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Post by nightwish on Jul 10, 2012 22:50:26 GMT
hi all.  how many times a day do to you work your horse, i know some people choose to work the horse twice a day, first thing in a morning and then late afternoon in short spells. or do you work your horse for an hour or more? what do you do? |
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Post by bethanyy on Jul 10, 2012 23:19:12 GMT
I wish I could work mine more often  with me now working full time in retail with random hours my boy is lucky if he gets ridden 2-3 times a week never mind twice a day!  |
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Post by sophiabell on Jul 11, 2012 7:48:58 GMT
I'm similar to bethanyy, with work and other stuff I ride about 3 times a week. I know when one of mine was with a producer she was getting worked 5 days a week which got her looking fab but there is no way I could keep that up :-(
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Post by nici on Jul 11, 2012 9:33:15 GMT
Depends on the weather / field condition.
The aim is to ride on Tuesday-Thursday evenings, plus Saturday and Sunday (kids have commitments on Monday and Friday evenings).
We generally achieve 3-4 times most weeks, but not all ponies get ridden all days. On lovely summer weekend days the kids can be riding most of the day - but they've been in very short supply this year. The two main ponies are very fit and can handle 2-3 hours with no problem, the baby ponies generally don't do more than half an hour when it's their turn.
I think twice a day would be a pipe dream for most of us who have to work full time, particularly those of us who also have to juggle childcare and other commitments.
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Post by GinaGeo on Jul 11, 2012 10:14:35 GMT
I've just started work and my mum's injured so mine aren't getting the work I'd like them to be getting. They're probably doing 3/4 days a week each though. I prefer them to be doing 6 each.
If I was fittening something up for Eventing at a serious level I would ride twice a day, to keep them as fit as possible.
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Post by bethanyy on Jul 11, 2012 11:23:05 GMT
I'm similar to bethanyy, with work and other stuff I ride about 3 times a week. I know when one of mine was with a producer she was getting worked 5 days a week which got her looking fab but there is no way I could keep that up :-( If I could afford to send mine to a producer then I probably would, but like you said is it worth spending so much when we can't continue the consistent work |
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Post by rubydoo on Jul 11, 2012 12:06:16 GMT
i aim to ride 3-4 times per week inc schooling ,hacking and a lesson but sometimes i cant always fit it in , with 3 kids its not always practical.
i school for 30 mins, i think my pony would fall out with me if i rode twice a day haha
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Post by lulah on Jul 11, 2012 12:27:58 GMT
i too have child/work commitments.
my pony is worked 5 days a week consisting of lunging twice in a pessoa, one flat lesson for 45 mins, one jumping sesh for 1 hour and hack out on the weekend for 1-2 hours.i will admit juggling everything is hard, but the pony is looking great so im scared to cut it down.
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Post by sally1 on Jul 11, 2012 13:22:29 GMT
My horse is usually ridden 6 days a week now - 3/4 by me and 2/3 by my part loaner. Its a mixture of hacking and schooling with jumping on some Sundays at either clinics or at shows. My daughter also sometimes rides my horse late afternoon if I've been for a short hack in the morning. Schooling sessions are around 30 - 45 minutes and hacks can be anything from 1 - 3 hours. When jumping at shows that includes between 30 mins to 1 hour hack to the show (plus same back) and 2 or 3 jumping classes. My horse is now 21 years old, fit as a fiddle and I find the more she is ridden the better she is and she loves the jumping.
I work in London during the week so I am lucky that we have a floodlit rubber surfaced school at the yard where I keep her which means that even in the winter we can ride in the evenings after work so Polly's work load doesn't really change throughout the year.
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Post by nightwish on Jul 11, 2012 19:29:42 GMT
i would never ride twice a day. someone mentioned to me about riding first thing then ground work late afternoon xx
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Post by sageandonion on Jul 11, 2012 20:24:31 GMT
I don't time my rides, but ride 6 out of 7 days. If the weather is awful or I don't feel well, I don't ride at all.
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Post by sally1 on Jul 12, 2012 10:15:25 GMT
i would never ride twice a day. someone mentioned to me about riding first thing then ground work late afternoon xx Can I ask why you would never ride twice a day? After all, when people go to shows I imagine they are doing more than one class generally and therefore the horse/pony is going to be ridden overall for longer than a short hack and a schooling session of mine (1hr 45 mins total riding with turnout in a field for a few hours in between). |
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Post by nightwish on Jul 12, 2012 19:18:07 GMT
that is true. sally1
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with me now working full time in retail with random hours my boy is lucky if he gets ridden 2-3 times a week never mind twice a day! 
