Chester's first real ride
Alice Steinke (alicest@hcc-uky.campus.mci.net)
Sun, 03 Nov 1996 21:30:24 -0600
Well, I took my 3 yo on his first real trail ride today. We've been going
on little rides since Feb. and he's been in training since Aug. He's been
doing so well, we thought he was ready for a new challenge. So we went for
a 2 hour ride with my other horse and what was supoosed to be four other
people. Well, first the time was told to us wrong. Then Chester (3 yo)
tried to turn around inthe trailer while Hannah was still tied. Then we got
them out and Hannah got loose and took off for the highway. We caught her,
but then she pulled a lot resistence stuff, rearing and pulling back. We
were late and eveyone was waiting--another 12 people. I was supposed to
ride Ches and my friend Hannah, but with her acting up, she thought it would
be better to let her ride the 3 yo. So we switched up. Everything was fine
for awhile. He settled down after a few minutes of jigging. We rode for
about 45 min and he got used to going up and down for awhile At first his
stearing was jangled, but got the hang ofit quickly. I had just said that
I thought he was getting the hang of it, when we came to a ditch with water.
Hannah has been there before--no problems, but when she felt her little
buddy balk, she balked. It took us 20 minutes to get the both of us over a
ditch. My friend had to lead Chester through the ditch. hannah wouldn't
got htrough afo the longest and when she did, she jumped and rammed my whole
leg into a tree. I really thought she'd broken my foot, and if I hadn't
been so angry I'd have cried. We went on for awhile longer and then after
three more ditch attempts some of the riders were grumbling, one very
vocally. We had offered several times to turn back or go to the road but
the friends who invited me said it was fine and no don't turn back.
However, after that, there was a way to get to the road and we took it.
They were great once we left the group which I found amusing considering
neither horse is completely confident. I think that it was just too much
for Chester. Too many horses and strange people and alot of hills. I guess
this is normal for a young horse to act up like this the first time out. I
was so embarrassed. Both my horses were awful, even the mare. I just don't
get it. I thought we were over all the crap. Guess not. Time to start over.
alice
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Alice and Steinke
Is it really gotta be winter now? We're cold!!
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