Just wanted to tell you ....

[Bronco Hollow]

2468 Your post made me smile!! I so enjoy reading about your progress!

One of my best friends, who is an outstanding horsewoman, lets me bring my colt over and ride in her arena while she's working horses in training. She too yells at me - sometimes so fast of a chain of stuff to correct I have to stop my horse and laugh.

I'm not taking lessons from her, but she did work my colt for me while I was laid up. She also knows the issues I've had in the past. I totally enjoy riding with her even though she barks commands at me faster than I can execute them lol

One of the things I was doing and not realizing that she caught was I was not breathing at a lope... its a common problem sooo remember to breathe lol

 

[2468herdsrgr8]

Ha ha ha !! oh yes breathing !!!
thanks so much......You must know the love I feel for my big guy ... I can gush and gush...Its like having babies again for me ....ha ha ha !!! Do you want to see some photos? Do you want to watch a video of my horse ... Dont fall asleep now...

This trainer were working with is such a great guy ...he's not in it for the money ...just loves horses and wants to teach people to understand a horse and how to ride

He knows theres no chance of hubby and I entering a show ring .....we just want to learn to ride properly .....but he knows for my daughter there is .....
I feel like a teenager again ...

 

[lupinfarm]

Sounds like you're coming along great! ... I have to quit my riding lessons for a while to get a job in Toronto, then I'll look for a horse for me to ride and take lessons at home.

 

[2468herdsrgr8]

Have i told you lately how much I love my horse ....last night was our best lesson together ...were really starting to click ....he's like a big ole Teddy Bear .....My daughter even jumped her horse for the first time ...she has only ridden western with her ...but has been taking English lessons since December at another barn ..what a great night ...

 

[laughingllama75]

 

[2468herdsrgr8]

Have I told you lately how much I love my horse ?

I didnt know I would enjoy our horses as much as i do ..

Sunday morning my hubby and daughter and I went for a trail ride .....it was so relaxing .......the leaves are starting to turn colours and there are no BUGS!!!!

Heres a photo from afterwards we brushed them down while letting them graze on the back lawn ...

 

[lupinfarm]

GORGEOUS horses 2468!! They look mighty happy grazing there. I can't imagine the havoc if I let Luna graze on the lawn. I'd have no flowers left!

 

[lupinfarm]

Have i told you lately how much I love my horse ....last night was our best lesson together ...were really starting to click ....he's like a big ole Teddy Bear .....My daughter even jumped her horse for the first time ...she has only ridden western with her ...but has been taking English lessons since December at another barn ..what a great night ...

Hehe, I suppose you'll have to invest in some small jumps and cavaletti blocks for at home then! I personally recommend starting with a 4ft schooling standard for standards and of course the plastic cavaletti blocks are wonderful because you can stack them and their lowest jump height is something like 6 inches.

 

[2468herdsrgr8]

Oh Yes ! $$$$$$ That is HER plan .....I said start saving and we will pay half....ching ching ching ....she has to make her mind up for sure !!! in the meantime she can use our neighbours set up ....they have magnificent eventer horses ....huge!!! like 17 hh or more ...never asked ....their son is giving DD part time lessons on her we 14.1 horse ...

 

[lupinfarm]

The cavaletti blocks are about $79 for a pair and you can get just cedar 10ft (or 12ft if you have a large riding ring you can set up, mine is only 120x60 which is pretty much the smallest you can do safely, but I rode at a place that had a 100x300ft riding ring!). 2" poles, they work well, they're already round, and you can just paint them (or leave them bare). I'm not really a fan of the PVC pipe poles because they create lazy jumpers. Jumps R Us and Jumps USA have some fantastic PVC composite jumps and poles, expensive, but well worth the money if you want ready to use, or you can make your own with lumber from Home Depot.

And hehehe.. I rode a 16.3hh Hanovarian mare when I was about your daughters age that was trained by Ian Millar for the owner (who knew like every rich person on the entire planet, i swear... he even knew Justin Timberlake (I was 11, WHATTT, I met Justin Timberlake)). Bella was GORGEOUS and she would jump a trotting pole at 5ft!! I found out the other day on EMG from a lady whose daughter I used to ride with that Bella died this winter of colic, she was probably around 30 because she was 24 when I rode her. She broke her hip in a riding accident, hence why she didn't end up showing much, and the rider broke his knee and couldn't ride every again.