Neigh nominations left me feeling a bit bleak!

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I have had two of these neigh nominations today- much to my daughters jealousy! "OMG how have you had one before me!" (she has yet to know about the second one!)

Its apparently got to be a horse who has made you what you are today or just been a horse of a lifetime type I guess.
I joked id put a certain photo on as it was the horse who turned me into the rider I am by throwing me off nastily twice then booting me in the head- hence I don't enjoy riding too much these days...apparently I cant do this, it has to be a good experience! ;)
Daughter requested I go to Granny's house and scan a picture of me and my old boy doing xc as she thinks everyone will be amazed and its just so not me!
So I guess everyone including my own daughter see me as some ploddy hacker who's never had any ambition to do any more than walk round the village....
This saddened me a little bit and made me a bit nostalgic I guess, How I loved that little horse and where it all went wrong! If someone told me id ever hack without cantering or spend a whole week with out jumping id have thought they were nuts and wondered why id even have a horse if that were the case!

Did we not have awful ground, terrible weather, splints, arthritis, thrown shoes, nerves, traffic, and all that in the olden days?
 
you sound like me and my mum.

I accidently upset her saying she doesnt like to ride any more.

I guess life just takes over, i hope it doesnt happen to me.
 
When I had my neigh nomination I certainly enjoyed posting a photo from the early 70s when I was still leaping over banks and decent fences. At least the other liveries can see that I used to more than just happy hack when "allowed" by daughter!
 
Double_choc_lab said:
When I had my neigh nomination I certainly enjoyed posting a photo from the early 70s when I was still leaping over banks and decent fences. At least the other liveries can see that I used to more than just happy hack when "allowed" by daughter!
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This is true, other people can see I once left the ground!

Billy the kid- ohh, you have it to come ;) in all seriousness I think had I not had my falls id still be enjoying it all so fingers x'd you will be fine :)
 
poiuytrewq said:
This is true, other people can see I once left the ground!

Billy the kid- ohh, you have it to come ;) in all seriousness I think had I not had my falls id still be enjoying it all so fingers x'd you will be fine :)
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i doubt ill ever have kids, but just hope im always as horse mad as i am now! Id hate to think i might end up just hacking out once in a blue moon......
 
i posted of my late horse who i lost age 6...broke my heart but i have a very nice youngster who was her field companion who is now the main horse - its really sad even now but its looking back on the fun you had - the pics i used made me smile - even though its sad shes not here anymore

so yeah OP its kinda sad but as the saying goes - smile because it happened :)
 
Nostalgia - from wiki: the word is a learned formation of a Greek compound, consisting of νόστος (nóstos), meaning "homecoming", a Homeric word, and ἄλγος (álgos), meaning "pain, ache".

It's hard, isn't it?

Thanks to neighnomination I'm enjoying looking at some fabulous riding and trips down memory lane (John Thelwall on The Ulsterman was in my feed this morning) but I suspect you are not the only one feeling like that. I haven't been nominated, thank goodness. I have nothing to show for the last 4 years (after an 18 year hiatus) except some appalling riding pictures that frankly make me want to cry. I look at the photos from the old days and wonder how I could have gone from that (top of my game as a junior, with rides coming out of my ears, competing elementary dressage and the equivalent of CCI2*) to my laughable attempts at Intro A the other day where I was given a 'pull me up short' 5 for aids and effectiveness of rider. That, and the fact that because I lost my nerve with the previous lunatic, I never got to jump Larry over anything other than a cross pole before he broke... I was waiting for a jumping saddle because I felt too insecure jumping in my dressage saddle. I am forever telling people 'I used to be quite adventurous once' because they see me ride and don't believe me.

Blow your trumpet - you deserve it. Your daughter actually sounds very proud of you. Have fun on the XC course. I'm jealous.
 
Aah - I feel the same way!! If only everyone at my yard knew what I would once have done and everything I've achieved only for it all to be spoiled by a broken knee and one too many concussions!!
 
Here's shopping The XC course depends highly on several things- not least us both being fitter and trimmer and there is a small factor that as much as I love me new little lorry my horse hates it!
Id love to think she is proud!- she stunned me recently by asking me to ride her horse for a bit, when I questioned it apparently she can tell the difference if ive ridden him! I admit I was quite stunned! (and a little chuffed!)

Sprinkles- Laminate a good photo and paste it onto your tack room walls so they can all see! x
 
Billy the kid said:
Id hate to think i might end up just hacking out once in a blue moon......
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Yikes!! That does make me feel sad :( When I was younger (only 33 now but you know...!) I would have given my right arm to be bombing round XC courses etc, but we couldn't afford horses. Now I have my own, because I can afford it, and I don't have the time to do anything with it!! I just hack... once in a blue moon!! It's so depressing and I hardly see the point sometimes, but my mare still makes me smile and I suppose that is what matters. Still sad though :(
 
I do sympathise, I got a neigh nomination at the weekend and couldn't respond. I thought of my first horse who was pts a year and a half ago and I miss with all my heart, it set me off crying again.
 
I'm trying to work out if I should use my first pony, still with me and returning from loan in a few weeks, who I had so much fun with, or my beloved arab, who I do everything with and is my horse of a lifetime!! Would be nice seeing some of the old pics!!
 
Sorry to butt in folks, but this is the second time today someone has mentioned Neigh Nominations and I haven't the foggiest idea what they're on about. Any enlightenment would be very welcome in order for this old fashioned bird to keep up ... !
 
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