Post by DressageIsToDance on Mar 27, 2009 0:17:07 GMT -5
I swear, I've joined the board SO many times, and forget username, email and password EVERY time. I'm Amanda, the one who owned Belle. And who has a long time been an absolute idiot, until now.
Well, what happened last year after I bought Zoey is a VERY long story. To make it short, the seller was an absolute scam artist. Turned out, Zoey was NOT supposed to be sold, but rather was supposed to be given back to her original owners when she left the guy's farm. I sold her back to her rightful owners.
This is not to say mistakes weren't made on my part. I bought too hastily, and that was ignorant. She was also not green, but rather not trained at all - drugged when I test rode. I should have see it, it was so obvious looking back. The real kicker is, the guy came out to the barn I was boarding at, and drugged her AGAIN to "show me up" that she could be ridden, but I got the opinion of a professional and she was in fact, not broke to ride. After the guy left, she literally passed out in the pasture for 2 hours. She couldn't be woken.
But I won't let that story get as far as it really extends - like I said, it COULD have been prevented if I had been more careful. If *I* had had more sense. But after the accident I did have with Zoey, I got confidence issues for about a year. Back in February, I couldn't take being a coward any longer, so I called up a really good barn that I used to ride at. I enrolled in lessons. It's a great barn, and I really like it there. They've done a lot of upgrading since I rode there as a child.
In any case, I love the trainer/instructor and all the people there. It's got a great atmosphere. And what I've decided to focus on is dressage.
And today, as we were wrapping up today's lesson, Katie and I started talking about shows this summer. We both agreed that I'd enjoy and benefit from doing lower level dressage stuff. Dressage suitability, ect. And she also asked if I would consider leasing the horse I've been riding in lessons.
This is him: (and also in my avatar, and signature)
Gulliver, a 16+hh Hanoverian gelding - nobody is exactly sure how old he is. He's a project, in a way. He needs to get in shape, and Katie thinks we make a really good pair and she thinks that I get the best out of him.
So, I'm turning the craziness and directionless riding I've been doing under the care of an unsuitable trainer for the past 10 years around.
Hopefully I'll be arranging a lease on Gulliver this summer after I find a good job and get a car. And this is my update on what I'm doing. More sensible than other "great" ideas I've had in the past couple of years.
Well, what happened last year after I bought Zoey is a VERY long story. To make it short, the seller was an absolute scam artist. Turned out, Zoey was NOT supposed to be sold, but rather was supposed to be given back to her original owners when she left the guy's farm. I sold her back to her rightful owners.
This is not to say mistakes weren't made on my part. I bought too hastily, and that was ignorant. She was also not green, but rather not trained at all - drugged when I test rode. I should have see it, it was so obvious looking back. The real kicker is, the guy came out to the barn I was boarding at, and drugged her AGAIN to "show me up" that she could be ridden, but I got the opinion of a professional and she was in fact, not broke to ride. After the guy left, she literally passed out in the pasture for 2 hours. She couldn't be woken.
But I won't let that story get as far as it really extends - like I said, it COULD have been prevented if I had been more careful. If *I* had had more sense. But after the accident I did have with Zoey, I got confidence issues for about a year. Back in February, I couldn't take being a coward any longer, so I called up a really good barn that I used to ride at. I enrolled in lessons. It's a great barn, and I really like it there. They've done a lot of upgrading since I rode there as a child.
In any case, I love the trainer/instructor and all the people there. It's got a great atmosphere. And what I've decided to focus on is dressage.
And today, as we were wrapping up today's lesson, Katie and I started talking about shows this summer. We both agreed that I'd enjoy and benefit from doing lower level dressage stuff. Dressage suitability, ect. And she also asked if I would consider leasing the horse I've been riding in lessons.
This is him: (and also in my avatar, and signature)
Gulliver, a 16+hh Hanoverian gelding - nobody is exactly sure how old he is. He's a project, in a way. He needs to get in shape, and Katie thinks we make a really good pair and she thinks that I get the best out of him.
So, I'm turning the craziness and directionless riding I've been doing under the care of an unsuitable trainer for the past 10 years around.
Hopefully I'll be arranging a lease on Gulliver this summer after I find a good job and get a car. And this is my update on what I'm doing. More sensible than other "great" ideas I've had in the past couple of years.
