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Re: [RC] sponsoring minors - Chris PausThanks. I love all this talk about juniors and sponsoring. I'm preparing my 9 YO grandson to start distance riding next spring. He's had a horse at grandma's for ages, but hasn't been really interested in doing much riding til now. I'd put him up for a lesson and in 5 minutes, he was whining that his butt hurt, LOL.... Then this summer, the cutest little 9YO girl came over for lessons. Amazing how John changed! tee hee... He wanted to show her everything.. how to tack up, clean out hooves, etc... Now he wants to ride! We went horse camping recently and he rode for 2 hours one day and nearly 2 hours the next day. He's great at horse care.... feeding, watering, etc. His horse is my sweet little gelding Zabbie that I talk about. I really trust that horse with kids. John has a great seat. He's really learned well and he's an athletic kid, but we're working on confidence issues. I think the long trail rides in the woods have helped that. Now it's getting him to ride more at a trot. I keep thinking, if he was a little girl instead of a boy, I'd probably be telling him to slow down, LOL... Anyway, we'll probably start out with some CTRs next spring and move up as he gets confidence. Our local CTR group has 15 mile rides that are a good way to get your feet wet, LOL... I love having a little riding buddy out on trail. I was hoping my student would be that buddy. she's fearless on trail, but her mom has other plans for her, I guess.... chris --- Paddi <seamstob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I have headed out on the last three rides with my ducklings (as gramma calls them ) in a row Sponsoring juniors offers great fun and alot of responsibility. Sponsoring more then one at a time is a challenge. How do you ride with juniors and what are you setting out to accomplish? First when I ride with kids I realize that I am riding there ride not mine. I let them pick the pace (with some guidance) and I ride at the back letting them lead and follow the trail. ===== "A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot Chris and Star BayRab Acres http://pages.prodigy.net/paus =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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