As some of you may know i have a sharer for my cob, she doesn't pay anything towards his keep just helps me out with exercise etc. My cob turned 4 in May, last year he was ridden very lightly in walk and trot, then turned away for the winter and brought back into work at the beginning of May. Now my sharer has been long reining, lunging and doing ridden work. The aim was to get him fitter and more balanced to start his canter work and maybe some small poles.
Anyway i got a text from her yesterday saying that she had gone out for a hack and had a gallop on him, i'm assuming this is the first time but needless to say this bothered me somewhat as that was not in the plan. Am i over reacting? I want to message her to say that i do not want him to be galloping anymore and that i would prefer him to be schooled to improve his balance and then progress into a more balanced canter on both reins. I am of the opinion that if he is galloped out hacking without any proper training, then he will think this is the only thing he will do when asked to go faster, instead of a nice consistant canter.
It has upset me that she has done this as i thought i could trust her with my horse.
Anyway i got a text from her yesterday saying that she had gone out for a hack and had a gallop on him, i'm assuming this is the first time but needless to say this bothered me somewhat as that was not in the plan. Am i over reacting? I want to message her to say that i do not want him to be galloping anymore and that i would prefer him to be schooled to improve his balance and then progress into a more balanced canter on both reins. I am of the opinion that if he is galloped out hacking without any proper training, then he will think this is the only thing he will do when asked to go faster, instead of a nice consistant canter.
It has upset me that she has done this as i thought i could trust her with my horse.