No riding to too much riding..advice please

[vicky86]

I have been moaning loads about the zero riding I have been doing but come the spring I am ment to be riding between 5 to 8 a day. Four of my own two which need breaking, two for a livery (racehorses to retrain), a young event horse I am exercising for someone and a advanced event horse who I have said I would do the fittening work on (luckily she goes away to professionals yard end of March aslong as she ready- so that should bring it back to 7 - phew

).

I have just sort of been going along thinking it will be fine but hadnt really been counting how many i'd agreed to do. I am now feeling rather overwhelmed, i'm used to doing about 4 but am just struggling to see how im going to fit this in and run my yard and have some sort of a social life...maybe give up sleeping??? I really need the money too so feel like I cant refuse work.

So please if there are people out there who do this (im sure there are) could you let me know so I know its do able and could you please, please, please give me some advise on how to do it.

 

[Luci07]

work out your training programme for all and then work it backwards as to who needs what and when! though maybe I would put off backing the youngsters till the advanced horse has left...!

 

[spacefaer]

You have to prioritise the paying ones, leave the breakers till you have more daylight and the adv horse has gone.

Give yourself a realistic daily timetable and stick to it

also from my experience, you'll be too tired for a social life, so be prepared to put it on hold for a bit - but then you'll have enough money to go out!

 

[vicky86]

thanks guys - yeah think im definately going to have to leave the youngsters until the advanced horse has gone and except that I am going to have to become a hermit . Im sure ill just have to get organised and get on with it.