unicorn_123
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Hi guys, I’ve had my horse for a year and my confidence is now at 0. Because of coronavirus and my partner being diagnosed with cancer my horse had a long holiday this year and when I started to ride him again he was playing up all the time, we then found out he has arthritis and possibly something else, he’s been treated for the arthritis however after a couple of bad rides I’ve lost all of my confidence and just don’t want to get on board anymore. The problem is this happened with my first pony too when I was younger and we just had to sell him in the end because i couldn’t get my confidence back, should I sell him because he is too much for me and buy a safe cob and give up on wanting to do low level eventing because are some people just not cut out for it, don’t have the nerve for it. Or will the same thing happen with the cob, should I just go back to a riding school. It’s shit because it was my dream to be able to do a one day event at at least 80cm but I can’t even get on the bloody horse. Don’t even want to lead him. He’s not even that bad it’s just me. Should I just give up, would I be happier just riding at a riding school and feeling safe?