Zipzop
Well-Known Member
So I ride classically/biomechanically and have been for ten years or more, and we work towards the horse being in self carriage and with lightness being the key and maintaining a non tense, soft but firmly stable position.
However, I occasionally teach on a riding school/livery yard and I get the chance to ride some school horses and occasionally some of their dressage horses.
The problem is I cannot for the life of me ride these horses as they just do not respond to the way I ride. I imagine I must look like a beginner and I feel so crap and despondent.
The RS horses just won't go for me as they all need to be ridden quite hard with pony club kicks and regarding the big dressage horses they have to be held up so tightly on a short rein, they seem to be ridden by the rider 'holding' them together, that it causes tension all down the arm and then as a result through the riders position which is so far in the opposite direction of how I ride my own horses at home and how I am taught.
I am fairly good at teaching but when my manager sees me ride, I think she must think, WTF! Feeling so down
However, I occasionally teach on a riding school/livery yard and I get the chance to ride some school horses and occasionally some of their dressage horses.
The problem is I cannot for the life of me ride these horses as they just do not respond to the way I ride. I imagine I must look like a beginner and I feel so crap and despondent.
The RS horses just won't go for me as they all need to be ridden quite hard with pony club kicks and regarding the big dressage horses they have to be held up so tightly on a short rein, they seem to be ridden by the rider 'holding' them together, that it causes tension all down the arm and then as a result through the riders position which is so far in the opposite direction of how I ride my own horses at home and how I am taught.
I am fairly good at teaching but when my manager sees me ride, I think she must think, WTF! Feeling so down