LindaAd
7th Sep 2006, 11:50 PM
Went for a hack yesterday - a much less beautiful horse this time: a scrubby pony, around 14 hh, who worried me a bit at first because she seemed so little, low head-carriage, not much of a mane and so withers, so quite insecure. But she was sweet-natured, very willing, and we came to an agreement that I wouldn't use my stick if she would resist the temptation of nose-high bracken, brambles and branches ....After the first half-hour she didn't seem small, although she had to go pretty well flat out to keep up when the two big horses cantered ...
I have heard good and bad things about this school. This time I noticed that the tack needed mending and wasn't very clean, and the girl who led the ride could only just manage her horse (not that she was a bad rider, the horse was a handful); the third rider was a young holidaymaker, her horse was beautiful but would not stop eating.
Good things: I feel fitter already - didn't expect to feel the effects so soon - and much braver. than before. And not even stiff today, although I found the four flights of stairs up to my daughter's new flat a real challenge ...
Linda
I have heard good and bad things about this school. This time I noticed that the tack needed mending and wasn't very clean, and the girl who led the ride could only just manage her horse (not that she was a bad rider, the horse was a handful); the third rider was a young holidaymaker, her horse was beautiful but would not stop eating.
Good things: I feel fitter already - didn't expect to feel the effects so soon - and much braver. than before. And not even stiff today, although I found the four flights of stairs up to my daughter's new flat a real challenge ...
Linda