Non-riders with rideable horses on here - why?

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annret

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Realisation has hit me that despite having 2 horses in the family, I haven't sat on anything since easter when I was bucked off, and not regularly since summer '08...

There always seems to be something in the way, some 'issue' to sort through and my little confidence has apparently evaporated!

EDIT: Gosh, this sounds pathetic but to be fair my mare is a few hundred miles away currently so I wouldn't be able to ride for half the year anyway...She gets ridden by other people.

Anyone else in a similar boat? There must be SOMEONE else who can't sell but can't face riding either!
 
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my story is even worse... i bought a horse (to rebuild my shattered confidence), then he had to have a companion, then i made the family move house so we could have the horses at home, and i have ridden for a grand total of ten minutes since making my family move to another county/change schools/jobs etc...

i always find excuses -e.g. "i can't ride, i haven't got transport", so i spend the last of our savings on a lorry.... and still don't ride... it's heartbreaking.

every day i spend ages mucking out, feeding, etc etc... and yet never ride. the sad thing is, my horse is completely perfect. and will give me my confidence back... if only i gave him the chance...
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so, i sympathise...
 
I rarely ride now, despite having ridable horses. I am not keeping my horses out of a sense of duty because I feel I should, I choose to have them because I like having them around. They don't care that they aren't being ridden.

Reason? I don't want to, so I don't. I just cannot be bothered, the riding is dreadful around here, in summer the bugs are horrendous. I ride more in winter but only if there is a decent footing, which, as it hasn't darn well snowed yet there isn't. I find riding in an arena incredibly, mind-numbingly dreary so I don't do it, penning season is over so no practices to go to either.

I don't feel guilty about it, and to be honest, I don't miss riding that much, it isn't the be all and end all of my world.
 
I feel a bit like that, I have spent so long looking for the right ponio, find him, then my joint condition flares up, so my daughter had to ride him for me. I had a few good months in the summer when I was able to hack out, but now I have the combination of a major flare up with my joint condition making me ride less, so ponio gets way to full of himself, so now I am in the position of having to pay someone else to keep him ticking over in the hope that he will settle down, and my joints will allow me to haul myself back in to the saddle ...... lots of hard work keeping him and our other two ponios and no fun riding ..... not happy at the moment!!!
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Rant over, sorry!
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