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Post by katealice89 on Sept 19, 2012 21:37:53 GMT
Pretty much as title says, our section a has been backed with an older rider and therefore we are struggling with him and my niece. She is finding it hard to adjust to his big paces as been used to only riding her own little pony for years.
New ponies big paces cause jockey to wobble a bit which panics pony who then goes faster causing jockey to wobble off!!!
I know its our own fault in a way as we never sent her for lessons on other ponies and she got so used to one length of stride, i have made a dummy with old pair of pants and strapped to saddle on lunge which get desired effect pony worried when wobble but because it didnt fall he had to figure out a way to stop it wobbling size he came to a halt! I will.continue to use our dummy but does anyone else have any ideas ? We want him out on lr next season but atm it just seems so far away and jockey is loosing confidence....
Thanks in advance
Kate
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Post by sageandonion on Sept 20, 2012 9:08:02 GMT
katealice I think you need to get the little jockey used to the movement of the pony rather than other way around. You little jockey may never be able to sit of the big moving pony and you might have to accept that. In the meantine she needs to go on a steady short unflappable pony to get her confidence. Do lots of fun things until she gets gun ho and a good little seat.
Continuing will frighten both pony and child and ruin riding for both.
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Post by judyh on Sept 20, 2012 9:32:14 GMT
Don't ruin the pony. Seen too many good ponies with poor riders. Sort out your rider!!! Good lessons and put her on the lunge. My daughter spent hours bareback on it. Can't beat a good secure seat.
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Post by rubydoo on Sept 20, 2012 10:34:35 GMT
just practice as much as possible im sure jocky will get used to it , it takes a bit of time to get used to a new ride
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Post by katealice89 on Sept 20, 2012 14:48:36 GMT
She's going to local riding school to start getting used to different ponies and hopefully this in turn will boost the confidence as the issue is she just isn't confident on another pony but her old one!! I have no intention to ruin the pony pony also has older jockey to continue his education in schooling.
Hoping that just enjoying pony with no pressure combined with lessons will boost confidence.
But also need pony to learn not to worry if jockey is a little unbalanced as all kiddies get every now and again. This was the point of the op
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Post by GinaGeo on Sept 20, 2012 14:57:47 GMT
I'd have the confident rider back on board, do lots of round the worlds and scissors on the pony to de-sensitise it without scaring it. I'd also have the confident rider, being slightly less than balanced on the pony to get the pony used to the feeling.
I'd also be doing lots of de-sensitisation from the ground, plastic bags, taupalins etc etc.
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Post by katealice89 on Sept 20, 2012 15:06:35 GMT
How did i not think of around the worlds etc great idea ginageo xx
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Post by sageandonion on Sept 20, 2012 15:15:16 GMT
I'm going to a riding school to try different horses! been on my two far too long and I also feel quite nervous about it. The expense!! between £50 and £70 for three quarters of an hour though I am of course a big girl.
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Post by katealice89 on Sept 20, 2012 18:11:37 GMT
S&o tell me about it just under 30 for meg to go and have a half hour lesson at the riding school my best friend owns!!!!! Im not grumbling as Im looking at it as it can only improve our situation! You'll be fine have a wine to calm the nerves!!!
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Post by GinaGeo on Sept 20, 2012 19:13:24 GMT
After pointing out to my dressage trainer in my lesson yesterday that I have never sat on anything that's been properly schooled to any sort of advanced level and thus have no real idea what I'm truly aiming for with my youngster, other than those fleeting moments of brilliance I sometimes manage to achieve - she's promised me some lessons on her Prix St George level Warmblood. I haven't sat on anything over 15.1hh for at least three years, and certainly nothing warmbloody, just my little native crosses!
I am quite sure I shall feel just as your niece feels. I am hugely looking forward to it, although I am also massively apprehensive. I'm most concerned about any damage my riding might inflict on the poor beast - although she assures me that it'll be fine!
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Post by nia2311 on Sept 20, 2012 19:17:04 GMT
I'm going to a riding school to try different horses! been on my two far too long and I also feel quite nervous about it. The expense!! between £50 and £70 for three quarters of an hour though I am of course a big girl. Seriously sagey, it'd be cheaper for you to come up here for a lesson!! I pay £21.50 for half an hour at peak times, I think its about £25 for 3/4 hour in the daytime, and plenty of horses for the taller/bigger adult, very forward going and also excellent jumpers. |
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Post by sageandonion on Sept 20, 2012 20:19:26 GMT
Well I shall let you know what first one is like. I am specifically wanting a big moving, bouncy, schooled horse and if they fob me off with a tubby, stiff cob (no disrespect to cobs) then I shall be very unhappy.
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Post by nia2311 on Sept 20, 2012 23:17:44 GMT
Just be prepared for the working in period for the horse to be expecting a rank amateur. I ride various horses at a stables in Chorley, which in the right hands can move beautifully and to a high standard. However, they are equally capable of plodding around with reins like washing lines with adult beginners. Once they realise you mean business, they will respond, but sometimes it takes a few minutes to establish they are in a "fast" lesson and not a slow one.... One lovely horse I ride very dutifully stopped when he felt me put my reins down. I had, in fact, knotted them to work without reins, but the moment he felt no contact, he must have thought "another blimmin beginner dropped the reins again, I'd better stop!" When I asked him to trot without any contact, the poor lad was highly confused, but took the cue from his colleagues in the same lesson!!
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Post by nia2311 on Sept 20, 2012 23:19:30 GMT
Oh and for the first lesson, be prepared for them not to believe your standard/experience of riding, unless you know the proprietors. Riding schools get a LOT of people who claim they are National Hunt standard, when in fact they struggle to rise to a trot, and wouldn't recognise the correct diagonal if it were drawn across their faces..... They have to be careful unfortunately.
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Post by sarahp on Sept 28, 2012 7:28:28 GMT
GG - enjoy! One of my most treasured memories is of having lessons on my instructor's retired Advanced Med horse - although not a huge moving WB but more of an overgrown Connie! I learned so much from him and had a ball.
Sorry to go off post.
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Post by GinaGeo on Sept 28, 2012 16:48:54 GMT
I am hugely looking forward to it! ;D Can't wait!!!
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Post by chloelovesbumper on Nov 3, 2012 21:42:47 GMT
I'm going to a riding school to try different horses! been on my two far too long and I also feel quite nervous about it. The expense!! between £50 and £70 for three quarters of an hour though I am of course a big girl. iouly paong this much for rising lessons?!?!?!?!? unless of course you are taking private lessons, that cost is ludicrous!! for my weekly group riding lesson, i pay £13 for half an hour, and for my birthday i had a private half an hour lesson for only £28! where are you riding and are you taking private lessons or group? i ride at oakhanger riding and pony club centre. And also love going to pony club! |
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Post by chloelovesbumper on Nov 3, 2012 21:45:00 GMT
im so sorry about my last post, the laptop had a bit of a doo, the iously paong was supposed to say... are you seriously paying, apologies x
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Post by GinaGeo on Nov 4, 2012 19:31:56 GMT
I'm going to a riding school to try different horses! been on my two far too long and I also feel quite nervous about it. The expense!! between £50 and £70 for three quarters of an hour though I am of course a big girl. iouly paong this much for rising lessons?!?!?!?!? unless of course you are taking private lessons, that cost is ludicrous!! for my weekly group riding lesson, i pay £13 for half an hour, and for my birthday i had a private half an hour lesson for only £28! where are you riding and are you taking private lessons or group? i ride at oakhanger riding and pony club centre. And also love going to pony club! You won't get a reply from S&O I'm afraid - she let a few weeks ago. However, she'll have been paying this sort of money as I'm guessing she'll have been having Private lessons on Advanced Level Dressage Schoolmasters from Top Instructors at the above average Competition type Riding School. I looked into such lessons round me and that's the sort of price you'd be paying. I'd be doing it to learn which buttons to press and to feel the advanced movements on an advanced horse so I knew what it should feel like when teaching my own those movements. Better one of us knowing how it should feel than niether of us. I'm still waiting for my lesson on the Inter Horse as my trainer's currently moving house. But am eagerly awaiting it! |
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