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Mary, thanks for sharing with me.  It's funny how different people's fears 
can be.
Jen M.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary Krauss" <lazykfarm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 4:18 PM
Subject: [RC] fear/riding trails


> A friend of mine has been riding dressage in an arena for years.  She rides 
> pent-up, HUGE horses that I would be terrified of:  when they buck or leap, 
> which seems to happen at the outset of every ride, they seem to be trying 
> to go over the moon.  She is an excellent rider and their antics don't turn 
> a hair on her head.  This same rider is terrified of going outside the 
> arena.  She has not, in fact, ever ridden outside the arena.  I need a 
> rider for my second horse so have great interest in luring her out of her 
> comfort zone.  Our first effort is going to be to take a "hike" at Lords' 
> Hill, a local riding park, while leading my gentlest horse.  We're both 
> hoping that she will casually climb on for a minute or two once we're out 
> there in the quiet of the trees.  I've promised not to worry if we wind up 
> returning without her having climbed aboard.
>
> I can imagine it's really scary to go outside where it feels as though 
> anything can happen, but, the other side of this story is that I, myself, 
> truly fear riding in an arena.  I've done it many times for dressage 
> lessons, would like to do it more, but am truly 
> uncomfortable/ill-at-ease/nervous riding in a rectangle, enclosed or not. 
> What's with that?  I can't figure out what I'm afraid of.  In keeping with 
> what others have been saying about taking it slow, I'm going to decide 
> that it's ok not to canter at all for a while.  Mind you, I don't mind 
> cantering through trees, around rocks, over muddly areas--but those 
> corners in an arena give me the willies.  Anyone out there have anything 
> else to add in the way of advice?
>
> Mary K.
> Relieved to have discovered the limitless arena of endurance riding....
>
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