TrasaM
Well-Known Member
I was prompted to post this following on from the post about whether owners allow others to ride their horses.
Long story short(ish) I share a horse with a friend. Loose arrangement ..If she's away or working I will ride him and help with tack and grooming. She bought him about 9 months ago as a 5year old and it's her first horse. There have been several issues with him, grazing spooking and bucking, but I have always got along well with him and can keep him in check but she is really struggling with him and it's gotten worse recently. It's been the source of a lot of frustration for me as I seem to get him behaving and really nice to ride but then he becomes ASBO horse when she rides. To be honest if he were mine I would not let her ride him but he's not and it's really none of my business at the end of the day how she rides other than I like the little chap and I hate to see him messed about. I can't ride at the moment and won't be able to for another six weeks at least.
The post is not about solving my problem but I'm just interested in hearing what other people's experience has been..good or bad.
Long story short(ish) I share a horse with a friend. Loose arrangement ..If she's away or working I will ride him and help with tack and grooming. She bought him about 9 months ago as a 5year old and it's her first horse. There have been several issues with him, grazing spooking and bucking, but I have always got along well with him and can keep him in check but she is really struggling with him and it's gotten worse recently. It's been the source of a lot of frustration for me as I seem to get him behaving and really nice to ride but then he becomes ASBO horse when she rides. To be honest if he were mine I would not let her ride him but he's not and it's really none of my business at the end of the day how she rides other than I like the little chap and I hate to see him messed about. I can't ride at the moment and won't be able to for another six weeks at least.
The post is not about solving my problem but I'm just interested in hearing what other people's experience has been..good or bad.