... So I am getting back to riding after, ooh, 30 years?? As a child I walked and trotted and kind of cantered a couple of times. I am back up to trotting although not very steady yet. I have a long way to go!
My question is this: if I really go at it, with private lessons a couple of times a weeks, how long do you reckon before I would be proficient enough to, I don't know, canter? hack? own a horse or even... (eek) hunt?
I am moving to the country in a couple of years and will have a stable so my aim is to ride, ride, ride, get as good as I can given the limitations of being fairly ancient... and then hope to really enjoy riding in the country. But I also know I will make slow progress. Am I mad to think about buying a horse in two years' time? (I would do a stable management course, too.)
I know it depends on a lot of things... but I have no idea how high to aim. Has anyone else taken up riding late in life? Is it do-able?
PS I know hunting is a bit ambitious :) But it does look fun. You don't HAVE to jump, right?
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coffeeaddict · 13/05/2014 14:43
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