so happy!

[horse_crazy]

Hi everyone! not sure if anyone would want to know, but I would just like to wright it anyway, just for my benifit.

I am doing so well in my lessons! For the people that don't know, I am blind, and have been rideing for all most a year now, and have been at my new rs for I think three months now.

Before I went to my new rs, I wasn't very conferdent at all, I had a problam with holding on to the saddle, witch was a very big sercurity ishoo for me, due to my last ri makeing me do things that I didn't want to do. So now, I have improoved so much, I'm no longer holding on to the saddle for sercurity, and my ri has even bought me a locater to help me go around the areena on my own! and i am! yesterday I started trotting around the areena on my own, with no one by my side, just my ri at the end of the areena watching me! I'm even doing 10 meater serkals! It's so great, I actuly feel like I am rideing! My riseing trot is great now to, she says I have a butiful porsition. Haven't tackaled the canter yet though. but have tackaled the dreded riseing diaggenal! My ri is so great she is getting another three locaters for me to put in eatch corner of the areena.

I am so glad I chose to go to this rs, it's changed my life forever. I don't think I would be where I am now, and sertenly wouldn't be going to the r d a nationals or competing at all!

thanks for lissoning to my long thred!

rach

[The Flying Irishman]

Well done you must be so pleased, it sounds like you've found yourself an excellent RS and a caring Ri

[JOJOBA]

That's brilliant, it's so good when lessons go according to plan :). Well done and I hope you keep improving (and dont let go of that RI!).

xxx

[Libbyo]

Thats fantastic. Keep enjoying yourself and the lessons will be easy.

Libbyo :)

[coss]

that is brilliant http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/images/smilies/eclipsee_gold_cup.gif

[poohsmate]

well done, thats great sounds like you have found a brilliant RS and RI and you are obviously enjoying yourself..
i watched a blind lady doing dressage on tv a little while ago it was fascinating. who knows maybe watching you one day.
have fun and keep enjoying the horses
norm:)

[horse_converted]

I can honestly say that u have got so so much better horse_crazy. that from when u were at the other rs to now. ywsturday was so good to see how happy u are now going right around the arena by yourself. so proud of you :D :D :D. Have fun tomorrow at your lesson!

[The Flying Irishman]

Actually I have to say you have made me feel quite ashamed of myself, you are so clearly enjoying your riding and ooze confidence whereas I go round with the "what ifs" constantly in my head. I feel quite humbled by your achievements.

[Bay Mare]

Hi Rach

What a brilliant story, congratulations and well done on finding a good RS that has given you so much confidence and happiness


x

[smaggi]

Well done! You should feel very proud of yourself for such a great accomplishment. On RFD TV I saw a blind dressage rider that competing in national competition using locaters and a headset to communicate with her RI. It was amazing to see.

[flintybaby]

Well done you! Its great when people are doing well and enjoying horseriding for what it really is! :)

[Imp]

Brilliant news hun, well done!! You're doing so well and sound so happy, well deserved :)

I'm deaf, different issues I know, I can't hear instruction unless I ride to my RI and look at him/her to lipread - they haven't always been patient with me though, probably because it doesn't show (I had one shouting and shouting at me to change something I was doing wrong, in the end my daughter had to 'remind' them I couldn't hear, not that I wasn't listening :rolleyes: ) :o You sound like you've got a great RI, I wish I could find one.

You are a STAR, keep it up and do keep updating us :D

[NoviceNic]

Fantastic news Horse Crazy. :)

[horse_crazy]

thanks everyone, I'm so glad I am apart of sutch a great and friendly forem!

scoobiedoo- I still have my what if moments, I am terafied of getting kicked, as I can't get out of the way quick enough! and I hear about all the bad acserdents people have had on here and I must admit that it scares me a little... but it's all part of the sport.

Imp- I have had the same problam! my ast ri I think use to get very frustrated with me, I could tell by his voice. it actuly made me feel pretty bad. but my curent ri is so great at explaining things so well that I understand what she is meaning quicker, because she takes time to explainit to me.

Keep hunting around , you will find your perfickt ri. it took me a wile of hunting around to find one, because not alot of people would let me lern at there rs...

[horse_crazy]

o and poohsmate- you will be watching me on tv in the future !...

[KateWooten]

How cool is that ! I was watching a blind lady ride dressage on TV recently too, and she was wonderful. Also a lady with no legs at all ! (Ok, thats off-topic, but I was suitably impressed by them both ).

How does the locator work ? is it a sound thing ? Can other people hear it ? I hadn't heard of htem before I saw them on this TV show.

[horse_crazy]

yeah you can hear them, they just beep as you are coming closer . the locater I have isn't a locater for the blind as sutch, it's actuly a thing people use for getting the beet in music, I forget what it's called, but it works the same way!

[horse_converted]

horse_crazy i think it is called a magnadrome. but not sure if that is the right spelling though lol :D hehehe

[horse_crazy]

is it a metradome? I think thats it hehe maybe, it does sound like it

[horse_converted]

I think u could b right. i am not sure though. but u know me tiipcal male ehhehhee :p There will b a video of horse_crazy riding on here soon everyone! :D

[Cupcake]

Hey horse_crazy if you don't mind me asking... is typing hard since your blind? I've always wondered how it's done...

Wonderful news on the achievements :D

[horse_crazy]

Hi cupcake, no thats ok I don't mind you asking me anything, ask away. typeing is hard for someone that has been blind since birth, since they have never seen a key bord. but I have only been blind for three years, so it's easyer. and I know how to tutch type, witch I lernt back in grade 1, mostly everyone is tort tutch typeing from an erly age when you are vition impaired, witch I was before I went completely blind. so I guess you could say I am pretty lucky. people that are totaly blind lerning to type lern with a typeing program on the computer that speecks to you.

[Whatanejit]

Wow! How fantastic for you to have found such a great RI and to be doing so well.

Come on now, we need pics and vids next.

Thanks for sharing.

[horse_converted]

There should be a video of her riding soon. i will b taking it this week and then just have to put it on the computer. so hopefully in the next couple of weeks u will b able to see it. I ride at the same rs and have my lesson straight after her lol.

[horse_crazy]

yes, please god, let it be a good lesson... and not a crappy one.