The new and improved pingy pony Andy **videos**

Thanks for explaining all that. Its really interesting as my goal for this summer, while I have my horse at home, was to learn to ride him with more trust in him and me more relaxed. A bit like you have explained, so I am going to get to work on that right away.

My horse is really sensitive, and in my lessons I am always told to keep him on a short rein. He hates this contact and just charges through it, and thats just in dressage!!! Jumping is just a nightmare. I have some vids in one of my posts. Anyway I have found riding him with a longer rein, with no instructor around, much better and even had the guts to canter him with no stirrups. Usually a no no as he would go to fast and I would tense, and well we all know the rest!!!!!

Anyway, thanks for that and am really looking forward to giving it a try.

And again well done for all you have manage to achieve with him, it really is a transformation.
 
That sounds like how I was told to ride Andy take a short rein and try and push him into it. So glad I have a different way of doing things now.

Good luck with it and hope to hear about how you get on. :)
 
Sounds like a really good instructer - and you are the results that prove it.

What you are doing is riding with your core/seat/back (take any of the illusive desriptions of correct riding given). Once you get that connection, you have control. Such a nice feeling and so different to hanging off their mouths (which often you don't realise you are until you find this way).

Really well done, love to hear stories like this. And i'd echo everyone else - good lessons less frequently is better than bad lesson frequently. My (excellent) instructor talks about brain space. You often need the brain space to achieve changes in your riding, so it is good to go away for a while after a lesson and nail what you learnt in order to free up more brain space for the next lesson!

Trina x
 
Lovely! You certainly look as though you've found each other at last; especially in the first video. With the right person on the ground, the world's your oyster:)
 
First and formost the difference in Andy is A-MA-ZING!! The change from the last video and the scrawny state he was when you got him- he is a credit to you- WELL DONE!

2. Thanks for the video of Home farm I had been told that is was on the wee side and from seeing you video it is definitely too tight for my green boy whilst he is learning to settle into a course.

3. I'm having lessons with my riding club (Cricklands) which are great but my boy doesn't need a strong contact- especially in canter as with even the slightest contact means he canters very bouncily on the spot :eek: with the help I've had we are now cantering forward but we seem to just keep gaining speed which isn't such a dilemma in the huge arena at Cricks but is elsewhere it is a drama- so this 'breathing to stop' sound great and i'm only 2.5 miles from Huntley! The 'breathing to stop' concept was that with Carole or the other instructor?

I'm going to book as soon as I hear from you- maybe we could share a lesson occasionally??

Well done x
 
Thanks everyone, really kind comments. Home farm is lovely but very tight and very scary jumps, we tend not jump there to often but once in a while it really gets the horses thinking.

The breathing thing was with Judith. :)
 
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