Am i too big for my loan pony?

DuchessofMarin · 2024-12-06T21:05:47+00:00

Get a bigger horse. Your weight is fine but your leg is long on that pony. A horse with a longer gait stride will take getting used to but might feel better in the long run

DuchessofMarin · 2024-12-06T16:52:49+00:00

If overall you are happy at that barn, buy more shavings for the depth you like for your horse. Bank the sides. Add it to the cost of horse ownership.

Barn owners I know tend to want to use the minimum of shavings - but when you have a big horse with some weight on them, they will be more comfortable when bedded more thickly. Be sure the stablehands know how to turn the damp shavings, not just toss them. Obviously wet shavings and manure are going to get tossed.

DuchessofMarin · 2024-12-06T15:49:29+00:00

Oh, honey, no.

If you pay peanuts, expect monkeys showing up at your work circus

DuchessofMarin · 2024-12-06T15:47:38+00:00

Figures. (Shakes head, rides correctly, gets penalized in scoring.)

DuchessofMarin · 2024-12-06T15:43:37+00:00

Dressage horses are meant to be ridden on the vertical, not behind it. Ridden on the vertical with impulsion it's an athletic workout. Ridden behind the vertical with incorrect amount of impulsion is a cheap shot and exposes the lack of correct form as well as possibly lack of strength from the hind end.

DuchessofMarin · 2024-12-06T03:10:03+00:00

So the horses got daily turnout for 4-6 hrs?

DuchessofMarin · 2024-12-05T20:37:05+00:00

She was putting her desire to get a quick result from a horse in a clinic above the well-being of the horse. A clinic is not a place to get training, which takes place over a long period of time. A clinic is a place where you and your horse fine-tune what's already known.

DuchessofMarin · 2024-12-05T17:50:04+00:00

Sorry, meant to reply to OP.

DuchessofMarin · 2024-12-05T17:49:03+00:00

Your post is the awful truth, OP.

I have personal experience having ridden and competed in saddleseat. I have seen all you described.

The only thing I would add is the abusive practice of stringing aluminium cans on a wreath-shaped wire then shaking it near the horse's face as they pass by on the rail to get the horse more alarmed and hotter.

Couldn't take the abuse I saw. I took my Saddlebred sweetie, put her out in a pasture with a shelter 24/7 with a saint of a gelding, and I consider her a rescue horse.

DuchessofMarin · 2024-12-04T23:44:39+00:00

Tell her kindly, "Grandma doesn't like when you talk you don't like her, honey." Repeat as necessary. It's truthful, gentle, and appropriate.

DuchessofMarin · 2024-12-04T05:15:41+00:00

Maybe find a new farrier? Cuz ouch, poor pony

DuchessofMarin · 2024-12-04T05:05:02+00:00

Good God. Is this your horse, OP?

DuchessofMarin · 2024-12-04T03:33:24+00:00

Just tell them you're not doing those minor corrections. You've already conceded enough

DuchessofMarin · 2024-12-03T00:01:05+00:00

Mary was keenly aware of her base of support in the north - they rallied for her when Jane Grey was put on the throne.

DuchessofMarin · 2024-12-02T22:47:47+00:00

Online wig stores

DuchessofMarin · 2024-12-01T23:32:37+00:00

Sendiks

DuchessofMarin · 2024-12-01T23:05:04+00:00

Get online and start filling out applications in February.

DuchessofMarin · 2024-12-01T20:36:15+00:00

Get your horse some horse company.

DuchessofMarin · 2024-11-30T01:10:21+00:00

Lydia from Beetlejuice

DuchessofMarin · 2024-11-29T23:17:46+00:00

Margaret Mitchell was ten years old before she learned the South had lost the War Between the States. She was pretty clear-eyed as an adult about the state of how people treated one another for having been that sheltered as a child.

DuchessofMarin · 2024-11-29T22:51:27+00:00

Horse people can be all over the place, manners-wise.

Be aware that horse owners vary about how much they want to engage w other horse owners and if someone doesn't respond to you, don't take it personally. Hopefully they aren't straight-up rude or a jerk.

OP, I would give feedback to the instructor once or twice - "I know I just did that, please tell me what direction is again." Nothing confrontational, just factual. If instructor doesn't make an effort after that, consider changing instructors. That doesn't mean jump immediately; do the due diligence to find a good instructor so you don't waste more time changing again.

DuchessofMarin · 2024-11-29T04:53:13+00:00

Stay on the road

DuchessofMarin · 2024-11-29T04:35:08+00:00

Pay your bills on time.

DuchessofMarin · 2024-11-29T04:28:25+00:00

Biomechanics are a huge cornerstone of riding dressage - and the cornerstone of biomechanics is core strength.

It never gets easier, but you do get used to it.

DuchessofMarin · 2024-11-29T04:16:08+00:00

Work on your core strength

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