AnneCam
Active Member
Hello
Something interesting enough has finally happened to a cereal lurker to inspire her to create an account.
A little bit of background about my riding club to make this post make some sense:
We have 2 riding stables. The "advanced" (by the standards of the club, I'm not actually any good) riders get to go to an unusual stables with an small string of horses with impressive CVs and learn to go sideways properly and find strides etc. This is fun but they're not complete novice rides, so total beginners go to a different yard with very nice quiet horses.
What actually happened:
The beginners yard has much much better hacking, so a few of us, who usually ride at the other stables, went there for a fast hack. Before we left the yard, the proprietor went down the line and put Market Harboroughs on 3/4 of the horses on the hack.
The questions I am getting round to asking:
Why would you want to put a Market Harborough on to go for a hack on a novice horse??
How do you ride in a Market Harborough? I went with consistent light contact and hands slightly lower than i normally hold them. This worked well in trot and canter but he was fussing/pulling in walk. Never ridden this horse before, so that might be normal.
And then I believe it is the done thing to make some virtual offer of food for people who've read to the end of a long post
Chocolate raisins??
Something interesting enough has finally happened to a cereal lurker to inspire her to create an account.
A little bit of background about my riding club to make this post make some sense:
We have 2 riding stables. The "advanced" (by the standards of the club, I'm not actually any good) riders get to go to an unusual stables with an small string of horses with impressive CVs and learn to go sideways properly and find strides etc. This is fun but they're not complete novice rides, so total beginners go to a different yard with very nice quiet horses.
What actually happened:
The beginners yard has much much better hacking, so a few of us, who usually ride at the other stables, went there for a fast hack. Before we left the yard, the proprietor went down the line and put Market Harboroughs on 3/4 of the horses on the hack.
The questions I am getting round to asking:
Why would you want to put a Market Harborough on to go for a hack on a novice horse??
How do you ride in a Market Harborough? I went with consistent light contact and hands slightly lower than i normally hold them. This worked well in trot and canter but he was fussing/pulling in walk. Never ridden this horse before, so that might be normal.
And then I believe it is the done thing to make some virtual offer of food for people who've read to the end of a long post
Chocolate raisins??
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