That'll teach him!!

[TheEquineOak]

So, I bought myself a new horse about a month ago with one of the reasons being for my other half to ride.

Now, other half can't ride and doesn't think he needs to attend riding schools. Instead he opted for private lessons on new horse at home.

New horse is a well trained 17.3hh TB who knows his buttons.

OH was learning to trot, lost his balance, hit the canter button and did a spectacular dive over and off the big beast. His head scraped across the floor of the school in one of them priceless cartoon moments.

Luckily, all that was hurt was his pride, and my sides hurt a bit....from all the laughing of course. Riding instructor then suggested he should maybe have a couple of lessons on a more cobby type horse in the meantime.

That'll teach the cocky 'I'll be riding better than you in a months time' sod.

ps....don't worry, I only started laughing AFTER I knew he wasn't seriously injured...

 

[MardyMare]

Lol - when my ex first met me he apparently told his mother it would be him or the horses by the end of that year. To cut a long story short similar to your OH he ending up learning on my experienced TB event horse - only came off once and ended up doing most of her fitness work for me and jumping my youngster. I would use him as the guinea pig and if there was a practise jump I felt iffy about - I would casually tell him to pop her over! He as an adrenalin junkie and gave my youngster the confidence she needed at the time. My current OH is much more hands on with looking after our lot but prefers to just walk and perhaps trot on leisurely hacks

 

[Seville]

While I can kind of understand what seemed funny to you, I'd like to say a very good friend of mine was seriously injured when his new girlfriend said riding her middle aged TB would be a good way to learn to ride. Nothing wrong with the horse at all, but my friend also hit the wrong button and was thrown and badly hurt.
I would seriously question the suitablilty of any horse when putting a total novice on board....and before you shoot me down in flames, think for a minute....if you saw a post from someone else on this forum who had put a complete beginner on a TB or similar and had got that beginner thrown, what would you say to them??
Sorry,,,but that post hit a nerve considering the state of my friend.

 

[TheEquineOak]

While I can kind of understand what seemed funny to you, I'd like to say a very good friend of mine was seriously injured when his new girlfriend said riding her middle aged TB would be a good way to learn to ride. Nothing wrong with the horse at all, but my friend also hit the wrong button and was thrown and badly hurt.
I would seriously question the suitablilty of any horse when putting a total novice on board....and before you shoot me down in flames, think for a minute....if you saw a post from someone else on this forum who had put a complete beginner on a TB or similar and had got that beginner thrown, what would you say to them??
Sorry,,,but that post hit a nerve considering the state of my friend.

OH is 29 years old and he was going to have it his way regardless of what I said, I didnt 'put' him anywhere. He is also technically 'the owner'. He was on the lunge with our fully qualified instructor.

I have broken feet, leg and an arm, knocked my shoulder out and been severly trampled whilst riding. I was in hospital for a long time. I still saw the funny side with regards to what happened to my other half! As does he.