My OH rode today!!

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After 12 years of being with my ever obliging OH, he finally rode a horse today. The only other time I he rode, was in 2000 when we went on holiday to Ilfracombe and he was on a lead rein riding a shire horse (terrified!) while I galloped off up a hill 3 months pregnant!

My friend at my yard, said that he could ride her cob so he had a go on Ted aka Mr. Moustachio, today :)

Luckily (unluckily for me), I have big feet so he wore my rubber riding boots fit him, my slim jim 34" waist jods also fit him and his riding helmet was a bargain £6.50 from Tesco!

I think he did quite well considering he was kakking himself about it! I'll turn him into a show jumper yet! :D

Check out Ted's cob moustache!
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Nice walk
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Ted trying to nap to the gate while my OH made him walk past it..
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Well done for getting him that far! Cute cob too :)

Him Indoors keeps insisting that he can ride, but has never been near or by a horse in all the time we've been together. In all fairness, I haven't got anything suitable for him to ride, but a friend very kindly offered me her ISH to take him out on and he declined. ;)

He also called him "a cowboy horse - his favourite" (he's skewbald) :D.
 
Yayy well done - if that pic was of him grinning before he got on I hope he was still smiling when he got off again!

My OH has ridden a couple of times (under duress!) in the UK but rode on holiday in Colorado last year and was totally hooked with the Western style of riding - reckons he'd be well away with a trained Quarter horse over here!

You sure that's a moustache and he's not chewing a scrubbing brush?! ;)
 
Cob looks lovely. Well done oh. Wish mine would ride. He's had a go twice and is a born natural. He's just not blooming interested.
 
Well done. To your OH for getting on a horse.
My OH has ridden Merryn. The first time we went for a nice walk round the common and he kept hanging back and trying to make Merryn trot to catch up :rolleyes: I made Herbs jog on for afew strides. OH paniced when Merryn started trotting. He started shouting "How do you stop" and flapping his arms around. Poor Merryn thought he was asking for canter so kindly obiged :p Merryn did three strides then dived into the braken for a snack after all his hard work :rolleyes: OH stayed on but ofcourse the story now goes
" OH was riding Merryn when he saw a snake and bolted across the forest.
He managed to stop him and calm him down but he ran along way." :rolleyes:
 
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