Ooh! Hello, fellow horse riding people! Gosh, it's been almost a year since I last rode a horse. I do miss it, but I am glad that I don't miss it enough (yet, anyhow...). I only ever learned to walk, trot and canter with English tack (it's rare to find Western tack around here, although I did get the pleasure to see the Western tack of a magnificent 14hh fleabitten grey Arabian mare imported from Texas at a livery yard I volunteered at once). I had to stop riding because the stables I rode at shut down. I think I am a bit of a hopeless case though; every instructor I ever had told me that I lack the confidence and that my balance needs a lot of work. I think that either they were trying to drag lessons out to get more money from us, or my friend and I were not an ideal pairing to teach because we are at slightly different levels due to my friend having ridden in her childhood years. I saw somebody here share with us that they stared learning at 14. I think I did so too! So don't fret my friend, I guess we are/were in the same boat. Every other horse riding facility around here is so expensive! I would like to learn to jump a horse one day, but it needn't be anything formal. If I ever become friends with a horse owner and they happen to let me jump their horse over a fallen log or something that's good enough for me!
I had some experience working with horses starring in Film, T.V and modelling, which was fun but showed just how hectic a busy yard can be! One of the horses I worked with was an ex-racehorse owned by Dragons' Den Entrepreneur Peter Jones - a lovely chestnut called Jupitor.
Random question, but what is the tallest and smallest height of horse you have all worked with?
For me, I think the smallest is just your average Shettie size whereas the biggest was an 18hh Shire.
March 31st, 2014 at 02:19pm