sockonmyhead
11th Jun 2007, 01:24 PM
well i've been having all of my 'firsts' over the last couple of weeks haven't i?!
and it wasn't so much of a fall as it was an emergency dismount!
here's what happened;
i'm riding harry (naughty pony!) around in the field again. we've done a couple of laps of trot and canter and now we're going to have a go at the xc jumps. well, i go over the first couple of times fairly ok (i kept losing my stirrups on the landing; advice regarding this would be much appreciated!) and i'm going to attempt a combination next. so i'm lining us up to go over, and somehow i lost all balance, lost my right stirrup, and ended up edging over to the right just as harry decided to shoot to the left. instead of trying to hang on, i deciding just to let go and landed on my bum! my knee hurt a little bit, but i had this complete out-of-body experience and just saw myself sitting on the ground while harry moves a couple of steps away and starts to eat grass! it took me a while to stop giggling and get back on again!
i attempted the jump another couple of times but by now i was laughing too hard and was still fairly unbalanced (i don't think i sit properly to harry's shape...but i can sit on anything else though! i always end up riding him crooked! help!!) so we gave up - it was the end of the lesson anyway.
maybe next week i'll have another first!
:D:p
and it wasn't so much of a fall as it was an emergency dismount!
here's what happened;
i'm riding harry (naughty pony!) around in the field again. we've done a couple of laps of trot and canter and now we're going to have a go at the xc jumps. well, i go over the first couple of times fairly ok (i kept losing my stirrups on the landing; advice regarding this would be much appreciated!) and i'm going to attempt a combination next. so i'm lining us up to go over, and somehow i lost all balance, lost my right stirrup, and ended up edging over to the right just as harry decided to shoot to the left. instead of trying to hang on, i deciding just to let go and landed on my bum! my knee hurt a little bit, but i had this complete out-of-body experience and just saw myself sitting on the ground while harry moves a couple of steps away and starts to eat grass! it took me a while to stop giggling and get back on again!
i attempted the jump another couple of times but by now i was laughing too hard and was still fairly unbalanced (i don't think i sit properly to harry's shape...but i can sit on anything else though! i always end up riding him crooked! help!!) so we gave up - it was the end of the lesson anyway.
maybe next week i'll have another first!
:D:p