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 Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:50 pm
I had a very bad fall almost 2 years ago while trying out a horse to buy. I ended up fracturing my skull and hence, no riding for a year. My grandfather felt sorry for me and still decided to buy me a horse.
I searched high and low for a beginners mount and ended up finding a cross bred mare. I didn't want her but when my grandfather saw that she was trained to immediately stop when a rider was off (the owners kid seriously jumped off at a canter gonk ) he bought her. Of course I was happy to have a horse but I started to hate her but soon, I got attached It's so hard not too cry
I pretty much believed my grandfather when he said she had run away or got stolen ( she was a crossbred mare surrounded by alot of grass, her friends and decent race horses). But it turned out she had colic and she was actually alive and everyone I knew who knew my mare went and saw her while she was healing at another property accept me. I never ended up seeing her again since she coliced again and passed away.
I went back to riding but all I did after I mount is cry. I get really scared but I kinda before cheated and I decided to ride my mare and I wasn't so scared. I even trotted with her. I made process one day with one of my grandfather's mares but the nag got spooked I know it wasn't her fault but she decided to bolt and I almost fell off.
I love riding but it's so hard now. It's so depressing that I used to jump at 3ft and now I can't even mount by myself. I also get sad because I'm supposed to be riding my mare. I try hard and people push me but it's gotten too much. I'm taking a break from it
I want to get back into riding. My friend said that I needed to get close to a horse before learning to ride on it. I started reading books and I read on increasing my comfort zones, but it isn't working.
Any Advice is appreciated biggrin
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:36 am
I'd have to agree with your friend's advice, find a good, calm horse that you can make friends with from the ground. Form a bond and trust the horse before you even get on it. Take your time, don't try to ride right away, you'll probably just get freaked out. Go out and groom the horse really well, give it a few treats, pet it. Get to know it. Once you're familiar with it and comfortable around it, then try riding. And if you're upset, don't do anything but sit in the saddle. Don't try anything demanding. Take little steps. Maybe get on and just sit on the horse for a few minutes, without walking. The next time, walk around a little. Don't do something that'll freak you out.
Try talking to instructors at nearby riding schools. Tell them that you want to get your confidence back, and that you need to take your time and take things slowly, without being pushed harder than you're ready for. A good instructor could probably set you up with a loving, bombproof horse to get to know and ride until you have your confidence back.
Be sure to tell whoever's teaching you about your situation, because some instructors teach by pushing limits, and that doesn't work for everyone. You don't need to be pushed, you need to be encouraged.
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:44 pm
I agree with pook666. Just find an older horse who is comeplely bombproof. (May I reccommend a Quarter Horse?) Just take it slow, groom it, feed it, become comfortable with it. Just do what you feel comfortable with, and occasionally try to push your comfort zone a LITTLE.
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:56 pm
I can definitely sympathize, Aurbree. I took a nasty fall a couple months ago while jumping, and while I am fine with riding still, it's going to take me a long time to be confident jumping again. What I am doing is just taking it slow, and only jumping with horses that I trust over very low fences. I think it is important to push yourself just a little bit, but not so much that you get freaked out by it.
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:22 am
I would find a nice horse that's a little older that won't run off. Not a lot older, like one that's about 13-17, and I think that draft horses have a better brain than light horses, but if you don't want the size, find a draft cross around 16 hands.
You're Welcome!
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