marmalade76
Well-Known Member
A rare one from me! Not often I get out and about!
My local HT course recently added a mini course and advertised a mini hunter trial for under twelves during half term. This prompted someone (not me, I hasten to add!) to post on our local horsey FB group a plea for mini HT's to be open to adults too as there are many of us namby pamby nervous nellies and some with baby horses who would love a chance to do something like this too. Loads of people commented agreement so the sec of said event kindly offered to add a couple of classes for over 12's if there was enough interest. Ideal for me and the little pone, I thought, so I entered!
It was all of *whispers* 1'9" but I am rather rusty, what with my old boy not being sound enough for more than plodding about and my new TB not being ready for any outings yet. Little pone is experienced, though, but the children are still on the lead rein and I don't want her to become reliant on this so think it's a good idea for me to do things with her too (we did a little show jumping class and the open gymkhana section at the pony club show a couple of weeks ago, had a second in the musical sacks and won the ride and run
)
Things didn't start well, however, I fell off before I'd even started! I had just got on and was tightening my girth when little pone decided to snatch her head down for grass in the way that ponies do. With one hand on the reins and one leg in the air she easily pulled me to the point of no return and I slid swiftly down her neck! Much swearing and cursing followed.
She warmed up nicely and was quite keen and I managed to set off from the start without too much leg wobbling. The time section included a double of knock-downs which she cleared, but not feeling the urge to be competitive we trotted through most of it. We had a nice confidence giving round and went off back to the box all smiles and big pats and shouts of 'well done Mummy!'
Some pics :-
After we'd had our picnic and put little pone safely back in the box we went off to get ice creams (very nice fancy ice cream too) and take my number back. Though I might get a rosette as there weren't many entries but couldn't believe it when they told me we'd won! SO I have a nice pretty frilly that I didn't win in a gymkhana for a change!
Anyway, as little pone had been such a good girl (apart from the earlier grass incident ) I let her have an hour or two in the treat paddock (as opposed to the usual confines of the fat paddock) while I poo picked and sorted out.
So we all had a nice day Thanks for reading if you got this far x
My local HT course recently added a mini course and advertised a mini hunter trial for under twelves during half term. This prompted someone (not me, I hasten to add!) to post on our local horsey FB group a plea for mini HT's to be open to adults too as there are many of us namby pamby nervous nellies and some with baby horses who would love a chance to do something like this too. Loads of people commented agreement so the sec of said event kindly offered to add a couple of classes for over 12's if there was enough interest. Ideal for me and the little pone, I thought, so I entered!
It was all of *whispers* 1'9" but I am rather rusty, what with my old boy not being sound enough for more than plodding about and my new TB not being ready for any outings yet. Little pone is experienced, though, but the children are still on the lead rein and I don't want her to become reliant on this so think it's a good idea for me to do things with her too (we did a little show jumping class and the open gymkhana section at the pony club show a couple of weeks ago, had a second in the musical sacks and won the ride and run
)Things didn't start well, however, I fell off before I'd even started! I had just got on and was tightening my girth when little pone decided to snatch her head down for grass in the way that ponies do. With one hand on the reins and one leg in the air she easily pulled me to the point of no return and I slid swiftly down her neck! Much swearing and cursing followed.
She warmed up nicely and was quite keen and I managed to set off from the start without too much leg wobbling. The time section included a double of knock-downs which she cleared, but not feeling the urge to be competitive we trotted through most of it. We had a nice confidence giving round and went off back to the box all smiles and big pats and shouts of 'well done Mummy!'
Some pics :-
After we'd had our picnic and put little pone safely back in the box we went off to get ice creams (very nice fancy ice cream too) and take my number back. Though I might get a rosette as there weren't many entries but couldn't believe it when they told me we'd won! SO I have a nice pretty frilly that I didn't win in a gymkhana for a change!
Anyway, as little pone had been such a good girl (apart from the earlier grass incident
) I let her have an hour or two in the treat paddock (as opposed to the usual confines of the fat paddock) while I poo picked and sorted out.
So we all had a nice day
Thanks for reading if you got this far x
