Today i just got back from what i think is one of the best 'class' riding lesson i have had in a long time...
I was having a major fat day again, and normally i get put on all the smaller ponies that have a much smaller weight limit..such as 8 1/2 - 9 stone...I literally felt that if i went on them today i would kill them so i asked if i could go on a bigger horse, when Chris said go on Charlie i was so happy as i haven't ridden him in a long while, apart from on private lessons...
First of all i had to find someone to actually help me get him out his stable, because hardly no-one will go near him for it...(he can bite, as i once found out)..then we had trouble with his saddle, not being far up enough to the withers etcetc, by the time i actually got into the lesson it had started ten minutes beforehand so i was really happy with him when he worked hard right from the start in his warm up to keep up with the other ponies and horses...
I never realised how much more of a forward going pony he is when he is in a class. i had to work much harder on my aids to keep him from going off on me!! Which he still done a few times when the horse in front went forward to canter! At one point i literally had to just let him go as it was impossible to stop him...
I loved spending abit of time with him again today :), i find he helps to improve my riding, as he is so bouncy i have to make sure he is checked back in trot before sitting otherwise i would be all over the place, i also need to make sure my aids are correct for going into a canter, otherwise he simply will not move...
He taught me alot and thats why i would like to write a little blog about him to let everyone know just how wonderful he really is!!!!
On a sad note i would like to say that Sadie and Valley passed away this week, Sadie was getting very old, and when i heard earlier on this week, it did not come as too much of a shock, However I still cried as she was a good all rounder, who has managed in her life to teach SO many adults and children basic riding, and ground work. Valley passed away on friday just after a X country course, i take comfort in the fact that as she has a heart attack it would have been quick, she would not have known..Valley is a special horse as i had my first ever riding lesson on her at eastminster back in 2005...
Both will be missed.....
Always in my heart
Free from hunger and pain
Their spirits are free
Until we ride again xxxx
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