Soooo - I haven't been hacking out much due to weather/children/work etc. But I have been having a weekly lesson with this sooper dooper riding instructor who I love.
Nemo and I trundle up every week for an hour - and she's great. I've been working on core stability (I have none) and leg position. I love it. I ask her lots of questions, and for an hour I don't feel like a podgy 40 year old mum of two, I feel like a proper rider!
I have bought every "safety" aid known to man. So far, I've got endurance type stirrups so my feet don't slip through, a "sticky" Acavallo saddle pad and the embarrassingly phallic shaped RSTOR grabby thing. Poor Nemo looks like he's going into battle with all the bits hanging off his saddle.
So today we were having a great lesson - I got him to do turn on the forehands, a very VERY wobbly leg yield, and we did lots of exercises in walk and trot. He was really not into it at all and just trundling along giving off "fed up" vibes.
I got over confident. This is GREAT! I can RIDE! So, I asked for canter. So a suddenly enthused Nemo shot down the long side of the school, and promptly went into a canter, I wasn't holding onto the willy shaped RSTOR and as he put his head down I went over the front.
My Dad (bless his heart, he hates horses) was videoing me. I banged my head. Burst into tears. But then got back on, and managed to ride back home (Dad led me most of the way).
My R.I was a star, and said she wasn't supposed to let me back on, but checked me all over, asked me lots of questions, patted me down, and gave me lots of sympathy - "you were so BRAVE!", "you were doing so well, perhaps you got a little overkeen?".
Hum. Here is a video. When I watched it I felt much better, as it looked so minor. To me, it felt like the end of the world. But it's not. And next week I shall tack Nemo up in all his safety armour and we will go off again, and we shall practice fecking canter.
I'm SO nervous out hacking on my own. So I'm not doing it unless I've got someone with me. And I'm not cantering on a hack until I can do it in the school without falling off...
This is the second time Nemo has done this. He did it with a very novice friend of mine the other week. I think he realises that if someone feels unbalanced he can just drop his head and off we roll. He was fed up in the school. I will think of ways to stop him doing it again...
Oh balls...
I've got the video here
Nemo and I trundle up every week for an hour - and she's great. I've been working on core stability (I have none) and leg position. I love it. I ask her lots of questions, and for an hour I don't feel like a podgy 40 year old mum of two, I feel like a proper rider!
I have bought every "safety" aid known to man. So far, I've got endurance type stirrups so my feet don't slip through, a "sticky" Acavallo saddle pad and the embarrassingly phallic shaped RSTOR grabby thing. Poor Nemo looks like he's going into battle with all the bits hanging off his saddle.
So today we were having a great lesson - I got him to do turn on the forehands, a very VERY wobbly leg yield, and we did lots of exercises in walk and trot. He was really not into it at all and just trundling along giving off "fed up" vibes.
I got over confident. This is GREAT! I can RIDE! So, I asked for canter. So a suddenly enthused Nemo shot down the long side of the school, and promptly went into a canter, I wasn't holding onto the willy shaped RSTOR and as he put his head down I went over the front.
My Dad (bless his heart, he hates horses) was videoing me. I banged my head. Burst into tears. But then got back on, and managed to ride back home (Dad led me most of the way).
My R.I was a star, and said she wasn't supposed to let me back on, but checked me all over, asked me lots of questions, patted me down, and gave me lots of sympathy - "you were so BRAVE!", "you were doing so well, perhaps you got a little overkeen?".
Hum. Here is a video. When I watched it I felt much better, as it looked so minor. To me, it felt like the end of the world. But it's not. And next week I shall tack Nemo up in all his safety armour and we will go off again, and we shall practice fecking canter.
I'm SO nervous out hacking on my own. So I'm not doing it unless I've got someone with me. And I'm not cantering on a hack until I can do it in the school without falling off...
This is the second time Nemo has done this. He did it with a very novice friend of mine the other week. I think he realises that if someone feels unbalanced he can just drop his head and off we roll. He was fed up in the school. I will think of ways to stop him doing it again...
Oh balls...
I've got the video here