Nessie
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Post by Nessie on Nov 27, 2005 17:54:50 GMT 1
Hi Mandy, really sorry to read your post. I know what its like, having had a very nasty fall narrowly missing smashed leg. It got to the point where I couldn't ride - thanks to the support and encouragement of my friends and trainer I'm now back in the the swing of it - albeit has taken the best part of a year; I still get occasional flashbacks but don't feel physically sick anymore. The horse has gone and I have a new one; she looked after me to start with and as my confidence grow she would test the ground but I coped. We are now competing Unaffiliated dressage and I'm even starting to consider jumping again!
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Nessie
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Post by Nessie on Nov 27, 2005 17:59:09 GMT 1
What I didn't mention in my earlier post, like Liz I've been riding for every - nearly 40 years - you name I've done it - team chased, hunted, BE eventing, Pony Club A and then one horse after all those reduced me to a reck! Take heart you will overcome the problem, just give yourself time.
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Carole
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Post by Carole on Dec 31, 2005 0:50:09 GMT 1
Another nervy here, had horses now for around 29yrs and considered fairly clued up, breed, show, competed dressage, freelanced teacher and can get many nervies over many hurdles but can I get my confidence as it used to be, NO! My plan in 2006 is to ride either my current mare (after her foal is weaned) though I might get another horse that is a proven confidence giver and crack this once and for all, just want to enjoy it, go for beach ride with daughter, hack in forest and do some dressage and showing again. You will have ups and downs and take many steps forward and then back again but its a combination of right horse, focussing your mind of the good, having back up to give you moral support in finding the good out of any bad experience and you will get there again.
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Post by elainebristow on Feb 2, 2006 21:48:21 GMT 1
Hi I went back to riding after a long time from a small 14hh to a 15 2 hh might not sound much height difference but it is, I lost confidence I used to be such a confident rider, so I decided that if I was not confident neither will he be. So I started to train him from the ground and I got responses im still not 100% with him but I am a lot more further down the line than I was. The reward is fantastic and I feel that although we was not hacking out everywhere we grew a bond together. Time and patience goes a long way. Good Luck. I read a wonderful book by Michael Peace Think Like Your Horse. Fabulous.
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Post by razzle on Feb 14, 2006 14:53:30 GMT 1
Hi i am new to this its good to hear that im not the only nervous rider, i have just bought my first pony a 14hh irish cob she was sold to me as suitable for a novice and had been schooled and hacked out, she vet checked ok, bought her home and the following week saddled her up only for her to canter off with me and me falling off--she was a total angel when i tried her out. I am now nervous of riding her in case she takes off again and i cant stop her and come off. I am having loads of lessons--one expense i didnot budget for!!! and having a more experinced rider taking her out to try and get her less nervous, seems to be working but she hates going round corners in the school unless its where she wants to go any ideas?? I would be grateful of any help to get rid of these nerves and to enjoy riding her. Cheers
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Post by holi on Mar 9, 2006 22:25:01 GMT 1
Welcome all nrevous riders and joing the clan. The thing to remember is that here you don't have to prove to anyone - we have all been there so however silly it sounds, no-one will think badly of you. Any progress is good, however small and to want to bounce back after something like a fall is indicative of how far you have come in regaining your confidence (and when you've got it send it this way!) x
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