kirstie
Well-Known Member
I had a my saddle checked the other day and it no longer fits my horse. Unfortunatley D) I need to buy a new saddle but the quickest appointment I could get is 10th August.
They have advised me not to ride until I have a new saddle as my current one is making her a bit sore.
I want to keep her fit and have been lunging every other day but what else can I do? I don't really want to lunge her everyday but she normally is in medium work. She has had quite a lot of time off due to an injury of mine and I am keen to keep her mind and body ticking over.
Even when they come out on the 10th, they may have to do work on the saddle, so I could be out of the saddle even longer.
I have to be careful as I am recovering from a broken back and am still not as strong or fit as I could be (it's going to take at least another year to be anything like I was.)
I am lunging every other day using the draw rein method, and have lunged her over a cross pole for some variety. I don't jump now and she is a dressage horse and sees little point in jumping.
I am going to do a little in hand with her later, pole work, leg yielding, turns on haunches etc, but she can get quite 'excitable' doing this.
Has anyone got any other ideas of what I could be doing, bearing in mind my slightly limited mobility and fitness and her excitability?
They have advised me not to ride until I have a new saddle as my current one is making her a bit sore.
I want to keep her fit and have been lunging every other day but what else can I do? I don't really want to lunge her everyday but she normally is in medium work. She has had quite a lot of time off due to an injury of mine and I am keen to keep her mind and body ticking over.
Even when they come out on the 10th, they may have to do work on the saddle, so I could be out of the saddle even longer.
I have to be careful as I am recovering from a broken back and am still not as strong or fit as I could be (it's going to take at least another year to be anything like I was.)
I am lunging every other day using the draw rein method, and have lunged her over a cross pole for some variety. I don't jump now and she is a dressage horse and sees little point in jumping.
I am going to do a little in hand with her later, pole work, leg yielding, turns on haunches etc, but she can get quite 'excitable' doing this.
Has anyone got any other ideas of what I could be doing, bearing in mind my slightly limited mobility and fitness and her excitability?