Riding on your own

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Is anyone like me?

I get so bored of riding in the arena on my own!

I mean its nice to have the arena to myself but there's only me and i other on my yard who use it and not that often are we riding at the same time.
 
i find riding on my own very boring i would ride with the children from my current yard rather than ride on my own despite the fact that they were all abit mad and just wanted to gallop and jump all the time!! but as per my earlier post im off to a new yard this week full of people who ride in the evenings after work like me so hopefully il have company!!
 
I much prefer schooling on my own. On a hack i would rather be alone than with my sisters or novicey friend i only like riding with company if its not going to be a huge resposibility and i really like the people otherwise i would much rather be alone!
 
It can get a bit lonely riding alone, but it can be nice to have the school to yourself too
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I enjoy my lesson with 1 or 2 others once a week...and often have company while i'm riding one of the horses in the evening. I usually end up riding the other alone though as everyone else just does one
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Last winter i rode alone for the whole season.....dark and cold and lonely.....
 
Maybe its made worse by the fact i'm usually at the yard on my own too as well as riding on my own, well probably 2/3 nights a week... so only have the geese, dogs and horses to talk to!
 
After renting my own paddocks for year and years on my own, I enjoy having company, especially out hacking. In the arena I prefer to be on my own (other than having someone on the ground instructing) as Georgie is a nappy swine at the best of times.
 
id get so bored riding on my own!!even when schooling i like it if someone else is about even if its just to ask if they can see if im doing something right or wrong!!plus i would never hack by myself i think its v dangerous after a girl in our yards horse came back by itself and no one could find her- she was eventually found in a field unconcious with a shattered pelvis she will never ride again which is terrible. Plus id get bored out hacking if i didnt have someone to talk to!!tho saying that a hack in ireland usually entails plenty of roadwork it might be different if we had nice bridle paths and i could admire the countryside!
 
I don't mind it all - Just me and James, with no b*ggers distracting us or upsetting him! Love it.

My friend on the other hand can only manage about 10 minutes then becomes totally convinced shes done at least half an hour, so I have to be in there and practically give her a lesson to chivvy her along!
 
Much prefer to ride on my own!
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We have both an indoor and an outdoor school and if someone is using one, i'll go in the other.

Cant wait til i finally get somewhere with the horses at home and never have to share the school

God i sound selfish! :P
 
I need the school to myself, W is a big boy and our bends and turns are still a bit unpredictable. Is a bit dull when hacking out alone, but i get the choose my route and time out so feel like I can change direction if the weather or mood takes me.

However it does make W a bit skittish when we do go to clinics and days out with others in the vacinity
 
I always hack alone and really enjoy it! I don't have an arena but can rent a school down the road whenever I like. Now and again I meet up with someone else from one of the yards in the area for a bit of company and chat!
 
I'm a bit like that i tend to ride my two for 30mins each, seem to do similar things each time i ride and then finish. Was going to jump tonight so maybe that'll be a bit better... think its worse cos i'm longing for light evenings when i can go out hacking!

Hacking on my own i do a lot of in the Summer and don't mind, only when i've gone past travellers camps and found there to be a person on a crazy chestnut horse following me into some woods did i get a bit freaked out.... rode through the woods and out the other side rather sharpish!!
 
It really depends, i quite like company late at night in the arena as it's dark! However, if I need to concentrate then I get irritated if people talk to me or interupt me! I have a friend up at my yard who likes to "chat" a lot when we're schooling and it gets a bit irritating! If i'm jumping though company is good as it makes it more fun and good to get feedback.

Hacking I am happy either way. Some days I just want to be a alone and go for a good gallop or just have quality me-louis time. Other days I fancy a good old gossip!
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When i had a horse i enjoyed hacking out with my friend as it was nice to have someone to have a chat with but i didnt mid going out on my own- i suppose it depends on how your horse behaves with others also- when the horse i had on loan first came to me he was a loon with others but soon got used to it!
 
While I don't mind riding by myself, I often think how nice it was if my friend could join me, even if it meant sharing the horse. We're both into the same kind of riding, so we'd have fun and could help eachother.
 
I like riding on my own (especially when I need to think) but I do prefer having other people to ride out with. It’s nice to go out on a hack and have a good natter. I like it when me and GinaGem (there is only the 2 of us on our yard) go in the school together. I like playing riding schools ‘canter to the rear of the ride’ and stuff.
 
I hate hacking alone (unless I'm going jumping in the woods).
But I prefer to school on my own because I can concentrate better and don't have to keep spoiling my circles to avoid mental kids galloping about.
 
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