OK, so I went to ride yesterday, WOW I felt crappy! I don't know if it was because I had spent the previous night partying and just felt tired, but Lim defiantly could feel it. He was way behind my leg and there again I don't know if it is my lack of strength, especially after camping the night before.
Just to let you all know a bit about me, I am an ex-pony clubber I was in Stones River Pony Club in TN. I went to Dressage rally a couple of times and evented in eventing rally, where my climax was winning eventing rally. I took a break after that with loosing my trainer, because she moved. I went through a spell where I was not able to ride so I worked at a Vet, and rode and handled horses that were thrown my way. Walking horses, reining horses, rode poles and barrels, nothing fancy but I was always still very firm in my dressage background, and used that in every horse I rode. After taking another break to have my beautiful son Elijah, I began working at a hunter barn in TN, I loved it. I loved the kids I had for show team, and most of the horses I rode. I was not crazy about my boss who made me for the first time question my riding ability. It was everyday and I really lost quite a bit of confidence. I left there with a fat little TB to ride, you know those horses you just see potional in, she was it. So I began working with her. She was GREAT at home but when we would go anywhere she would come unglued. The height of that situation being when I took her to a pony club clinc where she blew the dressage part out of the water, she was brilliant! Then we went in to the jumping part and she threw a fit! Rearing, spooking, running though the line. I had people coming up to me saying wow you are a really good rider to handle a horse like that, not exactly what I wanted to hear but I started to believe I did know what I was doing. I took her to Percy Warrner Park for cross country schooling, and she was very quick but jumped everything I put her at (of course BN) Then over the brush jump we had a accident( not her fault, not mine either) My stirrup flew off after the jump, so I thought I would jump off and go get it. Classic pony club dismount and when I landed I just landed wrong and broke my ankle in two places. While on rest from that I got pregnant with Gabriel, and at 5 months old Gabe was diagnosed with seizures and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex(it causes tumors to form in ALL the major organs) www.tsalliance.org Then a month later Elijah was diagnosed with Autism. That was 2 years ago, and I did not ride because my children come first and they needed there mommy. So for two years I had not ridden, but they boys are both in school and doing quite well. So now mommy time, my husband has been helpful in getting me back in the saddle. I began looking on Craig's list and asking friends, and I found a TB to ride. He was a good boy and helped me gain some confidence back but one of the owners made me again feel like I had no idea what I was doing. Maybe it was just different styles of riding,IDK? I finally called about Lim and when I went to look at him I was so impressed! He was such a good boy to bee only 5 and so big. His owner Marisa and I became best friends and that is how I have something to ride now.
Needless to say I have some of my own issues to deal with, I plan on doing lots of Dressage this winter, lessons, clinic's, schooling shows. I won 2 free months of lessons at Hunter's Court in Murfreesboro, so I think I will work on dressage this winter, with a few cross country schooling's to keep him on his toes, then take my two months of lessons there in the spring. Well that is all for now! Here are the links from our riding yesterday,please be kind!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y1NB4R9KaE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqP38lxQUb4
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