Nats_uk
Well-Known Member
As some of you may know I took my Mum away for her 50th birthday and paid for her to have a SJ lesson with Brian Huton at Talland School of Equitation. My mum used to jump and point-to-pointed when she was younger but had a bad fall about 5 years ago and it completely shattered her confidence.
Anyway I had managed to keep the lesson a secret until we were sitting in the hotel room on Saturday lunchtime - her face was a picture when I told her - a mixture of wanting to smile, kill me and throw up!
So off we went to Talland. It has recently moved to its new location so has a huge indoor and outdoor school and a big barn full of stables. Mum was riding a 16.1hh 18yr old IDxTB called Woody - he was an ex-team chaser and hunter.
Brian was wonderuful - chatted to Mum to find out what her aim was for the lesson, spent time on her position to start with and just kept talking to her the whole time to help her relax. About halfway through the lesson Mum started to smile which prompted Brian to tell her "to be careful otherwise she might actually enjoy herself!"
By the time the lesson finished Mum had a big grin on her face and was buzzing all the way back to the hotel. She feels so much more confident and was talking about who she could jump back home
Below are some pics and a couple of videos - please excuse the sound, it was wet and windy
Mum cantering Woody:
Brian talking to Mum:
The first jump (the before video!):
After Brian worked his magic!:
Anyway I had managed to keep the lesson a secret until we were sitting in the hotel room on Saturday lunchtime - her face was a picture when I told her - a mixture of wanting to smile, kill me and throw up!
So off we went to Talland. It has recently moved to its new location so has a huge indoor and outdoor school and a big barn full of stables. Mum was riding a 16.1hh 18yr old IDxTB called Woody - he was an ex-team chaser and hunter.
Brian was wonderuful - chatted to Mum to find out what her aim was for the lesson, spent time on her position to start with and just kept talking to her the whole time to help her relax. About halfway through the lesson Mum started to smile which prompted Brian to tell her "to be careful otherwise she might actually enjoy herself!"
Below are some pics and a couple of videos - please excuse the sound, it was wet and windy
Mum cantering Woody:
Brian talking to Mum:
The first jump (the before video!):
After Brian worked his magic!:
