Mary3050
Well-Known Member
Hi guys,
So I take my god daughter for jump lessons at a riding school ( run by a family friend) . She rides one of mine does a few dressage competitions but no jumping at home and another she hacks for a friend . She’s a great rider very naturally talented and is used to difficult horses . Since September the advance jumping group has had 2 riders leave gone to uni what have you . So 2 riders joined its a group of 4 maybe 5 girls . It’s questionable if these 2 new riders are advanced. The group seem to mainly do poles at the minute before they where doing 80cm courses difficult grids .
Then the horses being used have changed and don’t seem capable . They always used to give her a challenging horse usually a liverys horse . Before she was riding one of the liverys horse that’s gone to uni but she had other nice school horse too . 2 weeks ago she was given a horse I haven’t seen used for advanced before . The instructor said oh watch her she trips as she special shoes on . Whilst the horse was sweet it kept tripping and wasn’t suitable to jump. Then this sunday she got a horse “that is one of the best “ . The horse seemed to stick it head in the air constantly . It also was not wanting to canter seemed to run away from her in trot . Also did not want to go on one rein so the entire group had to stay on the right because it threw a paddy in the arena and spun back to the other rein . I was looking at the horse thinking it’s not happy . My niece asked the instructor if this is normal for the horse she said oh I think his foots just sore as he’s done some hacking Saturday.
My niece got off and told me on the way home she felt something was seriously not right with the horse it seemed in pain. I am also wondering if they are giving her incapable horse as the other two riders can’t jump . She said she feels for the last 4 weeks there’s been no point her going .
Now should I speak to my friend she doesn’t teach that session and is often busy on Sundays . Let her know what’s happening or do we just find somewhere else but I don’t want to upset the relationship with my friend ?
Thanks in advance
So I take my god daughter for jump lessons at a riding school ( run by a family friend) . She rides one of mine does a few dressage competitions but no jumping at home and another she hacks for a friend . She’s a great rider very naturally talented and is used to difficult horses . Since September the advance jumping group has had 2 riders leave gone to uni what have you . So 2 riders joined its a group of 4 maybe 5 girls . It’s questionable if these 2 new riders are advanced. The group seem to mainly do poles at the minute before they where doing 80cm courses difficult grids .
Then the horses being used have changed and don’t seem capable . They always used to give her a challenging horse usually a liverys horse . Before she was riding one of the liverys horse that’s gone to uni but she had other nice school horse too . 2 weeks ago she was given a horse I haven’t seen used for advanced before . The instructor said oh watch her she trips as she special shoes on . Whilst the horse was sweet it kept tripping and wasn’t suitable to jump. Then this sunday she got a horse “that is one of the best “ . The horse seemed to stick it head in the air constantly . It also was not wanting to canter seemed to run away from her in trot . Also did not want to go on one rein so the entire group had to stay on the right because it threw a paddy in the arena and spun back to the other rein . I was looking at the horse thinking it’s not happy . My niece asked the instructor if this is normal for the horse she said oh I think his foots just sore as he’s done some hacking Saturday.
My niece got off and told me on the way home she felt something was seriously not right with the horse it seemed in pain. I am also wondering if they are giving her incapable horse as the other two riders can’t jump . She said she feels for the last 4 weeks there’s been no point her going .
Now should I speak to my friend she doesn’t teach that session and is often busy on Sundays . Let her know what’s happening or do we just find somewhere else but I don’t want to upset the relationship with my friend ?
Thanks in advance