The Lazy Way To Turnout!! :)

[SonnysHumanSlave]

Well I have a bit of a trek to Teds field at the moment, so been riding him up there on the headcollar and 1 leadropes.

Now I was wearing knitted uggs and didnt want them muddy either lol!

What do you think of my position?
Can I do prelim 10 in this outfit?
Does my bum look big in this?
If I ride him to and from the field everyday, does it still count as "Ive ridden my horse today?" lol

Anyways my OH thought it looked funny so took a couple of pics. Ted wasnt bothered.

 

[hunting mad]

Co-ordinated boots and horse...........love it!

 

[JoJo_]

*gasp* where is your hi viz?! Just kiddin.

 

[Cedars]

Well done for having a hat on love.

Looks like great fun xx

 

[SonnysHumanSlave]

Well you have to be co-ordinated of course! lol.

Hi-viz - meh! im wearing a hat for goodness sake lol!! Nah im on a private road, well its actually a driveway lol

 

[SonnysHumanSlave]

Well done for having a hat on love.

Looks like great fun xx

Yeah, I'd rather keep brains in head thanks! lol.

Yeah was funny, although was probably the less lazy way, as you have to pony club kick him so much haha!

 

[JessPickle]

I have done this since I was a kid, was the norm on the yard I was on, every single horse was ridden up to the field maybe we were just all lazy bums! Me and Pickle can master cantering headcollar and leadrope bareback ;p mainly in straight lines though

loving the footwear and horsies bemused look hehe

 

[SonnysHumanSlave]

I used to do it as a kid, never really been brave enough for a long while, just found some fun on ted. lol!

I do wonder though if he would be better in a bitless bridle, as he is easier to ride on a headcollar.

 

[trottingon]

That's the way everyone should turn out, fantastic!!!

 

[FanyDuChamp]

When I was a kid we always turned the horses out like that. Still times change and so do ideas. Nice to see you doing it though. Love the wellies.
FDC

 

[dibbin]

Bell of shame, coming your way

I used to always turn my horse out like that, but the yard banned it on H&S grounds we used to get on at the bottom (headcollars only, of course ) and canter up the field to the gate, it was fantastic. I did it once last summer for the sheer hell of it ... so glad I did, it's a lovely memory of Dylan's last summer.

 

[spotty_pony]

I have done this since I was a kid, was the norm on the yard I was on, every single horse was ridden up to the field maybe we were just all lazy bums! Me and Pickle can master cantering headcollar and leadrope bareback ;p mainly in straight lines though

^^ This!

I used to work at a riding school and we all looked forward to the end of the day when we could ride the ponies back out to the fields. This usually involved us going for a canter and having a race across the field as we "needed to go and check the water trough!"

 

[Colleen_Miss_Tom]

Did the same


Hi viz ?? .... you won't need hi viz with those uggs

 

[turkana]

I remember doing the same thing when I was younger, I also used catch my pony, volt on & gallup back to the gate, in a head collar, bareback & hatless.
I'd have trouble volting on a shetland now!
I also remember catching the riding school ponies, riding them to & from the yard, also bareback & often leading about 6 ponies.

 

[Ginge Crosby]

When i was learning to ride at riding school, this was deemed a necessary learning curve, if you could master staying on a hairy fat pony bareback in a headcollar and leadrope, with no helmet and flapping wellies, it was deemed safe for you to go out on the next organised hack!

when i was at college a few years ago, when asked if we could ride bareback in the school for half an hour for a bit of fun, we were met with worried looks and 'We'll have to check with the health and safety officer first.....' needless to say, the non-horsey H & S officer put the kibosh on our half hour of fun.

Where i keep mine in livery now, its such a short walk to the fields (literally out the stable door and five steps to the field gate!) that its too much hassle to clamber onto my 16hh beast with a wither like a knife edge, but every now and then i have 5 mins in the school bimbling around bareback (with a helmet on these days!), reliving my early teenage years!

 

[minime]

good for you, I go with the lazy option all the time, shame I breed mini's now though
I used to ride bareback on my retired pony to go and catch my horse as he was a real git to catch but I could grab him easy if I arrived on pony (stupid idiot didn't see me coming I think but he never learnt and I used this method for a few years)
Well done for the hat, I wasn't that smart!

 

[SonnysHumanSlave]

It is funny, watching me step on from mounting block, only problem is your bum gets a bit hairy or muddy depending if hes rugged or not lol.

 

[Lurky McLurker]

I think every kid should get to ride bareback at some point, it would be very sad if RS's banned it on the grounds of H&S. The kids at my yard have bareback chase me charlie competitions! I'm not quite that brave, a sedate walk and trot around the school is about as far as I get. Being able to ride around bareback in a headcollar whenever I wanted was one of the things I looked forward to most about getting my own horse.

 

[Rachaelpink]

When I'm being lazy and can't be bothered to tack up I ride my small horse/ large pony in the school like that, headcollar and no saddle. Wouldn't dare canter her like that though as she continually bucks when I canter her bareback and wouldn't try it on road incase she spooks and I loose all control!