help advice needed

[nicci1234]

Hi everyone thanks for reading,

have spent the weekend visiting a horse owner contacted me from a add i left on a site(cant actually remember leaving it ) anyway went up to see the horse bascially she is inexperineced and just want someone to ride her horse out and do a bit of schooling, horse needs lot of work i think and owner had two lessons!!!, decided to get on and have a ride bearing in mind school is a pile of sand in middle of a feild with two horse turned loose in field!one o f those two horse decided to jion me for a bit of schooling, which was quite off putting!! as for hacking out have to hack through two fields of turned out horse and there are plenty to get to where you need to be to hack out which to me seems dangerous this is my first experince of sharing (loosly termed ) and i couldnt even get the horse to canter!!(have been riding on off 20 years but am no expert) not sure if that was me or horses lack of schooling experince. not sure what to do should i go back or wait for something else. what do you all think ??/
thanks for reading long and boring i know,

Nicky

[Imp]

Hello, I'm not sure what you were looking for in the way of facilities etc but it sounds less than ideal and I agree that horses lose in a schooling area is dangerous.

If the owner is advertising for a sharer to exercise her horse whilst she learns from scratch (astounding!!! :eek: )
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I think you need to be clear from the outset on what you will and won't do if you go ahead with this. If the horse is green and she has never ridden before this could be a recipe for disaster! Personally, I'd walk away if I were you.

I've been looking for a sharer to exercise my mare who's rather green in the school but 101% out hacking. I'm just beginning to ride again due to injury sustained in a car crash several months ago but have been paying professional trainers (recently an I.H. R.A) to work with my girlie to keep her fit and to school her for me. I don't expect my sharer to TEACH my horse balance and control in the school, just to keep her fit between her weekly lessons and to work at her pace for a small weekly contribution towards costs! I think you could end up this person's instructor/horse trainer and be paying for the honour... just my two pennies worth but watch out.

It's a bit funny she contacted you and you say you don't recall placing an ad... veerry odd sounding to me.

hmmmmm :confused:


ETA: I've looked at some of your previous posts and note that you aren't an experienced rider so I would reiterate that I totally don't think you should take on a green horse for a green owner! Something awful could happen to you and/or she could turn around and blame you for ruining her horse which would be horrible for you. A lady turned up at our yard to try out a horse very much like mine (looks like her too). She was told the horse is a youngster rising 6, was overweight which was obvious, unfit and green and needed bringing back into work... she got on and within 5 minutes was asking for canter in a completely sodden grass schooling area. Needless to say the horse slipped and bronked in panic and dumped her on the ground. She was knocked silly for a bit and the horse was bucking only one foot from her body! This person had told us that she was an experienced rider returning after a short gap to have her children; it was very apparent that she was exaggerating her experience. In my opinion nobody who knows horses and riding (not professing to be an expert myself here either) would try cantering an overweight, unfit, green 5 year old horse they hadn't ridden before in a wet, slippery school 5 minutes after mounting up!!! Please, be very careful darling; look for a schoolmaster type or a very calm mount. I'm not suggesting you would do what that woman did, I'm sure you're more sensible but don't overhorse yourself.

Tell me shaddap if I'm way off mark hun and I'll go away... :)

[appaloosahoney]

Not long or boring at all!! Is this an arrangement that you would be paying for? It really is scary that people buy horses when they have so little experience and it seems to me that you would really be the person in charge - is this a position you want to be in. On the one hand it might mean that you have a free hand in what you want to do with the horse, but on the other you may find that you are constantly having to explain yourself to someone who doesnt really know what they are doing. You didn't say what you thought about the horse, and that I suppose is the key issue. The other things are inconvenient but probably something you can work around. The school sounds hideous but you could always lead the horse through the other fields to get out, which is pretty much what lots of peeps have to do to bring them in. Maybe you need to try the horse again, after all you dont have to commit yourself and by exploring further you might find this is the horse for you.

best of luck keep us informed

Kim

[nicci1234]

thanks for the replys,iknow it was pobably not intended but found your reply a little patronising! the horse herself seems quite calm and pleasant i spent over an hour grooming her cause she was in a bit of a state and the owner says she has been schooled!!,owner appently had her for a coulple of years but only walks and trots her for 20 mins every now and again so i guess in the horses defence she is a very good girl as she let me rider her without any problems i really dont think that she is the issue i think that it is the fact that she is poorly schooled unfit and my concernis that any work that i am capeable of doing with her will all be undone when the owner gets back on she says she has had in total two lesson!!,
i may go up again at the weekend and take a work collegue with me who has her own horse and is more expereinced than me
thanks again

[Whatanejit]

Nicci:)

PLEASE use puntuation, and capital letters in posts.

I just can't be bothered reading otherwise as it is so tedious.

[Imp]

If you were referring my post as patronising, then it was not intended (although I've re-read it and cannot fathom how you found it to be so :confused: ).

You asked for advice; I gave you what I considered sensible advice. I don't know you and so had a look at your former posts to ensure it was as firmly based on your individual position as possible. Perhaps if you read some of my posts you'll see what I'm like and where I'm coming from?

:cool:

[nicci1234]

Hi Imp,

just wanted to aplogise and say i am sorry for my reaction, i guess like anyone i reacted badly to some home truths!!
i knew in the back of my mind what you advised rightly was what i already knew.
so i hope that yu can acept my apology for my rude behaviour

Nicci

[Imp]

No offence taken and I didn't think you were rude... I was hoping to help; as you'd asked.

;)