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[bigjobhagmissy]

Shattered after long day at work followed by 70 mile round trip for riding lesson. That may sound strange but it's worth it - good riding teachers with well schooled horses are a bit thin on the ground. Learning on a horse which responds in the correct way when you get it right (and conversely does not when you get it wrong) is a joy;
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[dickgloucester]

Horseback yoga.

[darkheartwalsh]

hello,

I know this is going to sound odd, but I was told to come and talk to you by dickgloucester. She said you like riding, which I can see. I adore horses. I have three at the minute, and one loaned out. The mucking out's a pain, but the riding more than makes up for it. :D

I'm sorry to hear that your horse is lame. I hope that he/she gets better soon and that it's not too serious a problem. My eldest is lame. She has a lot of tendon trouble, and the back left went when we were jumping last week. Nothing too serious. It just means we're back on the box rest and biotin.

[bigjobhagmissy]

Hi

Thanks for your post - 3 horses wow! What are they and what sort of stuff do you do? Sorry to hear about the tendon problem.

I just have the one pony - my first - I had to wait till I was 40 to get him. That was 3 years ago and I'm still excited about it! I'd love to do some jumping but I'm just too scared - even a 6 inch pole gives me butterflies. Pony can jump well enough but he's also not confident with it, so I've stuck to flatwork. I'm hoping to get out and do some dressage this year - he moves like a dream when I manage to get it together. One slight problem is lack of transport though. He's sound again - it was a touch of laminitis brought on by too much good grazing, so I've dieted 40 kilos off him, and I'm watching his weight carefully now, little gutso that he is.

[darkheartwalsh]

They're jumpers and hunters. More the heavy boned type rather than your typical show pony since most of the eventing I do is either Showjumping or Working Hunter. We have one that's very green (we backed him last year) which we're currently trying to get on form for the jumping season. Things arn't quite going to plan yet, but never mind. lol. There's still time.

Do you event? Or will the dressage be the start of things?

Ah, I live to jump. Cross Country is my absolute fave, though I do like the water jumps in working hunter. I'm not too keen on flatwork (mainly because I'm crap at maintaining shape and conformation), but I love to hack out. Especially across the moors. The horses like it too, but more for the odd snatch of grass rather than the scenery. :)

Does the school not have a box you could borrow? (sorry, I don't know much about schools and things. I've never been taught at a school). We have terrible trouble loading one of ours, so we have to hack. Perhaps there is a showground near enough by for you to do that.

[bigjobhagmissy]

It sounds like you've had horses all your life? Do you have your own yard