was bucking and rearing to catch Woody, with her stupid horse as we'd have all galloped home, but I trusted Jack and Woody to carry on doing their own thing, which they did. They got back 10 minutes before we did!

I also witnessed Woody kind of broncing with Jack in the school. I was tacking Mouse up to take him out, and Jack was already in the school with Woody. It unfortunately started hailing, and the only way Woody could think of getting away "from the person throwing stones at him" was to bounce, on all four feet, vertically like a harrier jump jet!!! Jack stayed on, managed to calm him down, jump off and go back in to the stables. I didn't even bother taking Mouse out!!!

Was good fun!!!
 
NeilM said:
It will end in tears...I know these things :eek:

My OH has been teaching me to ride properly over the last two years. We have been married 29 years, and have had more.....words regarding horses, riding, technique, what I am doing wrong etc in the first year I was riding than at any time in out marriage.

Trouble is, we are both perfectionists, she is a school teacher and I am a grumpy old man, so not the ideal student.

The other day she told my my seat was "VERY GOOD". I nearly fell off the horse in surprise, that's the first time she has ever said anything good about my riding.

So, be warned, teaching a bf or OH to ride is fraught with danger, tears, frustration and anger...and t's just the good side :D
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agree with this - my husband is romanian and grew up with horses - he can ride but not in the way we do!
i do feel rotten but i just dotn like him riding my boy - he just rides differently and i am worried our horse will be confused.
For the sake of our marriage he does not do it often - mainly a bit of fun, loose bareback in the field - he understands why - english and traditional romanian riding styles are very different!
 
yup - he asked if he could learn to ride when he realised that it would be easier than running with the hunt! :eek: he used to keep up, just, but never really got a rest. he'd come home more tired and muddy than my horse!

he rode my lad a few times in the field, then we hacked out with him on a lead rope and me walking! (my horse was soooo embarassed!). Then we borrowed a friends horse for a weekend so he could do a bit more hacking out.

He's not looked back! he had 3 lessons with the lady he used to hire from, then went hunting! then last summer he had 3 more lessons with my instructor on my horse, did an Open (3foot) hunter trial and then did 2 BE 90 events... but hunting is what he enjoys most. He has a good seat and kind hands, his balance is good and he's brave and not afraid to kick when necessary. the fieldmaster has asked him to take a 4yo old this season for him too, so no more hiring!! Wooo!!
 
I did - and do know what really peed me off??? Within a couple of weeks he was good! Certainly braver than me ;)

The only horse I had that was up to his weight (6ft plus, ex rugby player) was my nutty then 5 yo Welsh D who is "special" to say the least;) and the pair of them clicked - talk about the blind leading the blind but I was the one nearly having a heart attack when they went flying off up hills, jumped logs etc.

What is it about men though, or is it just mine? - they are so bl**dy competitive and everything has to be at 100 mph :eek:

He still hacks sometimes 8 years on but since he can't afford the time to compete, he's not really interested and he's not at all interested in mucking out, grooming, poo picking or anything useful.....:rolleyes:
 
yes I did, when I got together with my OH he was scared stiff of horses, he would come with me and stand and watch as I mucked out, fed and rode. But would not go near them. Then one day he discovered my 17'2 young eventer lying down in his stable and was so worried he went in to check he was alive. he was , just snoozing and just stayed down as my Oh stroked his neck and head. it was a huge step forward and on the way home he asked to learn to ride. So i started him on my 17'2 youngster. i lunged him, and in the first lesson he walked, trotted and cantered without stirrups and reins. 3 weeks later I started teaching him to jump. 6 weeks later he did a 12 mile pleasure ride with lots of cantering and galloping. at 15 weeks he went hunting on my youngster - the first time hunting for both of them. They were both hooked! 4 years later he started eventing at 2ft 3, he now is eventing Intros and is planning on joining BD this winter. He was brilliant, I gave him my youngster as his Christmas present 4 years ago, I bought myself a new horse and he is hooked. he bought us a farm, with 32 acres, 16 stables and we now have 4 horses of our own one of which is a youngster we are backing together who I will start and hopefully he will take over in a couple of years. Iydillic really and amazingly we have never had any rows about me teaching him.
 
Bosworth said:
yes I did, when I got together with my OH he was scared stiff of horses, he would come with me and stand and watch as I mucked out, fed and rode. But would not go near them. Then one day he discovered my 17'2 young eventer lying down in his stable and was so worried he went in to check he was alive. he was , just snoozing and just stayed down as my Oh stroked his neck and head. it was a huge step forward and on the way home he asked to learn to ride. So i started him on my 17'2 youngster. i lunged him, and in the first lesson he walked, trotted and cantered without stirrups and reins. 3 weeks later I started teaching him to jump. 6 weeks later he did a 12 mile pleasure ride with lots of cantering and galloping. at 15 weeks he went hunting on my youngster - the first time hunting for both of them. They were both hooked! 4 years later he started eventing at 2ft 3, he now is eventing Intros and is planning on joining BD this winter. He was brilliant, I gave him my youngster as his Christmas present 4 years ago, I bought myself a new horse and he is hooked. he bought us a farm, with 32 acres, 16 stables and we now have 4 horses of our own one of which is a youngster we are backing together who I will start and hopefully he will take over in a couple of years. Iydillic really and amazingly we have never had any rows about me teaching him.
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Soooo jealous!
 
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