A few little notes about this video: 1. I’m fairly sure some of these clips are out of order, but the dates on my old files are all completely messed up so I had to guess when a lot of the footage was filmed! 2. I don’t have any video footage from my first riding school (pretty sure my family didn’t even own a digital camera at that point) and some of the clips don’t necessarily relate to what I’m saying in the voiceover as I also have very little footage from my first 3-4 years at my current riding school because, again, I’m hella old and precede social media. 3. Sorry that some of the clips are filmed on a particularly mouldy old potato. 4. Please try not to be too jealous of my obvious natural skill and talent for riding from an early age.* *Jokes, in case you couldn’t tell 😉 x
Hi just wondering if your bases in England as I want to move to a different riding school as I want to be able to jump over 75cm on a school pony in lessons (yes that’s a rule no higher than 75cm in lessons)
Finally some amazing rider that wasn't born into riding or started riding when they were 5. I'm 12 and going to be 13 in a month and only started riding properly in January. I have been working with horses for about a year and a half. Thank you for allowing me to believe that I haven't started to late xx
Diane Mannion you haven’t I started about 11-12 and I thought that for ages but now that I’m 13 I’ve realised that there are so many people doing exactly the same thing as me. Hope your enjoying it 😊
Honestly as long as you have a good instructor, it doesn’t matter what age you started! I began riding aged 5, and the places I rode at until i found my new school were awful, and didn’t even teach me how to ride. I was just taught how to sit on a horse, kick (a big harsh kick in the ribs!) and how to stop. That lasted for 10 years until I found my new school, which I’ve been at for 6 months, and it’s changed my way of riding and thinking so much. I didn’t even know the proper aid to canter until I was taught it recently, over 9 years after having my first canter. I can now actually sit on hot horses and competition horses, and even lazy horses, and I can ride them well, instead of struggling to ride even the best riding school ponies! No one ever starts too late, and even then, it’s better to start late than never ;)
I was just about to comment this, I'm 14 and started riding in September. I love it and I think I'm improving greatly, but I always worry I'm late into it, even sometimes feel a little embarrassed, seeing other amazing riders my age. This video truly made me happy.
@@ellie27 i have a great instructor! She is a lady who lives uo the road from me. She has this pony that she was going to have to put on loan unless someone could ride it. She has also got a schooling areana i ride in. I started riding him and i ride about 3 times a week (not during covid now tho) i also have monthly lessons with her trainer that i pay for as that is her job. She is teaching me well and im learning alot. Hipe your able to learn this new version of riding and i hipe its not to hard for you xx
I love seeing people who weren't born and raised into riding, and haven't had ponies gifted to them since they were babies. Too many people say they would do anything to own a horse and yet they mean do anything except work for it.
Ikr! It makes me feel better about only have lessons once a week and not owning a horse. I used to think i would never be good because I didn't start riding when i was 3. I started at 6 or 7, and I am 11 now I would love to have my own horse, but if I think realistically, I dont think I would ever have the time or money at the moment, so I'm so glad someone has only done lessons and never owned a horse too! It makes me feel so much better to know that I'm not the only one 😂
I was born into riding and I worked so hard for my horse I was never gifted him. I work everyday for him and I love every bit of it I’m not sending hate I’m just saying that some people who have been born into it aren’t always gifted things or are spoiled
@@haneq I think it’s amazing that ur like this I was born into it and like I said I worked really hard for my horse I’m working all the time for him and the thing is horses are really expensive so I would wait until u one find the right horse and two have enough money 😂
I’ve been riding for 1 year and 4 months now and I’m slowly progressing when I started I didn’t even know how to get on a horse let alone ride one but thanks to my instructor at my yard I feel like I’ve progressed so far for my ability from jumping my first cross pole and My first double in the same lesson (which didn’t end well 😂) ... I can’t wait to get back to lessons where I can progress more and learn some dressage. That was an amazing story Claire you’ve come so far can’t wait when you can ride again so I can learn some more xx
My Riding Story: ( If You Have Time To Read This Thanks So Much! ) I started riding when I was 9 years old the first time I sat on a horse was at my aunt's and I didn't want to get off. So I started going on hacks with her just walking round the block on a lead rope. I gradually managed to trot and loved it. Then the pony I had been riding passed away so I didn't ride for months. But I gradually came back to it. I had my first canter and fell off but I got straight back up again and carried on. I did my first jump when I had just turned 10 and lets just say it was not good...XD Then I felt like I wasn't improving as I could only ride when they were free. So I started going to a stables I had my first lesson in October 2019 and I loved it. I am still riding their now and I have gotten so much better. As when I first came to the stables I didn't even know what going large meant. I have had many falls and even when to hospital for one of them but it's made me a better rider today and I have learnt from my mistakes. If you read all of this thanks so much and I really appreciate it have a wonderful rest of your day. :) xx
@@charlottewhite1422 I'm pretty sure it means going large around the arena, say you are trotting a 20 metre circle and then are told to go large, you would start going around the whole arena Thats what I was told it means, I may be wrong xx
I am so glad to see a riding story where someone hasn't been riding since they were 4, weren't born into a horsey family, doesn't jump 1.40 after 4 years, and doesnt have their own horse!!! This video has given me so much confidence that I can become an amazing rider like u without a horse or a horsey family ❤️❤️❤️
After 6 years of begging, my parents have finally let me have monthly riding lessons at the age of 14. I really liked this video, because you are someone who hasn't been riding since they were a little kid, like me, and it has really inspired me. I can't afford to have weekly lessons, but I'm hoping someday i can, and that I will progress well.
I love following your story you give me so much inspiration and I am 60 years old. Watching you jump pushed me to jump( very low for now)with with my little Arab ex endurance pony. I am loving it and having fun with him.
I had my first lesson on 8 June 2019 (idk why ik that) But a couple years before, I went on a hack with my friend at her yard where she rides. I then asked my mum if I could ride and she said no. Last year on a pony day with my other friend at a different yard, I loved it so we persuaded my mum and she finally said yes. So yh. I've been at that yard ever since.
Mine was on the 23rd of october. I rode for two months and stopped to earn money for riding during winter since it was so cold and I was broke. I was supposed to come back in March but Covid.... You know... Thank gosh I didn't buy the ten tickets right before because there isn't any money returning at my barn.
Loved this video so much, I must be hormonal or just missing riding so much because I found myself tearing up! You're a fantastic rider and your personality always shines through in your videos x
Great idea keeping a list of all the horses you have ridden! I have to do that as well. Pretty sure my list would be almost as long as yours. I did keep a riding journal when I first started but now I can’t find it. I’m like you I started when I was maybe 12 after having gone for a riding lesson with my middle school class and then after that I was hooked. I did ride my second cousins horse a few times before I began taking lessons. It’s been nine years now. From only having the courage to ride the easiest and slowest ponies in the beginning I’m now able to ride fast and more challenging ponies and horses😃
i love this. I started riding at 13 and always felt so sad because i wasn’t as good as everyone my age who had been riding for 10 years. it was so discouraging, but now i’ve been riding for just over 4 years and am with the best coach ever. I’ve improved so much even if i did have to teach myself for a bit. But i’ve just made the leap and bought my second horse who is a greenie and i feel so confident riding her and taking her out. It’s so freeing. I love seeing other riders who didn’t start when they were 5 or didn’t have the privilege to start super young. You are an amazing rider and i look up to you so much ❤️❤️
Crazy to think that a girl's birthday is the reason behind all this! You have come soo far and grown soo much and I am soo happy seeing you improve within each video! love your channel xx
It’s really nice to hear a riding story similar to mine. I’ve been riding for 9 years now and started when I was 7 but have been riding in lessons once a week for all those years. Sometimes it doesn’t feel like you’ve progressed but you’re so right when you say you can see the improvements in different ways xx
I have Been riding for 4 years now and I am now 13. I think I started when I was 9 years old and have had many many instructors too. I’m am glad I have has lots os instructors as I got to know different things when riding. I have had my current instructor since 2018 and I can’t thank her enough! I have improved so much over the years and have enjoyed every second of it. I also have learned soooo much from you too! I love your videos so much. Stay safe!😁❤️
This is such a lovely video. I rode a lot when I was very young in a similar school to your first one. They would shout and scream at us and tell us to give the horse a boot or a whip if they wouldn’t go. Then I met Delta. She has sarcoids on her belly and they grew to her girth line. The only way to ride her (they refused to retire her) was to create a bound. After a massive confidence knock I stopped riding. I picked it up in the last year and understand the comments of “you should be further along by now”. But I’m unlearning and relearning. Any way you are a brilliant rider and you can tell the horses enjoy your company. 😊
You are a great rider for one hour a week I have been watching you since I had my first I phone and I think you have a lot of patients with some of the ponies you riden and you have come along way hope you are safe and well
You're amazing at riding and so confident. I lost my confidence after a bad fall and you inspired me to ride a few months after and now I'm jumping 1 meter and going on amazing rides:) I've been riding 6 years now,since I was 4 and a half
Omg finally a relatable riding story! Thank you so much 🤣❤️ Cause you know most riding stories are like “ so I started riding when I was 5 I rode in lessons for a few years until I got my first pony..” bla bla bla and then they just go on to all the horses they’ve had Who cares about what’s I just said 🤣
I think the way you learned to ride was a good way, I started riding last year and I was kind of thrown in at the deep end 😂 this has helped my riding and my confidence!!! I miss riding so much right now during Corona 😭 but I know that I will be super confident when I go back because I will just want to ride
Love this video! Especially seeing all the pictures you have of the horses and ponies from the old riding school! I only have 1 picture I believe from riding there, and that was jumping Leah 🥰 I loved going there as a kid, and it was so nice remembering the horses that I’ve ridden. I wish I was “that sad” to have kept a list of all the horses I’ve ridden, would be great to look back and remember them all. X
Bianca Duester Pretty sure I used to have more photos with some of the other horses (there was definitely one of Tomtom I remember) but I’ve lost them 😢 Keeping a list is definitely something I’m glad I kept up with over the years! Also Leah was the first pony I ever fell off, so she has a special place in my heart 😂 x
I really love how you improved over the years, and how you represent a category of riders that is often left behind or thought to be less relevant than others: the one made of people who started to ride in their teens or later, not coming from a family of horse people, and/or not competing in shows or feeling like they have to jump higher every year. I'm exactly like you -- minus the hundreds of horses ridden and with a big riding hiatus due to university -- and yet the barn I go to, doesn't really encourage riders like us, which is sad. They're good people, but their mindset is kinda like, "if you don't have a horse then ride often and compete, and if you just want to chill then get your own horse". I still go whenever I can (mostly summers now) because I love being around horses, but the feeling of not belonging to the club is always there (especially now that after starting university, I had to give up my lease horse, who got recently sold, so I'm officially horseless after a long time)... :/ I wish I could ride at your barn!! PS you said you started riding at 13 and now you've been riding for 15 years?? I thought you were 20??? bye
My riding story I started in the beginning of January 2020 as a Christmas present from my dad. A few other people at my school ride to and he is good friends with their parents so they convinced him to sign me up. At the time I had just quit violin lessons and we really wanted to find something that I loved. I was unsure about the idea at first and I didn't really like the first few lessons, but the the coronavirus got big and my instructors had to stay home, and a new one came. She made me so exited to ride and I look forward to it every week because of her. I ride in a western saddle but I do English things and do small jumps. Im going to try English at my next lesson and I will edit this comment and tell you how it goes. I ride this horse named Rajah and he means the world to me. He just turned 20 and is getting to old to be ridden so im really sad about that. If one person can like this comment to remind me to edit and tell you how English goes, that would be great. byeeeee edit: Ok so I tried English and I loved it. Im not used to it but it was much easier to post and jump in and two point. It will take a while to get used to but I like it way better.
Great story. At primary school I got friday afternoons off as my nursery nurse took me out for the afternoon, it was her who got me into horse riding, first pony I rode was a lovely grey mare called Arros, then I out grew her and turned up one sunday for my lesson and my instructor said wait here Danielle I’ve got something for you. She brought out this beautiful Copper coloured pony, she was the one we called Copper due to her colour. Her story was that her old owner were going to just kill her to make her into horse meat but my instructor wouldn’t hear of that, she said no I’ll buy her because I know somebody who will love her. She bucked on me once and once at a horse show she cantered off with me on her. Then I had to stop riding not through choice.
My riding story! I was born onto a family farm with seven, mostly retired and one foal, horses. This was were I found my love for equines! I always had a go any muting out, grooming, yard jobs as soon as I could walk, and sometimes even was allowed a little sit on my mans thoroughbred! Me and my sisters loved riding, so when I was six or seven I started riding at a little yard, although it wasn't really the right thing for us, and my mum was an experienced rider so we set out looking for a couple of full loan ponies, we found two ( between my sisters and I ) and we learnt everything on them showing, galloping, jumping, schooling. I had never ridden on the lead rein as my mum didn't think it was necessary from the beginning, so I was a very independent rider, and was galloping on my own out hacking by about age 8 or 9! Although I had a bad fall from my pony, and was concussed, his owners sold him, and then I rode for a little at a local yard, but the owner was very discouraging to me and I gave up for two years as I was pretty insecure. Then I found a new yard which taught me everything! It was amazing! I learnt to jump bigger, canter longer, handle more hot headed horses, even train a youngster! It was great, but eventually there was less and less this yard had to offer, so I was on the lookout for my own pony. I found a 9yo 14.2hh Connemara show jumper. I feel in love with him, and we built ourselves and have learnt so much in the 1.5years that I have loaned him, competing up to 90cm, eventing, dressage, jumping 1m15 at home, he is a horse of a lifetime and I'm so grateful for him. This brings me to my current situation, and I am now looking to buy a horse. Im 14 years old. This is my story!
My Riding story: When I was little my mum split up from my dad and after a few years she married Simon, my step dad. My step dads parents have a farm with about 6 horses named Chillie, Peanut, Jezz, Buiscuit and Ellie. My family went to visit the farm about once a month, we had 14 cousins which was sooo fun. One day I got to ride Peanut when he was a Shetland chestnut pony. It was very fun and I began to ask for more rides on him and go to the farm more often, so we did and it was brilliant. By the time I was in kindergarten I loved horses so much that every time I saw a horse picture or something related to horse I would squeal quietly. In third grade I started having some lessons. It was very expensive so I would only get lessons for my birthday and Christmas, but I still loved it. In fourth grade mum told me that it would be easier saving up for a horse than always taking lessons, we figured out that 10 lessons is worth $500 which was crazy. So mum looked into buying a horse, but only if I was willing to pay for the horse. So I saved for about 3 years until I had just a little bit over $1000. Then came November 2018 which was when we started looking for horses until we found Summer, a palomino 12.1hh welsh/unknown. My mum used to have two of her own horses and adored them. On the day I heard my mum say I’ll take her, I cried with so much happiness, I have never done it before. When I told my friends that I had got a new horse,they were sooooo happy for me, but sadly one of my friends were very jealous and that’s when she started being mean to me and called me a brat and made a club called the non-horse owners club. But I felt sorry for her because she would have died for a horse, she said I bragged about it when I said to all of them before I told them the news that I don’t mean to Bragg. Eventually we went to the farm about 3 times a month or two times, Mum taught me how to canter, trot, jump, ride bareback, but I always knew Summer taught me more. After Mum taught me everything she knew I had to start teaching myself, so I always watched TH-cam videos to learn how to ride better. I had watched tons that all was on my recommendation was horse riding tutorials. One day I was brave enough to gallop up a gigantic paddock, and I loved it. Then I went to pony club For 1 year in 2019 and I rode a lot more with my cousin Paige and Ethan. But once I was going to go to a gymkhana when something terrible happened. Summer missed the horses in the other paddocks and some of you may know that horse like to pace up and down fences with there head high. Summer was silly enough to gallop along the fence line and behind the wash bay was a gap that summer could only just fit through with a tap on the side, as soon as she galloped through it the tap ripped her stomach open and we had to call the vet. I ran down the paddock crying cause I had never seen anything like it. I had to lead her into the roundyard and I looked at her stomach and I was horrified, we had to wrap a bed sheet around her stomach and wait until the vet came which took three hours. She has a lot of stitches And I couldn’t ride her for a month, but eventually she was fine after all of that. Today I can’t ride her because of covid 19, Summer also used to be a barrel racer and that’s when I was going to learn how to barrel race.
penelope edmonds OMG I love this story ❤️❤️❤️ I cant believe this doesn’t have a million likes! I had like a heart attack when I read the last sad part! I would have been so sad if I experienced this! How is Summer doing now?
so apparently everyone's sharing their riding stories in here so I guess I will too. :) I have loved horses for as long as I can remember. Whenever I got to go to a local fair or festival I would always bag my parents for a pony ride. Those were always my highlights of the day (week if i'm being honest). I would always talk about horses and draw horses. My TH-cam recommended would always be horse stuff. My parents ended up getting me and my siblings a week at a day camp where I rode English and I loved it. I rode a horse that taught me so much and will always be a big part of my riding journey. Thank you Werona (the horse). I ended up saving up a lot of money and getting a job doing paper route (I was only 9 and couldn't get a real job). The summer I turned 10 I started horseback riding lessons. I did those for about a year western at a local stables. Then, my barn closed down for winter and didn't get to ride for all of winter but before it could reopen corona happened. I haven't ridden since fall. Now, I am 11 and a half and I want to start riding English. I have another barn that I think i'm gonna do lessons at as my other barn doesn't do English. I want to start eventing or show jumping. I am hoping to buy a horse soon and i'm saving up for that and counting down the days until I can get a real job. Thanks for reading my riding journey! BTW, I know it isn't that long but no one can convince me that horses won't be a part of my life forever! I will try to do another one when I start riding at the new barn for a little while. Have a good day everyone!
omg same!!! I started riding like 5 months ago and I LOVE it. I ride in a western saddle but I do small jumps and really want to try English. Luckily my barn is still open and at my next lesson im going to try English because I want to start show jumping to! I really want to have a good future in riding. Just wanted you to know:)
Wow! I started when I was 8 or 9 (11 and a half now) and I currently ride at a English stable. If you love horses so much don’t stop! I took a year break and it changed my riding forever, I got worse as I forgot some things. Don’t stop just keep going.! I’ve only been riding for 2 years and I have never cantered or jumped. While my friend who started maybe 3 months before me already has a horse. What I’m trying to say is keep going! Finish your goals don’t stop!
@@sloka08 Thank you! I'm still looking for options as to where I can ride. I never wanted to stop riding it's just my barn shuts down for winters due to the cold weather and right when it was starting back up corona came. I may have found a place that I can volunteer at for riding time and possibly do that during quarantine. She still hasn't messaged me back yet so I don't know but I guess we'll see. This is gonna sound weird but if you want the updates I can message them to you in the comment section? I just know that I am always interested in how other people get to work with horses and how they do it. If you don't it's perfectly fine. BTW it sucks that you haven't gotten to canter yet. :( I was cantering on my third lesson. Don't worry though, it's not because I was a good rider, it's because my barn was very laid back and not strict at all. Have a good day and tell me if you want the updates :)
You are such an amazing rider and if it wasn’t for you and your videos I don’t think I would be here jumping my pony with loads of confidence! I always look up to you and you are my idol 💕💞 And plus we both got into riding in the same way because I was invited to a riding party when I was about 9 and now I have my own pony 😆
i've been riding since i was 4 however i started on a little shetland who taught me the basics but until i was 10 lessons were really infrequent as they are quite expensive. But then i had a really big confidence boost and started jumping and learnt how to actually think about the aids i was giving! Now i ride much more and have been working on bringing on some younger ponies :)
You inspire me so much! and Roger really reminds me of a poney I used to ride called Scribles, I have been riding for around 6 years years and I am now 12. I love you videos so much!
QOTD: I have been riding since September 2019! (Have had to stop though because of the pandemic, missing the horses lots.) I just wanted to say how great of a video this is, it truly gave me confidence because I'm 14, 15 in August and I used to feel I'm too late to the game. This video showed me that you can be an absolutely amazing rider and start at any age and still enjoy it. Thank you, truly!
Omg, i felt exactly the same when i started (like i was too old). But here's some advice: you can start riding whenever you want/can to. I started even later than you and had to stop because of the pandemic, but i'm planing to start again, this time not caring about what everyone thinks.
Felt this on a spiritual level. I was born into the horsey world as we had two ever since I was born (they sadly passed away a few years ago). I started lessons at ten, but after I got scared I didn't start back until 13. I always think that I'm to late to the game, even though I'm only 14. After the pandemic started I wasn't at to ride, so that threw me off a bit. Bit I'm ready to put my all in and just try me best and have fun.
I have only been riding for 2 and a half years and I'm only 13.Your video showed me that I can still be a great rider even though I didn't start at a very young age and that I don't need my own pony either(even though it would be great 😂)
This is so sweet to watch and I love seeing how you have improved. I actually have only been riding for about... 12 almost 13 years now. I started when I was 10 riding a really wild Arabian crossed with a thoroughbred. She was very feisty, she was also my first actual lesson horse to ride. The first horse I rode was at a pony camp it was a black and white overo named Pie. He was to tall and pushy for the other kids but he fell in love with me. It was so sweet.
Wow we are so similar! Although, I’m 12 and have only been riding for two years and live in the US. This inspired me because I have seen my friends riding really good and they have been riding not even a year.I thought I was a really bad rider and that I needed major improvement. But my friends get to ride 3-5 times a week! I only get an hour a week! Now I understand why they were so good. I am still mastering my trot and canter and I hope I can learn a lot more once the virus is over! Thanks for posting this, you inspired me❤️❤️❤️
Your journey through horse riding is so good! I started riding in Spain, and didn’t understand riding, as I went there for holidays, then I started riding in England, and then started to improve and learn more!
this has given me a lot of confidence as i have been riding at a riding school, but seeing so many people around get their first horse after riding for a year. i'm also glad i'm not the only one who counts all the horses and ponies i've ever ridden haha
Your riding story really reminds me of mine (the pony club kick still haunts me and i can’t believe i did it for 10 whole years without realising something was wrong with it!) , and you are such an inspiration to me and so many other people! Let’s all hope we can get back out riding as soon as possible so we can continue to improve, learn and have fun :’)
QOTD: I have been riding for 10 years, 11 in June 😄. We all have different journeys that’s why I love watching these videos! I really like the fax you reflect and analyse the videos and your riding keep it up ❤️👍
My riding story! Everyone who is reading this I thank you! : I have been around horses my whole life and when I was 13 I started riding full time. My first stable was a a show sables who’s teacher wasn’t amazing 👀 Than I switched schools and went to an amazing stables. I am still with them.
you’ve really inspired me so here’s my riding story I’ve wanted to ride since i was 4-5 i don’t even know as long i can remember really but my parents were too nervous as i was young and dint want me to come off. i had a party when i was young like 5-6 and i loved it. When i was 10 i started lessons at a riding school which i loved till one day i was on a very old horse who shouldn’t have been ridden especially at the level i was at. We was jumping this horse can barely managed a jump or two at a time and the first jump went perfectly. We were told to steer in the corner to stop them and we weren’t taught how to hang on it was just hold on to the saddle and go. Mid jump i lost my stirrups and somehow lost me reins. The horse bolted and i came off. Instructor put me back on the horse raised the jump sent me over and the same thing happened but i didn’t come off. I became very nervous and the riding school i was at were in it for the money i guess and didn’t care much they were more of a business. After two months or so i changed riding schools to where i meet this gorgeous grey small cob who was named Cookie. I had a great instructor and a great horse and i very quickly got my confidence back walking and trotting. after 5 lessons i moved into group lessons and did well in my first one i rode cookies which i did for all six lessons so far but two maybe 3. Anyways there was a different instructor in the group lessons and i was on a different horse in my second group lesson. Rabbit. I was gonna be put on another can’t remember the exact name but rabbit and the other horse kept biting each other so they’d take it in turns to be in front i was second and the other one was in front the other one canter off and rabbit followed i had never been taught how to properly hang on and i came off in the corner and nearly got trampled. I stopped riding for like a year. We was going to look at a new riding school but one day i was bored and my dad said we were going to an art gallery. I refused to go i thought it would be horrible. I was forced to go. Best decision of my life. Right by the art gallery a little while away there was some stables and field and this person was grooming one of them. We was looking at the horse and my dad started talking to the owner while i was with the horse. Manny. y dad asked her about riding schools and it went in a bit then the owner said she had a small handful of girls who help with chores and that and get to ride and asked i wanted to go the next day. I did. It was great i learnt how to actually care for a horse and it was fun. I was out in a small pony names Osca. He was pretty speedy and i did get a bit nervous as i always came off from bolting. That’s when i started riding Manny. We were perfect for each other he was old and very good and slower and i couldn’t do much at this point and he needed a light exercise. Sadly he was 29 at the time and after two months was retired. (in case anyone’s wondering he’s 30 now and living a very healthy life). i rode archie a bit in there but not much. Anyways osca sensed i was nervous and he started running with me and i couldn’t handle it. I quit. There was an event the week after next near christmas and i got to pick which horse i was riding as i was nervous but it was slow and someone was with me. I chose Archie. Before that week i just helped out which i enjoyed. After the final ride my instructor spoke to my parents and asked me if i want to do lessons on archie being led. i did i was a struggle to work with with this place but after a,lot of patience i came off lead rein and got more confidence i changed horses to a horse named mon roe who is a bit more difficult but not too bad and slowly my confidence grew. As of today i still look after manny and groom him and i have started to canter and trot jumps i’m not the best and very bad positions but i’m getting there. Thank you for inspiring me to keep going
AOTD: I have been riding for 9 years, I started on a tiny shetland who I learnt to canter and jump small jumps on. I just moved around horses quite often at the riding school, they held me back a lot so the highest I ever jumped in the first few years was only 75cm :/ When I was 8 ( or 9? ) I got my first pony, I had him for 2 years but I had a huge confidence knock on him - he bucked, reared, bolted and even trampled me in the field! When we sold him, only a month later we got a new pony. I had gotten my confidence back after 2 months on him, he was very green so I produced him slowly and after 2 years he had gone from crashing ( and almost having a rotational fall ) through 30cm jumps to jumping 95cm courses consistently at home and competing, he is only 11.3hh hence why we kept the courses small :) Eventually after 2 years of owning him we bought a green, 5 year old 14h mare called Crystal! I am currently producing her but she will be competing at BE90-100 next year with hoped to do novice/PT, following the footsteps of her parents!
Great video. QOTD: I started riding in 2013 with just being led by people. Then when I reached 2016 I was riding myself and could walk and trot independent. Till 2018 I started to learn to canter which is so enjoyable and then 2019 started jumping small jumps. I have improved so much over the years
I've been riding on and off for the last 15 years. It all started because my mum wanted me and my sister to do something together, she was afraid and I loved it. A couple years later I moved town, started riding at a small riding school there where I rode once a week, but spent 5 or 6 days there, just helping around the yard which led to lots of extra hours in the saddle. After 7 years of riding there we moved again and I had the oppertunity to start in a school that thought riding once a week as well as taking regular lessons once a week. I then found my first loan pony, that lead to my second loan pony, to my third and then to my fourth. Now sadly my last loan pony is back with her owners and I'm not riding atm, since work is eating up my time but hopefully by the summer ill be back with horses again. Til then ill just have to watch TH-cam and remember all the fun times Ive had so far. Side note, your skill in riding isn't how high you jump or if you're competing. Its the bond you have with the horses and that you do what you love with a smile on your face
I loved this video so much! I have been riding for about 10 years at a riding school and have learnt so much and still have more to improve. I have been missing riding alot recently due to the current situation however this video really cheered me up! 😀
Really enjoyed that video...you’ve improved dramatically over the years, it’s great to see your progress. Something I’ve always wondered...how is it that instructors differ so much in how they teach us to ride? As you said you were taught to grip with your knees which is so wrong!
Jenni Norris Most of the instructors I’ve had in the last 6-7 years have all had very similar teaching styles, or at least similar ideas of how they want the horse to end up moving. The instructor who taught me the old fashioned way was much older and was just sticking to what she had been taught as a child (‘the old ways are the best’, and all that, I assume). I’m definitely grateful to have had more consistent styles of teaching in the second half of my riding years, compared to the first!!
Aww Ted and Mavvy 💕 I think I rode Megan the first time I went to Turpins 😂 qotd: I first sat on a pony around 2 but didn’t take lessons until I was about 5/6 but only like 30-40 minutes every two weeks and it wasn’t until I started properly riding at Turpins around 14/5 that I didn’t feel so lost!! Definitely booking a lesson as soon as this crisis is over!!
3 Lucky Horseshoes Aw Megan! I never rode her, I was too big/she was already getting on a bit by the time I joined! I know, cant wait to book in again 😫
I am 12 and have always wanted to take horse back riding lessons and I was just about to start but then covid came and now I have to wait even longer 😫😩great story to
Ok so this is my riding story as of almost July 2020- I’m 12 now I started riding when I was 3 (9 years ago) in 2011. I rode at a stable called Southlands which was such an amazing stable for me and taught me how to ride. I consistently did trail rides for a year or two, and then I got my first pony noelle. She was small and white and on her I trotted and walked poles. I eventually got a pony named Oreo who was a black and white paint and taught me so much. I did my first canter on him and started jumping. By now I was about 5 and I did my first show. It was cross rails and it went well, I got seconds and thirds. I did my first 2 foot vertical and continued jumping on him. Then I did a show which was rated and a big show and got all firsts and champions on him. I did 2 foot shows on Oreo and we won a bunch and had an amazing time. He refused from time to time and started to teach me how to deal with a naughty pony. I eventually got a pony named shorty who was a blue roan. Shorty started out great and we did some great shows in the 2 foot children’s hunters. But then she started acting up and refusing a bunch. This was when my riding really improved and i became a stronger rider. Later we realized she had been slightly injured this whole time and she eventually became lame. We got sued by the owners which was not fun. I was still at south lands. I got this pony name rocky who was a strawberry roan. We got off to a rocky start (pun intended haha) and he refused when I first tried him. I had spent a whole winter without a horse and was desperate to hate my own pony again so I still wanted him and we ended up getting him. He refused so much that we had to show in the cross rails and he really made my confidence go down. We decided he was not the right pony. We next got a pony named chicken nugget who was a palomino. I had now moved to a new barn that my trainer who I had ridden with my whole life created after leaving south lands. Chicken nugget was amazing! She brought my confidence back and I did my first 2’6” shows on her in the hunters. During the winter she got crazy and hyper and I was reduced to being scared to jump. We decided we needed to find a safe pony for me to really be able to ride without being scared. We found hoppy who brought me so far, he was gray. We did the medium ponies together which was 2’6” and we started out not placing well but as I got to know him we started to win everything, he was a amazing. During that summer i also leased a chestnut horse named al. He was such an amazing horse who really didn’t care about your mistakes. He was big, but packed me around my first ever time showing in the jumpers and riding a horse. He bright me from 65 cm to 1 Meter. Now Coronavirus hit. I had to be quarantined and couldn’t ride hoppy. Hoppy was sent back bc it was way to expensive to board him and keep him while not being able to ride. now I just recently got a horse named Danny who is a beautiful bay and we are going to show in the 3’3” hunters and the 1.10 meter jumpers this summer. If you read this whole thing- thanks!! And I know how lucky I am to be able to have all these horses and show and ride- I’m so grateful
QOTD: I first started to ride at 4 years old on my grams sweet mule, then went to a summer camp at 5 and have been riding and doing lessons since! ❤️(almost 13)
I really enjoyed this video! I actually really like your voiceovers they’re very interesting to get an insight into what you’re actually thinking! Also where did you go riding in Africa? ❤️
Ok so I think that after lockdown u should definitely get your own horse well if u r able to board or find a place to board bc u are amazingggg with horses
I agree with wishing I was a better rider when I rode Sam as well because he was amazing but I had no idea what I was doing and I wish I could have done him justice as I still think he was for his size one of the most talented horses I’ve ridden! He was just so cool! x
My first pony was a bucking, rearing, speed demon who i most definitely learnt a lot from and now i own a 14hh bucking speed demon! I do not think i have ever had a pony which does not have some behaviour issues lol!
Your videos are the reason I started cantering 2 years ago after my life threatening fall I had off of my old OTTB Spirit who passed away 3 years ago. Thanks to you I am now jumping above 1m with my ponies who I broke in myself and I am going to be competing after lockdown ❤️
QOTD! I have been riding for 5years! I started in 4h and have loved it ever since! I got my first horse 2 years ago and here we are! Couldn't be happier!
Awesome video 🐴❤️ QOTD: I rode for 2 years at a different yard then got back into it 3 years ago but at a different yard where I met my dream everything
QOTD: I've been riding for about 6 or 7 years now. For the first 3 or 4 years I just had fun with western, learning how to go and run around barrels and poles. Then I learned everything they could teach me since we were just playing games because we had nothing to learn, so we went to a new barn. It was a english barn and I was terrified. When I got there I really never got to learn the basics like diagonals so I still struggle with them today. But anyway, I had a year with my old instructor just trotting poles and the lowest jumps terribly. But since I rode a lazy horse, we were just trying to keep him trotting 😂. But when I moved on to my current instructor he taught me how to actually ride. He told me the horse I've been riding for years was getting to lazy and dangerous (stopping at jumps for no reason and throws me off) so I moved on the my current horse who taught me many things and brought my confidence back. THE END Also, I hope I still know how to ride when I get back to it.
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A few little notes about this video:
1. I’m fairly sure some of these clips are out of order, but the dates on my old files are all completely messed up so I had to guess when a lot of the footage was filmed!
2. I don’t have any video footage from my first riding school (pretty sure my family didn’t even own a digital camera at that point) and some of the clips don’t necessarily relate to what I’m saying in the voiceover as I also have very little footage from my first 3-4 years at my current riding school because, again, I’m hella old and precede social media.
3. Sorry that some of the clips are filmed on a particularly mouldy old potato.
4. Please try not to be too jealous of my obvious natural skill and talent for riding from an early age.*
*Jokes, in case you couldn’t tell 😉
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How old are you? You must be in your late 20s but I always pictured you to be very young for some reason!
It’s okay! The video was awesome :) and yes I’m so jealous :p
Love the joke at the end 😂♥️
Hi just wondering if your bases in England as I want to move to a different riding school as I want to be able to jump over 75cm on a school pony in lessons (yes that’s a rule no higher than 75cm in lessons)
will you get your own horse sometime
Finally some amazing rider that wasn't born into riding or started riding when they were 5. I'm 12 and going to be 13 in a month and only started riding properly in January. I have been working with horses for about a year and a half. Thank you for allowing me to believe that I haven't started to late xx
Diane Mannion you haven’t I started about 11-12 and I thought that for ages but now that I’m 13 I’ve realised that there are so many people doing exactly the same thing as me. Hope your enjoying it 😊
@@jenniemackay4844 i am thanks x
Honestly as long as you have a good instructor, it doesn’t matter what age you started! I began riding aged 5, and the places I rode at until i found my new school were awful, and didn’t even teach me how to ride. I was just taught how to sit on a horse, kick (a big harsh kick in the ribs!) and how to stop. That lasted for 10 years until I found my new school, which I’ve been at for 6 months, and it’s changed my way of riding and thinking so much. I didn’t even know the proper aid to canter until I was taught it recently, over 9 years after having my first canter. I can now actually sit on hot horses and competition horses, and even lazy horses, and I can ride them well, instead of struggling to ride even the best riding school ponies! No one ever starts too late, and even then, it’s better to start late than never ;)
I was just about to comment this, I'm 14 and started riding in September. I love it and I think I'm improving greatly, but I always worry I'm late into it, even sometimes feel a little embarrassed, seeing other amazing riders my age. This video truly made me happy.
@@ellie27 i have a great instructor! She is a lady who lives uo the road from me. She has this pony that she was going to have to put on loan unless someone could ride it. She has also got a schooling areana i ride in. I started riding him and i ride about 3 times a week (not during covid now tho) i also have monthly lessons with her trainer that i pay for as that is her job. She is teaching me well and im learning alot. Hipe your able to learn this new version of riding and i hipe its not to hard for you xx
I love seeing people who weren't born and raised into riding, and haven't had ponies gifted to them since they were babies. Too many people say they would do anything to own a horse and yet they mean do anything except work for it.
Ikr!
It makes me feel better about only have lessons once a week and not owning a horse. I used to think i would never be good because I didn't start riding when i was 3. I started at 6 or 7, and I am 11 now
I would love to have my own horse, but if I think realistically, I dont think I would ever have the time or money at the moment, so I'm so glad someone has only done lessons and never owned a horse too! It makes me feel so much better to know that I'm not the only one 😂
Kezia I’m currently saving up for a horse and all the expenses that go with it x
@@haneq I think we are the same person 😂
I was born into riding and I worked so hard for my horse I was never gifted him. I work everyday for him and I love every bit of it I’m not sending hate I’m just saying that some people who have been born into it aren’t always gifted things or are spoiled
@@haneq I think it’s amazing that ur like this I was born into it and like I said I worked really hard for my horse I’m working all the time for him and the thing is horses are really expensive so I would wait until u one find the right horse and two have enough money 😂
I’ve been riding for 1 year and 4 months now and I’m slowly progressing when I started I didn’t even know how to get on a horse let alone ride one but thanks to my instructor at my yard I feel like I’ve progressed so far for my ability from jumping my first cross pole and My first double in the same lesson (which didn’t end well 😂) ... I can’t wait to get back to lessons where I can progress more and learn some dressage. That was an amazing story Claire you’ve come so far can’t wait when you can ride again so I can learn some more xx
My Riding Story: ( If You Have Time To Read This Thanks So Much! )
I started riding when I was 9 years old the first time I sat on a horse was at my aunt's and I didn't want to get off. So I started going on hacks with her just walking round the block on a lead rope. I gradually managed to trot and loved it. Then the pony I had been riding passed away so I didn't ride for months. But I gradually came back to it. I had my first canter and fell off but I got straight back up again and carried on. I did my first jump when I had just turned 10 and lets just say it was not good...XD Then I felt like I wasn't improving as I could only ride when they were free. So I started going to a stables I had my first lesson in October 2019 and I loved it. I am still riding their now and I have gotten so much better. As when I first came to the stables I didn't even know what going large meant. I have had many falls and even when to hospital for one of them but it's made me a better rider today and I have learnt from my mistakes. If you read all of this thanks so much and I really appreciate it have a wonderful rest of your day. :) xx
I felt bad for you pony that passed away 😢
@@Nortlightslove Thanks. It's okay I didn't know her very well but she was very sweet. Xx
Poppy Hannah umm what does going large mean?😅 I am from the USA
@@charlottewhite1422 I'm pretty sure it means going large around the arena, say you are trotting a 20 metre circle and then are told to go large, you would start going around the whole arena
Thats what I was told it means, I may be wrong xx
I am so glad to see a riding story where someone hasn't been riding since they were 4, weren't born into a horsey family, doesn't jump 1.40 after 4 years, and doesnt have their own horse!!! This video has given me so much confidence that I can become an amazing rider like u without a horse or a horsey family ❤️❤️❤️
After 6 years of begging, my parents have finally let me have monthly riding lessons at the age of 14. I really liked this video, because you are someone who hasn't been riding since they were a little kid, like me, and it has really inspired me. I can't afford to have weekly lessons, but I'm hoping someday i can, and that I will progress well.
I love following your story you give me so much inspiration and I am 60 years old. Watching you jump pushed me to jump( very low for now)with with my little Arab ex endurance pony. I am loving it and having fun with him.
I had my first lesson on 8 June 2019 (idk why ik that)
But a couple years before, I went on a hack with my friend at her yard where she rides. I then asked my mum if I could ride and she said no. Last year on a pony day with my other friend at a different yard, I loved it so we persuaded my mum and she finally said yes. So yh. I've been at that yard ever since.
KatieKoolz77 I had my first lesson on 2 October 2019 idk how ik that either
Mine was on the 23rd of october. I rode for two months and stopped to earn money for riding during winter since it was so cold and I was broke. I was supposed to come back in March but Covid.... You know... Thank gosh I didn't buy the ten tickets right before because there isn't any money returning at my barn.
Loved this video so much, I must be hormonal or just missing riding so much because I found myself tearing up! You're a fantastic rider and your personality always shines through in your videos x
Epiphany Wright -Nash Aw thank you!! x
Great idea keeping a list of all the horses you have ridden! I have to do that as well. Pretty sure my list would be almost as long as yours. I did keep a riding journal when I first started but now I can’t find it. I’m like you I started when I was maybe 12 after having gone for a riding lesson with my middle school class and then after that I was hooked. I did ride my second cousins horse a few times before I began taking lessons. It’s been nine years now. From only having the courage to ride the easiest and slowest ponies in the beginning I’m now able to ride fast and more challenging ponies and horses😃
I love the way that Ted's tail pops when he jumps
i love this. I started riding at 13 and always felt so sad because i wasn’t as good as everyone my age who had been riding for 10 years. it was so discouraging, but now i’ve been riding for just over 4 years and am with the best coach ever. I’ve improved so much even if i did have to teach myself for a bit. But i’ve just made the leap and bought my second horse who is a greenie and i feel so confident riding her and taking her out. It’s so freeing. I love seeing other riders who didn’t start when they were 5 or didn’t have the privilege to start super young. You are an amazing rider and i look up to you so much ❤️❤️
Wow! Great to see how much you’ve improved ❤️
Your video just came up on my recommended and your voice is so calming
Crazy to think that a girl's birthday is the reason behind all this! You have come soo far and grown soo much and I am soo happy seeing you improve within each video! love your channel xx
I LOVE this video, I’m not sure what it is but this is probably my favourite video in TH-cam!!!!!!!!🥳🤩💓💫
I’m also taught to “naturally” two point instead of two pointing 567493 strides before It feels soooooo much better. You look great 💗.
That first video of Mav!! He looks so dappled and adorable!
His dapples were so gorgeous 😍
You are such an inspiration!! I love watching all your videos and keeping up with your posts ❤️
lovely photos at the end with magic there amazing 😍
I really like this video!❤️🧡💛💚💙
It’s really nice to hear a riding story similar to mine. I’ve been riding for 9 years now and started when I was 7 but have been riding in lessons once a week for all those years. Sometimes it doesn’t feel like you’ve progressed but you’re so right when you say you can see the improvements in different ways xx
I have Been riding for 4 years now and I am now 13. I think I started when I was 9 years old and have had many many instructors too. I’m am glad I have has lots os instructors as I got to know different things when riding. I have had my current instructor since 2018 and I can’t thank her enough! I have improved so much over the years and have enjoyed every second of it. I also have learned soooo much from you too! I love your videos so much. Stay safe!😁❤️
This is such a lovely video. I rode a lot when I was very young in a similar school to your first one. They would shout and scream at us and tell us to give the horse a boot or a whip if they wouldn’t go. Then I met Delta. She has sarcoids on her belly and they grew to her girth line. The only way to ride her (they refused to retire her) was to create a bound. After a massive confidence knock I stopped riding. I picked it up in the last year and understand the comments of “you should be further along by now”. But I’m unlearning and relearning.
Any way you are a brilliant rider and you can tell the horses enjoy your company. 😊
Awww Fury is so amazing! I rode him the last time I went to those stables and he was a dream!
You are a great rider for one hour a week I have been watching you since I had my first I phone and I think you have a lot of patients with some of the ponies you riden and you have come along way hope you are safe and well
You're amazing at riding and so confident. I lost my confidence after a bad fall and you inspired me to ride a few months after and now I'm jumping 1 meter and going on amazing rides:)
I've been riding 6 years now,since I was 4 and a half
thanks so much for the like pony cam I love your channel :)
Omg finally a relatable riding story! Thank you so much 🤣❤️
Cause you know most riding stories are like “ so I started riding when I was 5 I rode in lessons for a few years until I got my first pony..” bla bla bla and then they just go on to all the horses they’ve had
Who cares about what’s I just said 🤣
so exited!!
I think the way you learned to ride was a good way, I started riding last year and I was kind of thrown in at the deep end 😂 this has helped my riding and my confidence!!! I miss riding so much right now during Corona 😭 but I know that I will be super confident when I go back because I will just want to ride
Wow what a journey! But it was all worth it in the end, you’ve come on amazing 🐎💕 xxx
Love this video! Especially seeing all the pictures you have of the horses and ponies from the old riding school! I only have 1 picture I believe from riding there, and that was jumping Leah 🥰 I loved going there as a kid, and it was so nice remembering the horses that I’ve ridden. I wish I was “that sad” to have kept a list of all the horses I’ve ridden, would be great to look back and remember them all. X
Bianca Duester Pretty sure I used to have more photos with some of the other horses (there was definitely one of Tomtom I remember) but I’ve lost them 😢 Keeping a list is definitely something I’m glad I kept up with over the years! Also Leah was the first pony I ever fell off, so she has a special place in my heart 😂 x
I really love how you improved over the years, and how you represent a category of riders that is often left behind or thought to be less relevant than others: the one made of people who started to ride in their teens or later, not coming from a family of horse people, and/or not competing in shows or feeling like they have to jump higher every year. I'm exactly like you -- minus the hundreds of horses ridden and with a big riding hiatus due to university -- and yet the barn I go to, doesn't really encourage riders like us, which is sad. They're good people, but their mindset is kinda like, "if you don't have a horse then ride often and compete, and if you just want to chill then get your own horse". I still go whenever I can (mostly summers now) because I love being around horses, but the feeling of not belonging to the club is always there (especially now that after starting university, I had to give up my lease horse, who got recently sold, so I'm officially horseless after a long time)... :/ I wish I could ride at your barn!!
PS you said you started riding at 13 and now you've been riding for 15 years?? I thought you were 20??? bye
My riding story
I started in the beginning of January 2020 as a Christmas present from my dad. A few other people at my school ride to and he is good friends with their parents so they convinced him to sign me up. At the time I had just quit violin lessons and we really wanted to find something that I loved. I was unsure about the idea at first and I didn't really like the first few lessons, but the the coronavirus got big and my instructors had to stay home, and a new one came. She made me so exited to ride and I look forward to it every week because of her. I ride in a western saddle but I do English things and do small jumps. Im going to try English at my next lesson and I will edit this comment and tell you how it goes. I ride this horse named Rajah and he means the world to me. He just turned 20 and is getting to old to be ridden so im really sad about that. If one person can like this comment to remind me to edit and tell you how English goes, that would be great.
byeeeee
edit: Ok so I tried English and I loved it. Im not used to it but it was much easier to post and jump in and two point. It will take a while to get used to but I like it way better.
Caroline Maybry congrats!!! At you catering/ loping yet?
@@thatanxiouschild1182 yeah I cantered for the first time like a month ago and it was really fun
Caroline Maybry that’s great! I hope you keep riding💛💛💛
@@thatanxiouschild1182 thank you :)
Great story. At primary school I got friday afternoons off as my nursery nurse took me out for the afternoon, it was her who got me into horse riding, first pony I rode was a lovely grey mare called Arros, then I out grew her and turned up one sunday for my lesson and my instructor said wait here Danielle I’ve got something for you. She brought out this beautiful Copper coloured pony, she was the one we called Copper due to her colour. Her story was that her old owner were going to just kill her to make her into horse meat but my instructor wouldn’t hear of that, she said no I’ll buy her because I know somebody who will love her. She bucked on me once and once at a horse show she cantered off with me on her. Then I had to stop riding not through choice.
My riding story! I was born onto a family farm with seven, mostly retired and one foal, horses. This was were I found my love for equines! I always had a go any muting out, grooming, yard jobs as soon as I could walk, and sometimes even was allowed a little sit on my mans thoroughbred! Me and my sisters loved riding, so when I was six or seven I started riding at a little yard, although it wasn't really the right thing for us, and my mum was an experienced rider so we set out looking for a couple of full loan ponies, we found two ( between my sisters and I ) and we learnt everything on them showing, galloping, jumping, schooling. I had never ridden on the lead rein as my mum didn't think it was necessary from the beginning, so I was a very independent rider, and was galloping on my own out hacking by about age 8 or 9! Although I had a bad fall from my pony, and was concussed, his owners sold him, and then I rode for a little at a local yard, but the owner was very discouraging to me and I gave up for two years as I was pretty insecure. Then I found a new yard which taught me everything! It was amazing! I learnt to jump bigger, canter longer, handle more hot headed horses, even train a youngster! It was great, but eventually there was less and less this yard had to offer, so I was on the lookout for my own pony. I found a 9yo 14.2hh Connemara show jumper. I feel in love with him, and we built ourselves and have learnt so much in the 1.5years that I have loaned him, competing up to 90cm, eventing, dressage, jumping 1m15 at home, he is a horse of a lifetime and I'm so grateful for him. This brings me to my current situation, and I am now looking to buy a horse. Im 14 years old. This is my story!
My Riding story:
When I was little my mum split up from my dad and after a few years she married Simon, my step dad. My step dads parents have a farm with about 6 horses named Chillie, Peanut, Jezz, Buiscuit and Ellie. My family went to visit the farm about once a month, we had 14 cousins which was sooo fun. One day I got to ride Peanut when he was a Shetland chestnut pony. It was very fun and I began to ask for more rides on him and go to the farm more often, so we did and it was brilliant. By the time I was in kindergarten I loved horses so much that every time I saw a horse picture or something related to horse I would squeal quietly. In third grade I started having some lessons. It was very expensive so I would only get lessons for my birthday and Christmas, but I still loved it. In fourth grade mum told me that it would be easier saving up for a horse than always taking lessons, we figured out that 10 lessons is worth $500 which was crazy. So mum looked into buying a horse, but only if I was willing to pay for the horse. So I saved for about 3 years until I had just a little bit over $1000. Then came November 2018 which was when we started looking for horses until we found Summer, a palomino 12.1hh welsh/unknown. My mum used to have two of her own horses and adored them. On the day I heard my mum say I’ll take her, I cried with so much happiness, I have never done it before. When I told my friends that I had got a new horse,they were sooooo happy for me, but sadly one of my friends were very jealous and that’s when she started being mean to me and called me a brat and made a club called the non-horse owners club. But I felt sorry for her because she would have died for a horse, she said I bragged about it when I said to all of them before I told them the news that I don’t mean to Bragg. Eventually we went to the farm about 3 times a month or two times, Mum taught me how to canter, trot, jump, ride bareback, but I always knew Summer taught me more. After Mum taught me everything she knew I had to start teaching myself, so I always watched TH-cam videos to learn how to ride better. I had watched tons that all was on my recommendation was horse riding tutorials. One day I was brave enough to gallop up a gigantic paddock, and I loved it. Then I went to pony club For 1 year in 2019 and I rode a lot more with my cousin Paige and Ethan. But once I was going to go to a gymkhana when something terrible happened. Summer missed the horses in the other paddocks and some of you may know that horse like to pace up and down fences with there head high. Summer was silly enough to gallop along the fence line and behind the wash bay was a gap that summer could only just fit through with a tap on the side, as soon as she galloped through it the tap ripped her stomach open and we had to call the vet. I ran down the paddock crying cause I had never seen anything like it. I had to lead her into the roundyard and I looked at her stomach and I was horrified, we had to wrap a bed sheet around her stomach and wait until the vet came which took three hours. She has a lot of stitches And I couldn’t ride her for a month, but eventually she was fine after all of that. Today I can’t ride her because of covid 19, Summer also used to be a barrel racer and that’s when I was going to learn how to barrel race.
penelope edmonds OMG I love this story ❤️❤️❤️ I cant believe this doesn’t have a million likes! I had like a heart attack when I read the last sad part! I would have been so sad if I experienced this! How is Summer doing now?
This sounds made up???
CharlotteSlimeStudio Etsy Summer is doing awesome, as well as very cheeky. Thankyou sooooooo much you are so kind and sweet. I’m glad you like it
Liv Du peloux It’s a true story, I don’t know why you think that it’s not, no hate on you
so apparently everyone's sharing their riding stories in here so I guess I will too. :)
I have loved horses for as long as I can remember. Whenever I got to go to a local fair or festival I would always bag my parents for a pony ride. Those were always my highlights of the day (week if i'm being honest). I would always talk about horses and draw horses. My TH-cam recommended would always be horse stuff. My parents ended up getting me and my siblings a week at a day camp where I rode English and I loved it. I rode a horse that taught me so much and will always be a big part of my riding journey. Thank you Werona (the horse). I ended up saving up a lot of money and getting a job doing paper route (I was only 9 and couldn't get a real job). The summer I turned 10 I started horseback riding lessons. I did those for about a year western at a local stables. Then, my barn closed down for winter and didn't get to ride for all of winter but before it could reopen corona happened. I haven't ridden since fall. Now, I am 11 and a half and I want to start riding English. I have another barn that I think i'm gonna do lessons at as my other barn doesn't do English. I want to start eventing or show jumping. I am hoping to buy a horse soon and i'm saving up for that and counting down the days until I can get a real job.
Thanks for reading my riding journey! BTW, I know it isn't that long but no one can convince me that horses won't be a part of my life forever! I will try to do another one when I start riding at the new barn for a little while.
Have a good day everyone!
omg same!!! I started riding like 5 months ago and I LOVE it. I ride in a western saddle but I do small jumps and really want to try English. Luckily my barn is still open and at my next lesson im going to try English because I want to start show jumping to! I really want to have a good future in riding. Just wanted you to know:)
@@carolinemaybry6029 Good for you! That sounds great! You're so lucky your barn is still open!
Good luck! :)
Wow! I started when I was 8 or 9 (11 and a half now) and I currently ride at a English stable. If you love horses so much don’t stop! I took a year break and it changed my riding forever, I got worse as I forgot some things. Don’t stop just keep going.! I’ve only been riding for 2 years and I have never cantered or jumped.
While my friend who started maybe 3 months before me already has a horse.
What I’m trying to say is keep going! Finish your goals don’t stop!
@@sloka08 Thank you! I'm still looking for options as to where I can ride. I never wanted to stop riding it's just my barn shuts down for winters due to the cold weather and right when it was starting back up corona came. I may have found a place that I can volunteer at for riding time and possibly do that during quarantine. She still hasn't messaged me back yet so I don't know but I guess we'll see. This is gonna sound weird but if you want the updates I can message them to you in the comment section? I just know that I am always interested in how other people get to work with horses and how they do it. If you don't it's perfectly fine. BTW it sucks that you haven't gotten to canter yet. :( I was cantering on my third lesson. Don't worry though, it's not because I was a good rider, it's because my barn was very laid back and not strict at all. Have a good day and tell me if you want the updates :)
@@sloka08 wait is it bad that I ride in a western saddle and started 5 months ago and I have already cantered and jumped
Really nice, your horse riding story!
I am riding weekly since the age of 10, and I've got my first own pony on the age of 14.
You are such an amazing rider and if it wasn’t for you and your videos I don’t think I would be here jumping my pony with loads of confidence! I always look up to you and you are my idol 💕💞
And plus we both got into riding in the same way because I was invited to a riding party when I was about 9 and now I have my own pony 😆
i've been riding since i was 4 however i started on a little shetland who taught me the basics but until i was 10 lessons were really infrequent as they are quite expensive. But then i had a really big confidence boost and started jumping and learnt how to actually think about the aids i was giving! Now i ride much more and have been working on bringing on some younger ponies :)
You inspire me so much! and Roger really reminds me of a poney I used to ride called Scribles,
I have been riding for around 6 years years and I am now 12. I love you videos so much!
QOTD: I have been riding since September 2019! (Have had to stop though because of the pandemic, missing the horses lots.) I just wanted to say how great of a video this is, it truly gave me confidence because I'm 14, 15 in August and I used to feel I'm too late to the game. This video showed me that you can be an absolutely amazing rider and start at any age and still enjoy it. Thank you, truly!
Omg, i felt exactly the same when i started (like i was too old). But here's some advice: you can start riding whenever you want/can to. I started even later than you and had to stop because of the pandemic, but i'm planing to start again, this time not caring about what everyone thinks.
Felt this on a spiritual level. I was born into the horsey world as we had two ever since I was born (they sadly passed away a few years ago). I started lessons at ten, but after I got scared I didn't start back until 13. I always think that I'm to late to the game, even though I'm only 14. After the pandemic started I wasn't at to ride, so that threw me off a bit. Bit I'm ready to put my all in and just try me best and have fun.
Loved the video! You have come so far too! I’ve been riding for about 12 years now (started at about 2) and I’m now jumping about 1.10 courses!
You have come so far from the videos in the video you have had an amazing glow up it is amazing you are a amazing rider
What a great story. I started riding when i was 5, I’m now 15 still riding. It was great to hear about where you first started to ride. 👍🏼
I have only been riding for 2 and a half years and I'm only 13.Your video showed me that I can still be a great rider even though I didn't start at a very young age and that I don't need my own pony either(even though it would be great 😂)
I'm in love with your point of vue about horse riding
This is so sweet to watch and I love seeing how you have improved.
I actually have only been riding for about... 12 almost 13 years now. I started when I was 10 riding a really wild Arabian crossed with a thoroughbred. She was very feisty, she was also my first actual lesson horse to ride. The first horse I rode was at a pony camp it was a black and white overo named Pie. He was to tall and pushy for the other kids but he fell in love with me. It was so sweet.
This was so good!💖 It inspired me to create my own xx
I love this story it's so good!!!💜😁
This is an amazing story. And it’s nice to think that someone has such a similar story to me.
Wow we are so similar! Although, I’m 12 and have only been riding for two years and live in the US. This inspired me because I have seen my friends riding really good and they have been riding not even a year.I thought I was a really bad rider and that I needed major improvement. But my friends get to ride 3-5 times a week! I only get an hour a week! Now I understand why they were so good. I am still mastering my trot and canter and I hope I can learn a lot more once the virus is over! Thanks for posting this, you inspired me❤️❤️❤️
I’m re-watching this and omg Mav ❤️
Your journey through horse riding is so good!
I started riding in Spain, and didn’t understand riding, as I went there for holidays, then I started riding in England, and then started to improve and learn more!
You are such a great rider! Keep up the awesome riding!
this has given me a lot of confidence as i have been riding at a riding school, but seeing so many people around get their first horse after riding for a year. i'm also glad i'm not the only one who counts all the horses and ponies i've ever ridden haha
Your riding story really reminds me of mine (the pony club kick still haunts me and i can’t believe i did it for 10 whole years without realising something was wrong with it!) , and you are such an inspiration to me and so many other people! Let’s all hope we can get back out riding as soon as possible so we can continue to improve, learn and have fun :’)
QOTD: I have been riding for 10 years, 11 in June 😄. We all have different journeys that’s why I love watching these videos! I really like the fax you reflect and analyse the videos and your riding keep it up ❤️👍
Your voice is so calming.
My riding story! Everyone who is reading this I thank you! :
I have been around horses my whole life and when I was 13 I started riding full time. My first stable was a a show sables who’s teacher wasn’t amazing 👀
Than I switched schools and went to an amazing stables. I am still with them.
Love this!
Such a lovely insight to your riding background! ❤️
you’ve really inspired me so here’s my riding story
I’ve wanted to ride since i was 4-5 i don’t even know as long i can remember really but my parents were too nervous as i was young and dint want me to come off. i had a party when i was young like 5-6 and i loved it. When i was 10 i started lessons at a riding school which i loved till one day i was on a very old horse who shouldn’t have been ridden especially at the level i was at. We was jumping this horse can barely managed a jump or two at a time and the first jump went perfectly. We were told to steer in the corner to stop them and we weren’t taught how to hang on it was just hold on to the saddle and go. Mid jump i lost my stirrups and somehow lost me reins. The horse bolted and i came off. Instructor put me back on the horse raised the jump sent me over and the same thing happened but i didn’t come off. I became very nervous and the riding school i was at were in it for the money i guess and didn’t care much they were more of a business. After two months or so i changed riding schools to where i meet this gorgeous grey small cob who was named Cookie. I had a great instructor and a great horse and i very quickly got my confidence back walking and trotting. after 5 lessons i moved into group lessons and did well in my first one i rode cookies which i did for all six lessons so far but two maybe 3. Anyways there was a different instructor in the group lessons and i was on a different horse in my second group lesson. Rabbit. I was gonna be put on another can’t remember the exact name but rabbit and the other horse kept biting each other so they’d take it in turns to be in front i was second and the other one was in front the other one canter off and rabbit followed i had never been taught how to properly hang on and i came off in the corner and nearly got trampled. I stopped riding for like a year. We was going to look at a new riding school but one day i was bored and my dad said we were going to an art gallery. I refused to go i thought it would be horrible. I was forced to go. Best decision of my life. Right by the art gallery a little while away there was some stables and field and this person was grooming one of them. We was looking at the horse and my dad started talking to the owner while i was with the horse. Manny. y dad asked her about riding schools and it went in a bit then the owner said she had a small handful of girls who help with chores and that and get to ride and asked i wanted to go the next day. I did. It was great i learnt how to actually care for a horse and it was fun. I was out in a small pony names Osca. He was pretty speedy and i did get a bit nervous as i always came off from bolting. That’s when i started riding Manny. We were perfect for each other he was old and very good and slower and i couldn’t do much at this point and he needed a light exercise. Sadly he was 29 at the time and after two months was retired. (in case anyone’s wondering he’s 30 now and living a very healthy life). i rode archie a bit in there but not much. Anyways osca sensed i was nervous and he started running with me and i couldn’t handle it. I quit. There was an event the week after next near christmas and i got to pick which horse i was riding as i was nervous but it was slow and someone was with me. I chose Archie. Before that week i just helped out which i enjoyed. After the final ride my instructor spoke to my parents and asked me if i want to do lessons on archie being led. i did i was a struggle to work with with this place but after a,lot of patience i came off lead rein and got more confidence i changed horses to a horse named mon roe who is a bit more difficult but not too bad and slowly my confidence grew. As of today i still look after manny and groom him and i have started to canter and trot jumps i’m not the best and very bad positions but i’m getting there.
Thank you for inspiring me to keep going
That is a lovely story keep up the good work 👍
AOTD: I have been riding for 9 years, I started on a tiny shetland who I learnt to canter and jump small jumps on. I just moved around horses quite often at the riding school, they held me back a lot so the highest I ever jumped in the first few years was only 75cm :/ When I was 8 ( or 9? ) I got my first pony, I had him for 2 years but I had a huge confidence knock on him - he bucked, reared, bolted and even trampled me in the field! When we sold him, only a month later we got a new pony. I had gotten my confidence back after 2 months on him, he was very green so I produced him slowly and after 2 years he had gone from crashing ( and almost having a rotational fall ) through 30cm jumps to jumping 95cm courses consistently at home and competing, he is only 11.3hh hence why we kept the courses small :) Eventually after 2 years of owning him we bought a green, 5 year old 14h mare called Crystal! I am currently producing her but she will be competing at BE90-100 next year with hoped to do novice/PT, following the footsteps of her parents!
Great video. QOTD: I started riding in 2013 with just being led by people. Then when I reached 2016 I was riding myself and could walk and trot independent. Till 2018 I started to learn to canter which is so enjoyable and then 2019 started jumping small jumps. I have improved so much over the years
WOWOW!! Great video i love it!! Who else can't go riding cause they are stuck in quarantine and can't go to there riding schools?? I can't D;
I was also taught to grip with my knees and it took FOREVER to stop doing it when I moved riding schools. Lots of no stirrup work!!
I've been riding on and off for the last 15 years. It all started because my mum wanted me and my sister to do something together, she was afraid and I loved it. A couple years later I moved town, started riding at a small riding school there where I rode once a week, but spent 5 or 6 days there, just helping around the yard which led to lots of extra hours in the saddle. After 7 years of riding there we moved again and I had the oppertunity to start in a school that thought riding once a week as well as taking regular lessons once a week. I then found my first loan pony, that lead to my second loan pony, to my third and then to my fourth. Now sadly my last loan pony is back with her owners and I'm not riding atm, since work is eating up my time but hopefully by the summer ill be back with horses again. Til then ill just have to watch TH-cam and remember all the fun times Ive had so far.
Side note, your skill in riding isn't how high you jump or if you're competing. Its the bond you have with the horses and that you do what you love with a smile on your face
love it 😍
I loved this video so much! I have been riding for about 10 years at a riding school and have learnt so much and still have more to improve. I have been missing riding alot recently due to the current situation however this video really cheered me up! 😀
I've been waiting for this! 79 horses. A lot longer than my list. Love it.♥️😂 #rogerisalegend
In love xx ur my fav horsetuber x
You have improved so much! It’s so funny to see how maverick used to have dapples and now he is just white😂💗
His dapples were so gorgeous! 😍 now he spends most of his time stained orange 😂
@@PonyCam The gray at my stables does the same!!😂
I wanted this for ages
Thank you for sharing your story, this was so nice to listen to!💞💞
Qotd: Over a year now probably!
Really enjoyed that video...you’ve improved dramatically over the years, it’s great to see your progress. Something I’ve always wondered...how is it that instructors differ so much in how they teach us to ride? As you said you were taught to grip with your knees which is so wrong!
Jenni Norris Most of the instructors I’ve had in the last 6-7 years have all had very similar teaching styles, or at least similar ideas of how they want the horse to end up moving. The instructor who taught me the old fashioned way was much older and was just sticking to what she had been taught as a child (‘the old ways are the best’, and all that, I assume). I’m definitely grateful to have had more consistent styles of teaching in the second half of my riding years, compared to the first!!
Aww Ted and Mavvy 💕 I think I rode Megan the first time I went to Turpins 😂 qotd: I first sat on a pony around 2 but didn’t take lessons until I was about 5/6 but only like 30-40 minutes every two weeks and it wasn’t until I started properly riding at Turpins around 14/5 that I didn’t feel so lost!! Definitely booking a lesson as soon as this crisis is over!!
3 Lucky Horseshoes Aw Megan! I never rode her, I was too big/she was already getting on a bit by the time I joined! I know, cant wait to book in again 😫
I am 12 and have always wanted to take horse back riding lessons and I was just about to start but then covid came and now I have to wait even longer 😫😩great story to
Ok so this is my riding story as of almost July 2020- I’m 12 now
I started riding when I was 3 (9 years ago) in 2011. I rode at a stable called Southlands which was such an amazing stable for me and taught me how to ride. I consistently did trail rides for a year or two, and then I got my first pony noelle. She was small and white and on her I trotted and walked poles. I eventually got a pony named Oreo who was a black and white paint and taught me so much. I did my first canter on him and started jumping. By now I was about 5 and I did my first show. It was cross rails and it went well, I got seconds and thirds. I did my first 2 foot vertical and continued jumping on him. Then I did a show which was rated and a big show and got all firsts and champions on him. I did 2 foot shows on Oreo and we won a bunch and had an amazing time. He refused from time to time and started to teach me how to deal with a naughty pony. I eventually got a pony named shorty who was a blue roan. Shorty started out great and we did some great shows in the 2 foot children’s hunters. But then she started acting up and refusing a bunch. This was when my riding really improved and i became a stronger rider. Later we realized she had been slightly injured this whole time and she eventually became lame. We got sued by the owners which was not fun. I was still at south lands. I got this pony name rocky who was a strawberry roan. We got off to a rocky start (pun intended haha) and he refused when I first tried him. I had spent a whole winter without a horse and was desperate to hate my own pony again so I still wanted him and we ended up getting him. He refused so much that we had to show in the cross rails and he really made my confidence go down.
We decided he was not the right pony. We next got a pony named chicken nugget who was a palomino. I had now moved to a new barn that my trainer who I had ridden with my whole life created after leaving south lands. Chicken nugget was amazing! She brought my confidence back and I did my first 2’6” shows on her in the hunters. During the winter she got crazy and hyper and I was reduced to being scared to jump. We decided we needed to find a safe pony for me to really be able to ride without being scared. We found hoppy who brought me so far, he was gray. We did the medium ponies together which was 2’6” and we started out not placing well but as I got to know him we started to win everything, he was a amazing. During that summer i also leased a chestnut horse named al. He was such an amazing horse who really didn’t care about your mistakes. He was big, but packed me around my first ever time showing in the jumpers and riding a horse. He bright me from 65 cm to 1 Meter. Now Coronavirus hit. I had to be quarantined and couldn’t ride hoppy. Hoppy was sent back bc it was way to expensive to board him and keep him while not being able to ride. now I just recently got a horse named Danny who is a beautiful bay and we are going to show in the 3’3” hunters and the 1.10 meter jumpers this summer.
If you read this whole thing- thanks!! And I know how lucky I am to be able to have all these horses and show and ride- I’m so grateful
since I was a baby I have been riding as my mum is a big horse rider she used to ride across Belize! xx
QOTD: I first started to ride at 4 years old on my grams sweet mule, then went to a summer camp at 5 and have been riding and doing lessons since! ❤️(almost 13)
I really enjoyed this video! I actually really like your voiceovers they’re very interesting to get an insight into what you’re actually thinking! Also where did you go riding in Africa? ❤️
Alice Thank you! I went riding in Malawi, Zimbabwe & Namibia ❤️
I love this video🥺 It’s so inspirational😍 I’ve been riding for 1,5 years and I think I’ve really improved😅
Ok so I think that after lockdown u should definitely get your own horse well if u r able to board or find a place to board bc u are amazingggg with horses
I love this video 😍
Oh wow! Thank you for doing this video, it was very interesting and I enjoyed it! I have been riding for 5 years :))
Your an amazing rider! 🤪🤍
Meeting Valegro must have been so cool
Loaning Lola It was amazing! I was very lucky! 🍀
Awesome
I agree with wishing I was a better rider when I rode Sam as well because he was amazing but I had no idea what I was doing and I wish I could have done him justice as I still think he was for his size one of the most talented horses I’ve ridden! He was just so cool! x
My first pony was a bucking, rearing, speed demon who i most definitely learnt a lot from and now i own a 14hh bucking speed demon! I do not think i have ever had a pony which does not have some behaviour issues lol!
Your videos are the reason I started cantering 2 years ago after my life threatening fall I had off of my old OTTB Spirit who passed away 3 years ago. Thanks to you I am now jumping above 1m with my ponies who I broke in myself and I am going to be competing after lockdown ❤️
QOTD! I have been riding for 5years! I started in 4h and have loved it ever since! I got my first horse 2 years ago and here we are! Couldn't be happier!
Awesome video 🐴❤️ QOTD: I rode for 2 years at a different yard then got back into it 3 years ago but at a different yard where I met my dream everything
You're voice is so soothing lol
QOTD: I've been riding for about 6 or 7 years now. For the first 3 or 4 years I just had fun with western, learning how to go and run around barrels and poles. Then I learned everything they could teach me since we were just playing games because we had nothing to learn, so we went to a new barn. It was a english barn and I was terrified. When I got there I really never got to learn the basics like diagonals so I still struggle with them today. But anyway, I had a year with my old instructor just trotting poles and the lowest jumps terribly. But since I rode a lazy horse, we were just trying to keep him trotting 😂. But when I moved on to my current instructor he taught me how to actually ride. He told me the horse I've been riding for years was getting to lazy and dangerous (stopping at jumps for no reason and throws me off) so I moved on the my current horse who taught me many things and brought my confidence back. THE END Also, I hope I still know how to ride when I get back to it.
You are a very good rider 👍
Aww bless you