Hi
Sorry this is a bit of a long introduction so quite a few questions.
I have recently started riding on my nieces pony (13.2 h Arab Connemara) I go out with my sister on a friend's 16h TB. Both horses have not been ridden much over the last year so it has been interesting! I have very little formal training and have some horrible memories of shouty RIs from my childhood. Winston is lovely but cheeky pony who has also not had much formal schooling.
However I love the rides and it gives me and my sister some great time together. We hack out in woods where there are great tracks I am feeling happy that I have got much better controlling my nerves and keeping Winston's desire to run everywhere. Grass reins have helped the head down feet up tendencies too.
Although I feel a lot more stable now he has a very bouncy trot which I can manage but the first canter is SO bouncy I feel quite unbalanced. We usually canter uphill which helps and I can stand up in my stirrups but I'd like to be able to sit to a longer canter on a flat track.
I am also having some lessons that are partly hacking out partly in school and have improved my sitting and not hunching forward problem. The trouble is I can only afford one lesson a month.
Has anyone any advice of how to improve:
Slowing the trot - I try to slow the rise but I just get bounced out of the saddle- instead of sitting can I 'rise ' for longer?
Sitting at a canter - I don't have access to a school and the field where they are kept is very uneven.
Any hellos or advice would be great
Helen
Sorry this is a bit of a long introduction so quite a few questions.
I have recently started riding on my nieces pony (13.2 h Arab Connemara) I go out with my sister on a friend's 16h TB. Both horses have not been ridden much over the last year so it has been interesting! I have very little formal training and have some horrible memories of shouty RIs from my childhood. Winston is lovely but cheeky pony who has also not had much formal schooling.
However I love the rides and it gives me and my sister some great time together. We hack out in woods where there are great tracks I am feeling happy that I have got much better controlling my nerves and keeping Winston's desire to run everywhere. Grass reins have helped the head down feet up tendencies too.
Although I feel a lot more stable now he has a very bouncy trot which I can manage but the first canter is SO bouncy I feel quite unbalanced. We usually canter uphill which helps and I can stand up in my stirrups but I'd like to be able to sit to a longer canter on a flat track.
I am also having some lessons that are partly hacking out partly in school and have improved my sitting and not hunching forward problem. The trouble is I can only afford one lesson a month.
Has anyone any advice of how to improve:
Slowing the trot - I try to slow the rise but I just get bounced out of the saddle- instead of sitting can I 'rise ' for longer?
Sitting at a canter - I don't have access to a school and the field where they are kept is very uneven.
Any hellos or advice would be great
Helen