Hi guys - I have a friend/client who is an
actor. Mike has a job taking him to Abilene KS for the month of April, and he is
looking for riding opportunities while there. It's kind of an odd story, but
I have known his family forever, he rode as a kid, but his sisters were the
endurance riders. He hasn't ridden much in a while, but has now accepted an
acting job with a Rennaisance Fair as jouster. That mean that he has got to get
back his riding skills in the next few months. He has been here for a few weeks,
and coming out and riding here, but he definitely needs to continue to
ride. He will have several months of training for the job, but he
wants to show up for training already fairly comfortable again
riding.
Ideally he would like to find somewhere that offers either
lessons (he needs a lot of lope/canter time - odds are that is the main thing he
will do as a jouster - well - and fall off ) or riding time once someone was comfortable with him on
their horse. He can pay for lessons or time, or would love to find somewhere
where he can trade farm labor - build fence, clean stalls whatever - in exchange
for riding time.
The other thought is for him to haul a horse
from here up there and find a spot to board short term so that he at least has a
horse to ride and practice on some, but IMO he would be much better off with
someone who can offer some instruction, instead of him trying to remember things
on his own.
I can vouch that he is a good guy - from a good family.
If anyone can help, or if you know of someone in that area and can share
this information with them - please let me know!
PS - hope this is ok here, just trying to post on every list we
can think of! And I figured it was endurance related - someone is bound to
need a horse ridden for conditioning! And I'm sure he'd come crew if
someone needed help!
