Self Indulgent! Vaulting...

[_April_]

I can vault onto April

Ok, ok I know she's only 14.2 but it's progress!
I could hardly get on from the ground when I first started riding again after my 2 years off and I was horrified as I used to do PC games when younger.

April wasn't overly amused I have to say but she puts up with all my nonsense quite well bless her.

Can anyone jump onto bigger horses? I can't imagine doing it on anything bigger than April!

 

[Mid]

lol i can't vault at all

 

[_April_]

To be fair your horse looks very tall indeed!!

April is dinky. I just felt stiff as an old board when I started riding again so tried to deliberately do all the silly things I did as a kid like riding bareback and hopping on and off... it's working slowly but surely hehe

 

[random_rider]

I was impressed when i vaulted on a 13.2!!!!!!!!!!! lol! But i will try 14.2 and get back to you

 

[Ezme]

I threw myself off a 17hh 3/4 shire once while trotting down the path with just a headcollar and rope.... my boss rounded the corner.... she wasn't happy lol It was all good, there were no visitors around I was on a safe (as safe as you can get anyway) horse. It was perfect timing tho as I hit the ground on my feet he went back into walk and we ambled past her like nothing happened. teehehe

 

[Weezy]

I went to try a 17hh and the jockey, who was all of 5ft6 vaulted on him

I was stood there bowing at him feet LOL! I have never been a good vaulter - I could vault onto my polo ponies, but none of them were over 16hh, and I was younger (*ahemMUCHahem*).

 

[Bella3puff]

How cool is that...

we spent hours and hours teaching Beatle to Vault and after much jumping

falling

and running

she learn to vault

we got a lovely shot of the stages of vaulting last year

an other vaulting the year before when she could not do it very well

 

[_April_]

You see that all the time on the TV Weezy and they look like they have springs in their legs!
It's seriously impressive

I doubt I could do it on anything bigger than April TBH!
Plus she has a sensible pony mentality, don't really fancy trying it on my mums 15.2 TB LOL

 

[PapaFrita]

I wish I could vault

Racehorses here are often exercised in just a bridle and a numnah with a surcingle. You should see these little men just leap on

 

[_April_]

Those are fabulous pics Bella!!

My old pony was so great at games but she only tried when she was actually in the races.
She would not try at all at home so it was hard get her to go fast enough to get the momentum to bounce on. Different story in the race though!
She used to snake her neck at other ponies in the games if they looked as though they might pass her

She is older now, as am I (27) so neither of us is as fit as we used to be

. I had her on loan and she is back with her old family.
This is us in Horse and Pony, it's my only claim to fame LOL

 

[Bella3puff]

Oh cool thats great... Which Pony Club Branch were you with?

The pony Beatle is on in the top pictures was 27 years old there amazing ponies games ponies some are as fit as some 3DE horses

 

[_April_]

Lanark and Renfrewshire Hunt Branch up in Scotland. A long time ago sadly

Yeah Barbie (that was her name I know, I know, It took some getting used to!!) was about 17-20 when I was riding her and she was fit as a fiddle.

Working it out I think she must be about 30 odd now but she is still being ridden with another little girl, although she doesn't look as glam as she used to. We used to call her the blonde bombshell as she was always gleaming white and won every tack and turnout lol.

 

[Bella3puff]

This was our grey games pony

This was me on the front of Pony

 

[_April_]

Thats a brilliant cover!!! I was only on the inside feature but we were used for the subscription advert a few times too

I will always have a soft spot for little grey ponies, having had 2, they are the best

Yours looks as though he is enjoying himself!

 

[Bella3puff]

Yer my best small pony was grey

I have a yard full of the now

Mine is grey my OH is grey and 2 of Beatle ponies are grey.... great when we are all going to a comp on the same day

 

[Weezy]

HOW COOL is your cover! Apparently I was on the front of Your Horse in the late 80s, never saw it though

 

[katie_southwest]

Tried vaulting onto my friends 12.2 pony...walked away after nearly knocking myself out somehow and thoroughly ashamed

Where has that childhood spring gone!!

 

[jes_nibley]

I used to vault (of sorts) onto my 11.2hh as I didn't have a mounting block and I didn't want to pull his back...

... until the day I vaulted on and went straight over the top. The look on his face was hysterical and the girl I was riding with was in stitches for ages!