kc921
Well-Known Member
Just thought I would share with you all my experience yesterday when someone came to try my horse for a share.
She turned up, a very nice person, however became cocky and a bit of a know-it-all very quickly. She was explaining her previous riding experiences to me, she's ridden ex-racers, arabs she has lots of experience, etc. so had plenty of knowledge and riding experience!
I got on my boy showed her his 3 paces, got off and asked if she wanted to give him a go. So on she gets and straight away I just knew something was off. She was trotting to the wrong rein (which didn't phase me much as that is easily correctable) but her balance was all off. She then starts a canter on the left rein and very nearly came off of him, she was leaning forward and to the right side in her seat and was not pulling back on the reins to slow him down so he was doing a half gallop.
I called out for her to stop and suggested she sits back in her seat when she goes into a canter, rather than leaning forward into it as it'll only make him go faster. So she tried again on the other rein, completely ignored my advice and off she comes and lands quite hard on her side! Luckily my boy is very gentle so he just stood still while she got out from underneath him. I asked if she was okay and if she wanted to get back on and she said yes she was fine and no to getting back on and started to say it was my boy going to fast "blah, blah" the fault was clearly her own, lack of balance, so I said no to her sharing him.
I seem to be getting alot of people saying they are experienced and can handle my exracer, they try and ride him and then they come off within 10 minutes! He doesn't buck, rear or bolt!
So I was just wondering.... has anyone else had any bad experiences with sharers or potential sharers coming to try their horses for a share/loan? As it seems they all keep coming my way!
She turned up, a very nice person, however became cocky and a bit of a know-it-all very quickly. She was explaining her previous riding experiences to me, she's ridden ex-racers, arabs she has lots of experience, etc. so had plenty of knowledge and riding experience!
I got on my boy showed her his 3 paces, got off and asked if she wanted to give him a go. So on she gets and straight away I just knew something was off. She was trotting to the wrong rein (which didn't phase me much as that is easily correctable) but her balance was all off. She then starts a canter on the left rein and very nearly came off of him, she was leaning forward and to the right side in her seat and was not pulling back on the reins to slow him down so he was doing a half gallop.
I called out for her to stop and suggested she sits back in her seat when she goes into a canter, rather than leaning forward into it as it'll only make him go faster. So she tried again on the other rein, completely ignored my advice and off she comes and lands quite hard on her side! Luckily my boy is very gentle so he just stood still while she got out from underneath him. I asked if she was okay and if she wanted to get back on and she said yes she was fine and no to getting back on and started to say it was my boy going to fast "blah, blah" the fault was clearly her own, lack of balance, so I said no to her sharing him.
I seem to be getting alot of people saying they are experienced and can handle my exracer, they try and ride him and then they come off within 10 minutes! He doesn't buck, rear or bolt!
So I was just wondering.... has anyone else had any bad experiences with sharers or potential sharers coming to try their horses for a share/loan? As it seems they all keep coming my way!