Your riding tips of the day please.....

[Trewsers]

Ok, mine for today is: Don't pull your tongue out at passing cows whilst out hacking.:p

Anybody else got any good ones?

Oh, reason I give it as a tip is, said cow after me pulling tongue chased us:eek::o:p

[x.Moomoo.x]

Hahaa :D

Okay don't really have any good 'new' tips but... put your whip down the side of your chap if you don't need it very often and is just as a back up aid when you really need it :)

It sounds reaaally lazy but my horse tends to skitter if she sees the whip (happened when I raised my hand to say thank you to a driver! :o) so I put it down my leg and never need it - its a .. just incase ;)

[x-Marmite-x]

Don't drop your reins when you're tightening your girth :o:D. (Me doing girth + no reins + Toby spooking = very comical scene with me trying to do up the girth 'on the go' and trying to grab his reins with my other hand :D) He did stop, bless him, but I must've looked like a right old twonk cantering along bent over double with my leg still slung over the front of the saddle frantically trying to buckle up and stop at the same time :p.

[FeatheryFeet]

Never say within your horses range of hearing, "I finally feel like a proper rider" Horse then obviously thinks "Oh you think so...ride this then!!"

[Trewsers]

Hehehe, that would be some canter Marmite!!! hehehehe. Moomoo, I know what you mean about tucking your whip down your boot / chap, I do that sometimes, as madam has been known to get the funnies over me carrying one!

[x.Moomoo.x]

Hehehe, that would be some canter Marmite!!! hehehehe. Moomoo, I know what you mean about tucking your whip down your boot / chap, I do that sometimes, as madam has been known to get the funnies over me carrying one!

Haha that's alright then :D

[Trewsers]

Never say within your horses range of hearing, "I finally feel like a proper rider" Horse then obviously thinks "Oh you think so...ride this then!!"

Yes, I think they hear us don't they!!!!!! I was busy spouting off one morning saying how great it was to be aboard such a lovely noble beast in the early sunshine etc, and madam put in a massive spook......:o

[xloopylozzax]

god i would never tuck my whip down my boot/chap- so dangerous, could impale yourself on it if anything happens. i always cringe if i pass a rider who does it :X

my tip- kick on, worst that can happen is you will fall off, but if you push them through it likelihood is they wont try to do it again ;)

[~*sugarlump*~]

If in doubt, do no-stirrup work :p

[x.Moomoo.x]

god i would never tuck my whip down my boot/chap- so dangerous, could impale yourself on it if anything happens. i always cringe if i pass a rider who does it :X

my tip- kick on, worst that can happen is you will fall off, but if you push them through it likelihood is they wont try to do it again ;)

Surely they're too blunt and bendy to impale you? :confused:

and my legs are so long from my knee below fits the whole length of my whip so it's not poking out the top :o

[ArcticShowjumpa]

well its a horsey tip.....do not attemp to bring a hundred bales of haylage in three at a time up an almost vertically steep hill in a hyundai with just three people...a teenager, a lady and a rather crippled man.we attempted this today and it is torture :( :p

but my riding tip: if you're adjusting your stirrups on horseback try not to take your feet out of the stirrups incase horsey gallops away and you do a lovely sommersault over your horses bum!

[Elly Koopman]

After the ride I had this morning - if you have a voice activated horse (as in lunging), treat certain words like you would 'walkies' for a dog. Tee for trot and Cee for canter and 'Oh F888, grackle not working' for *ahem* 'extended canter'. Also expect said voice activated horse to suddenly forget what steeeaadddyyy, whhhoooaaaa, and STOP YOU BL**DY MARE means.


Oh and make sure that the bridle you careful hung up out of the way, actually gets put on the horse. More than once I have got to the mounting block and thought something wasn't right :rolleyes::o

[xloopylozzax]

i dont see how you can use it quick enough to get out of trouble...

just not a fan im afraid.

my crop is blunt, but the force of a human been flung forwards onto it is plenty for it to break the skin (or your eye *yuck*)

and i havent met a crop thats bendy (or atleast one of any use, other wise you might aswell carry a length of rope)

[x.Moomoo.x]

i dont see how you can use it quick enough to get out of trouble...

just not a fan im afraid.

my crop is blunt, but the force of a human been flung forwards onto it is plenty for it to break the skin (or your eye *yuck*)

and i havent met a crop thats bendy (or atleast one of any use, other wise you might aswell carry a length of rope)

My whip is bendy if you flex it at either end lol? I don't mean proper floppy, just slightly flexible - like them all?

My mare doesn't respond well to whips anyway so I don't ever need it really. Just encase the worst came to the worst and I needed it for some reason :o

I don't understand the impaling bit? It's completely tucked down the side of my leg all snug - not poking out.

I'm not trying to argue lol just saying :o

[Cortrasna]

when on board your very posy prancing and dancing new nag do try not to look too smug as you trot through the village - humble pie is eaten in big doses when you return through same village 10 minutes later, wearing all the riding regalia, on foot, all red in the face huffing and puffing, bum badly bruised, as you follow said nag as it gallops merrily home without you:o

[Mini-me]

This is another - don't say in front of your horse one.

I had just finished saying how calm my share horse was and how it was lovely to feel a bit safer, when he spooked majorly and threw me off in a heap!! :eek:

[Trewsers]

After the ride I had this morning - if you have a voice activated horse (as in lunging), treat certain words like you would 'walkies' for a dog. Tee for trot and Cee for canter and 'Oh F888, grackle not working' for *ahem* 'extended canter'. Also expect said voice activated horse to suddenly forget what steeeaadddyyy, whhhoooaaaa, and STOP YOU BL**DY MARE means.


Oh and make sure that the bridle you careful hung up out of the way, actually gets put on the horse. More than once I have got to the mounting block and thought something wasn't right :rolleyes::o

Hehehe:D

[Trewsers]

I think we can safely draw the conclusion that they do understand more than we think!!! (judging by some of the replies about them spooking / doing stuff after their riders have said good things about them!!!). lol. I swear Storm knows what I'm on about a lot of the time!!!!!!!

[x-Marmite-x]

I think we can safely draw the conclusion that they do understand more than we think!!! (judging by some of the replies about them spooking / doing stuff after their riders have said good things about them!!!). lol. I swear Storm knows what I'm on about a lot of the time!!!!!!!

It's very true, Toby's well-timed spook came just minutes after I'd been calling him PlonkaDonk and saying what a lazy tubby boy he was :p - he must've been storing the energy and waiting for something 'scary' to come at a convenient moment :D.

[PoweredByHorses]

do not mess with boxer shorts/knickers whilst riding as will forget what are doing,and do not leave hat/skull lying unprotected where a cat can get to easily,if they're anything like goldie they will like sharing their sick every so often,not good when it's the hat that gets it.

[Clava]

Never say "he's being good today for a change" before the farrier has finished the horse that had to be sedated last time.:rolleyes:

[grey_lady]

Do not go out to a new RS for a nice country hack and attempt to mount horse without putting foot in stirrup (left brain at home this morning):o

[flinglebunt]

Don't whistle with your mouth full of custard

Loosely translated this means don't criticise others for the hell of it because no ones perfect.

[cinammontoast]

Don't stop to chat to some nice bloke, ride off and then get back to the yard only to realise that your lovely horse that you were so busy showing off has a massive poo stain all down the side the nice man was on!

Don't use your whip to swing your spooky TB's loan's quarters back in as she will take it to mean canter like a loony down the road, almost lose a shoe and have to be held by some random workman as you yank it off!

[popularfurball]

Don't think that you can achieve a nice quiet walk around the field when a welshie is involved... no trot or lateral stuff - just a quiet 15min walk in the field as a nice intro back into work... I spent 15minutes parked at the gate... moving on a 5m circle only to nap back to the gate :rolleyes:

Also dont stupidly think you can lunge her instead... you will find your bridle comes off and you are being dragged across the field on the end of two lines.... and alas, finding yourself back at that very familiar gate :rolleyes:

[Doeylicious]

Don't think because your horsey starts off ploddy after not being ridden for a week, she will need a bigger dig than normal to get into canter...this may result in a rather uncontrolled mad canter with little steering causing your RI to have to run out of the way...

[xRobyn]

I spent 15minutes parked at the gate... moving on a 5m circle only to nap back to the gate :rolleyes:

:p I know the feeling

[Trewsers]

Hahaha, another one to add: if you come across a large cross bred herdwick (think huge sturdy bod and legs) stuck in neighbours post and rail fencing, do not attempt to ride past in an orderly fashion. Dismount, remove offending sheep, send it packing then get back on again. Otherwise you may find yourself clinging onto your horse cossack stylie whilst horse spooks at huge woollen bottom flailing about as you go past..........

[posie]

rememeber that if you have a full conversation with your horse out hacking then some dog walkers may question your sanity... so best to check if anyone can hear first! :o

[FeatheryFeet]

Not ridden but in similar style

Never go to catch your very easy to catch horse if you are in a hurry...

[Elly Koopman]

Hahaha, another one to add: if you come across a large cross bred herdwick (think huge sturdy bod and legs) stuck in neighbours post and rail fencing, do not attempt to ride past in an orderly fashion. Dismount, remove offending sheep, send it packing then get back on again. Otherwise you may find yourself clinging onto your horse cossack stylie whilst horse spooks at huge woollen bottom flailing about as you go past..........

Can't beat a bit of stunt riding :D

[Howengold]

Just cos its old don't assume it can't tank off with you!