yasminA
Active Member
So I took my mare Una xc schooling for the first time on Saturday (she's a 15.3h irish sports horse 7yr old) & ended up with a group of mothers criticising what I was doing with her, which really drove me mad!
I only bought Una in january and if anyone has seen my previouse posts I had an awful lot of porblems with her bucking, rearing, spinning ect.. I've spent alot of time bonding with her, schooling and correcting her & now she is a little star! We still have a long way to go before she's ready for a dressage trest, but we are getting there & now she seems to really be enjoying her work and trying her hardest to please. I have even began jumping her and my god what a scopey jump she has.My younger sister can even now pop on her round the school in canter and do circles ect and hack her.
So anyway I thought as a treat i'd take her xc schooling with my other pony who absolutely loves it and see what she thought (I aim to ODE and hunt her eventually). She was such a good girl and jumped everything I asked of her and with a little coaxing went through the water.
I was feeling extreamly proud until I over heard a group of women talking loudly about how wasted she was with me, how its clear i've 'over horsed myself', if they were me they'd ask her for a faster canter, that it was such a shame, what a waste of a scopey jump, ect... I dont think i've ever been so mad in my entier life!
I am fully aware my mare has a lovely jump. My aim of the day was to build her confidence up and make her view xc as a fun experience. In jumping only the smaller obstacles (I didnt jump anything roughly over 65 cm) I've built her confidence up; whilst she was hesitant about a few she didnt refuse anything. Am I wasting my horse in educating her slowly? My plan is to push her a little bit more each time I go.
later on I bombed round on my connemara jumping the more daring obstacles, but I didnt look round and pass judgemnt on those who were only hopping over the odd log ect.
Why is it that people feel the need to comment on other people's riding? As long as the horse and rider are both safe and comfortable, what else should really matter?
Sorry this just really upset/angered me, rant over.
I only bought Una in january and if anyone has seen my previouse posts I had an awful lot of porblems with her bucking, rearing, spinning ect.. I've spent alot of time bonding with her, schooling and correcting her & now she is a little star! We still have a long way to go before she's ready for a dressage trest, but we are getting there & now she seems to really be enjoying her work and trying her hardest to please. I have even began jumping her and my god what a scopey jump she has.My younger sister can even now pop on her round the school in canter and do circles ect and hack her.
So anyway I thought as a treat i'd take her xc schooling with my other pony who absolutely loves it and see what she thought (I aim to ODE and hunt her eventually). She was such a good girl and jumped everything I asked of her and with a little coaxing went through the water.
I was feeling extreamly proud until I over heard a group of women talking loudly about how wasted she was with me, how its clear i've 'over horsed myself', if they were me they'd ask her for a faster canter, that it was such a shame, what a waste of a scopey jump, ect... I dont think i've ever been so mad in my entier life!
I am fully aware my mare has a lovely jump. My aim of the day was to build her confidence up and make her view xc as a fun experience. In jumping only the smaller obstacles (I didnt jump anything roughly over 65 cm) I've built her confidence up; whilst she was hesitant about a few she didnt refuse anything. Am I wasting my horse in educating her slowly? My plan is to push her a little bit more each time I go.
later on I bombed round on my connemara jumping the more daring obstacles, but I didnt look round and pass judgemnt on those who were only hopping over the odd log ect.
Why is it that people feel the need to comment on other people's riding? As long as the horse and rider are both safe and comfortable, what else should really matter?
Sorry this just really upset/angered me, rant over.
