ummmm.....interesting lesson!!!
well, ive had a few lessons now, and seem to be getting the hang of everything, only not in the right order!!! i have read posts on here saying that they find rising trot harder than sitting trot, and i feel like im strange coz im the other way round! maybe because i started rising before sitting, i dont know! anyway, on to todays lesson.....
didnt have my usual horse Thomas as he did loads in the morning and was having a rest, so i had Herbie (ridden him once a while back). instructor said he was a bit more 'forward going' than Thomas, and as you will read, that was an understatement!!!
as Herbie hadn't been out, instructor said i should walk him to get him warmed up, which i did. the outside arena is quite large (4 letters on long side, 1 on short)sorry, not very good with measurements from letters
!!! so, as we got to end of first long side, we had a bit of a spook at nothing (accorging to instructor, and i certainly couldnt see any horsey eating monsters). im quite pleased i didnt panic or fall off, it was quite sudden!!! head went down, shoulder dropped and hopped to one side, then back to normal! so, anyway, that was just the beginning!!! did a bit of rising trot, changed the rein, then out of nowhere dear Herbie decided to canter!!! only ever trying (and failing) to canter on Thomas, it was quite a surprise!! got all the way down to corner and went nicely into trot again. then, 4 lilttle shetlands (start of mini stud!!!) decided they would have a look round, so escaped out of their paddock and ran for it!!! instructor told me to get off (which i did, sharpish!!) and she went to lend a hand catching the little mites! when all was under control, and we were trotting, instructor said to try and stand up in trot, which i kind of acomplished, so woohoo!! then came the asking for canter!! i found it worse than the unexpected one, because i had to think about everything! balance, not getting thrown off on the corners etc.... so we did a fair bit of canter work, and i was sooooo out of breath! decided to try on other rein, but it was waaayyy to bouncy and had to stop after a couple of strides. then that was it! end of half hour madness!!!! then, to rub salt in the wound, he was an angel outside of the arena (stable only few strides away), stopped well, stood nicely for me to get off etc... then off i went, wobbly legs an all, to get daughter from school. i must've looked a right nutter the way i was walking!!! didnt help that the (human) school is downhill!!! was trying so hard not to fall over
so, there you have it! hope you all enjoyed my saga!!! hehehehe
Riah
well, ive had a few lessons now, and seem to be getting the hang of everything, only not in the right order!!! i have read posts on here saying that they find rising trot harder than sitting trot, and i feel like im strange coz im the other way round! maybe because i started rising before sitting, i dont know! anyway, on to todays lesson.....
didnt have my usual horse Thomas as he did loads in the morning and was having a rest, so i had Herbie (ridden him once a while back). instructor said he was a bit more 'forward going' than Thomas, and as you will read, that was an understatement!!!
as Herbie hadn't been out, instructor said i should walk him to get him warmed up, which i did. the outside arena is quite large (4 letters on long side, 1 on short)sorry, not very good with measurements from letters
!!! so, as we got to end of first long side, we had a bit of a spook at nothing (accorging to instructor, and i certainly couldnt see any horsey eating monsters). im quite pleased i didnt panic or fall off, it was quite sudden!!! head went down, shoulder dropped and hopped to one side, then back to normal! so, anyway, that was just the beginning!!! did a bit of rising trot, changed the rein, then out of nowhere dear Herbie decided to canter!!! only ever trying (and failing) to canter on Thomas, it was quite a surprise!! got all the way down to corner and went nicely into trot again. then, 4 lilttle shetlands (start of mini stud!!!) decided they would have a look round, so escaped out of their paddock and ran for it!!! instructor told me to get off (which i did, sharpish!!) and she went to lend a hand catching the little mites! when all was under control, and we were trotting, instructor said to try and stand up in trot, which i kind of acomplished, so woohoo!! then came the asking for canter!! i found it worse than the unexpected one, because i had to think about everything! balance, not getting thrown off on the corners etc.... so we did a fair bit of canter work, and i was sooooo out of breath! decided to try on other rein, but it was waaayyy to bouncy and had to stop after a couple of strides. then that was it! end of half hour madness!!!! then, to rub salt in the wound, he was an angel outside of the arena (stable only few strides away), stopped well, stood nicely for me to get off etc... then off i went, wobbly legs an all, to get daughter from school. i must've looked a right nutter the way i was walking!!! didnt help that the (human) school is downhill!!! was trying so hard not to fall over so, there you have it! hope you all enjoyed my saga!!! hehehehe
Riah
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