A while ago I decided to get back into horse riding, having not ridden for 15 odd years. I had a couple of lessons at riding school but was pretty rubbish - the kind of dead to the leg horses you have to boot so much to keep trotting you can't concentrate on anything else .....so I decided to look for a share, with the intention of having lessons with a good freelance instructor.
I set out looking for something safe and sensible, all I want to do is the odd plod round the woods or gentle schooling - I have no desire to do anything more ambitious! I'm not a teenager anymore and have responsibilities these days - so my main aim was to find a safe bombproof donkey of a horse and be able to enjoy leisurely weekend rides without getting killed or injured in the process.
I viewed a couple of unsuitable horses ( despite the fact I had said the words novice and safe and sensible horse numerous times to the owners.....) then I thought I had found 'the one'.
However I rode him this week, and all was fine until I asked him to canter and, well I'm not sure exactly what happened but it all went wrong (something involving the horse putting its head right down and running) and I very very almost fell off.
This has completely knocked my confidence. Part of me says don't give up just because I nearly fell off, but then I remind myself of my objectives (safe, sensible, donkey of a horse and not getting killed or injured).
What would you do? Do you think my dreams of finding a perfect donkey of a horse that never does dodgy stuff are totally unrealistic?
Also I'm now questioning whether it's my riding that made the horse put his head down and run, as another horse I rode recently did that to me too.....
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Really need some advice re this horse share please!!
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Frangipan1979 · 21/12/2012 18:37
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