Re: Fear--long

["Tamara Jane Habberley" <tamarahabberley@lineone.net>]

Hi

well fears quite a good thing , its a life preserve for a start off!

I get quite scared at times riding my pony, I love him to bits but his
tendency to tear of at the first sign of a good galloping are and spinning
around on the roads can be a tad worrying!

What to do? Well, if you are keen on your horse and want to keep riding her,
how about a loose fitting standing martingale? It shouldnt intefer with her
movement but will prevent her attempts to remodel your nose. Also if she
went okay when you mounted the first couple of times maybe shes just trying
it on with you to see how far she can go?

She cant be all bad if after falling she let you get back on an
(presumably ) ride her okay?

Maybe just try her a few more times and see how it goes, and try living with
the butterflys for a while? I do most the time with mine and sometimes its
really great ans some time sotherwise - wouldnt swap him for the world
though.

is Knightmare the one you bred yourself and had a good dam who produced two
naughty foals ( if not , my mistake)?
good luck

Tamara

----- Original Message -----
From: <RhndLev@cs.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 9:27 PM
Subject: RC: Fear--long


> I had a major wreck on horseback (on that ornery Appaloosa mare I used to
> have) a couple of years ago and ended up unable to walk for over a week
and a
> long recovery.  When I was well enough, I went back to riding my good old
TWH
> gelding to get my confidence back.  I started riding the Appy again, but
> remained very fearful of riding with her.  I was fine with Laddie, but not
> the Appy.  I eventually met and fell in love with Special and sold the
Appy.
> Special really helped me get over my fears, I thought.  The few times I've
> been afraid on her, she seemed to sense it and slow down for me.  I've
also
> started a three year old Arab under saddle without too much difficulty.
> However, apparently, I'm really not over my fears.
>
> Remember that four year old filly I sold and then bought back because she
was
> being starved?  I tried riding her last night.  She's had 60 days with a
> professional trainer, but I still had a lot of anxiety about riding her.
> She's a lot of horse and VERY quick.  [This is the horse that trotted for
an
> hour half-starved without ever trying to quit.]  I mounted her a couple of
> times last night to see how she would do.  She stood like a rock.
However,
> the third time I mounted, she flung her head back just as I settled into
the
> saddle, and cracked me hard in the mouth and nose.  My husband tried to
grab
> the reins to give me time to recover and the filly ducked down and to the
> side and I went off.  The filly went down also.  I waited for us both to
> settle down and re-mounted and went up and down the driveway twice and got
> off.  Getting back on that horse was SO hard.  She's going to be a
phenomenal
> horse but I just don't want to ride her.  She moves so fast and there's so
> little horse in front of me compared to Special (15.2 with a loooooong
neck),
> that I kept feeling like I was going to come off of the front of her
again.
> We do plan to sell this horse eventually, but Knightmare really needs more
> riding experience and I have to ride her because there's no one else to do
> it.  Please someone tell me how to get rid of this fear.
>
> Rhonda
>
>
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