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Hi Janelle,
   I'm sure this has occurred to you but just in case it hasn't... find 
a good riding instructor and take lessons and get started on a fitness 
program.  As you get stronger and fitter you will also become more 
confident because your body will do what you ask it to!  And lessons 
will help you improve your seat and riding skills.  Start with arena 
riding but, if possible, get your teacher to take you out on trails to 
work on your trail riding skills which are different from arena skills.
Good luck and don't give up!
Laney
Adam and Jannelle wrote:

> OK, folks, I know several topics for beginners have already been addressed 
> but I think I've got a little different topic here.  I'm the wife that had 
> a fantastic New Year's Eve fall and my head was saved by the helmet.
>
> So how do I avoid this again is the long and the short of my question.  I'm 
> a strong but overwieght mom of two little young boys and I'm much more 
> conservative riding than I was when I was a kid.  I'm comfortable around 
> horses but I just don't feel like a good rider.  I mostly stay on but I 
> worry about the times I don't or won't so perhaps this is a mental issue 
> for me?  The real reason I feel last week was because the saddle pad 
> slipped behind the girth coming down the steep hills.  When we had a big 
> wieght shift because of trying to keep the horse at a trot rather than 
> breaking into a canter, the saddle and myself fell to the left and the 
> horse stepped it up to a gallop and I just couldn't hold onto her neck, 
> hanging off the side at that speed!LOL
>
> I really want to get a couple of completions on LDs this season.  I 
> understand why others start at 50s and my horses could certainly go there 
> but I just can't.  Not physically nor mentally.  In fact, the way I feel 
> about it now is that I'm going to be happy at LDs forever.  I'm just not a 
> fast rider nor am I that confident at this point.  Perhaps this will change 
> but that's where I'm at.
>
> Any tips about keeping a better seat?  And how about posting?  I was a 
> western rider as a kid and we never posted.  Its a challenge keeping me 
> heels down, butt in the seat and then posting.  And do I need to be 
> switching from the left to the right leg on the trot pretty regularly?
>
> Thanks for those who have time to contemplate these questions.
>
> Jannelle, who has a rainbow colored bruise where the saddle horn and I 
> collided.
>
>
> Jannelle Wilde & Adam Falk
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