LauraWheeler
Well-Known Member
Just had to share with you all the hack I had at the weekend 
My OH is always going on about how easy horse riding is and how he used to be a champion jockey and won the grand national on Redrum
He has been on a diet and lost quite abit of weight so I desided to let him have a ride on Merryn. Not a little sit in the school on the leadrein but a hack on the forest. He could ride Merryn while I rode Herbie 
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He got on and off we set. It wasn't going to bad (Merryn was just following Herbs
) untill we got to the cattle grid. I opened the gate and let Merryn through and said to my OH he will need to wait for me to shut the gate as Herbs won't like it if he walks off. He walked Merryn through the gate and Merryn kept walking :? I shouted for him to stop but OH did nothing 
Merryn just walked upto the nearest hedge and started eating I closed the gate and caught up with them. When I asked OH why he didn't stop he said " I did" " I just thought it would be nice to let Merryn have a snack, I asked him to walk over to the hedge" We carried on round the hack with Merryn just following Herbie (But also grabbing a snack every 5 seconds) We started heading for home when I could hear my OH going "Come on" behind me. I turned round and he had pulled Merryn back and was kicking him.
"Do you want to have a trot?" I asked
"Yes, how do you make him go?" My OH askes
I got Herbs to jog on and shouted "Trot on Merryn"
Merryn started to trot, Suddenly my OH started shouting "How do you stop" and waving his arms around. Poor Merryn didn't know what was going on and started to canter.
My OH started to panic and waved his arms round even more :roll: By this time I was in fits of laughter and just couldn't tell him to pull the reins.
I knew I didn't have to panic because as soon as Merryn caught up with Herbs he stopped and dived into the bracken for yet another snack 
I realy realy wish I had had my camera on me as it was sooooooo funny. Ofcause OH is going round telling everyone Merryn took off in gallop and wouldn't stop. When all he actualy did was about 4 strides of canter :roll:
Merryn is such a dude. We continued home without any more trouble.
As for Herbie. I'm trying to find ways to relieve his bordom. I bought him a licket and tied the holder to his fence. I turned him out and he started licking it. I went back to the yard and got Merryn, Put him out in his paddock looked over at Herbie and the licket was gone I wasn't gone for more than 5mins and he had scoffed the lot I've told him he's not having one every day. So now i'm gonna have to think of something else to try that will last alittle longer :roll: :lol: Think under 5mins must be some kind of world record. It's hung loose on the fence so he can't pin it on anything
Thanks for reading. Hope everyone is having fun with there horses. Choc cake if you read to the end xx
My OH is always going on about how easy horse riding is and how he used to be a champion jockey and won the grand national on Redrum
He has been on a diet and lost quite abit of weight so I desided to let him have a ride on Merryn. Not a little sit in the school on the leadrein but a hack on the forest. He could ride Merryn while I rode Herbie .He got on and off we set. It wasn't going to bad (Merryn was just following Herbs
) untill we got to the cattle grid. I opened the gate and let Merryn through and said to my OH he will need to wait for me to shut the gate as Herbs won't like it if he walks off. He walked Merryn through the gate and Merryn kept walking :? I shouted for him to stop but OH did nothing Merryn just walked upto the nearest hedge and started eating I closed the gate and caught up with them. When I asked OH why he didn't stop he said " I did" " I just thought it would be nice to let Merryn have a snack, I asked him to walk over to the hedge" We carried on round the hack with Merryn just following Herbie (But also grabbing a snack every 5 seconds) We started heading for home when I could hear my OH going "Come on" behind me. I turned round and he had pulled Merryn back and was kicking him."Do you want to have a trot?" I asked
"Yes, how do you make him go?" My OH askes
I got Herbs to jog on and shouted "Trot on Merryn"
Merryn started to trot, Suddenly my OH started shouting "How do you stop" and waving his arms around. Poor Merryn didn't know what was going on and started to canter.
My OH started to panic and waved his arms round even more :roll: By this time I was in fits of laughter and just couldn't tell him to pull the reins. I knew I didn't have to panic because as soon as Merryn caught up with Herbs he stopped and dived into the bracken for yet another snack
I realy realy wish I had had my camera on me as it was sooooooo funny. Ofcause OH is going round telling everyone Merryn took off in gallop and wouldn't stop. When all he actualy did was about 4 strides of canter :roll:
Merryn is such a dude. We continued home without any more trouble.
As for Herbie. I'm trying to find ways to relieve his bordom. I bought him a licket and tied the holder to his fence. I turned him out and he started licking it. I went back to the yard and got Merryn, Put him out in his paddock looked over at Herbie and the licket was gone
I wasn't gone for more than 5mins and he had scoffed the lot I've told him he's not having one every day. So now i'm gonna have to think of something else to try that will last alittle longer :roll: :lol: Think under 5mins must be some kind of world record. It's hung loose on the fence so he can't pin it on anything Thanks for reading. Hope everyone is having fun with there horses. Choc cake if you read to the end
xx
Gonna chase it up. 