This message is from: Janet McNally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> fjordhorse-digest wrote:
> If you are an inexperienced, unfit rider who bounces up and > down on your horses back and grabs his mouth everytime you are launched into > the air should you be surprised when your horse bucks, runs or refuses to go > forward? I certainly would *not* expect a properly trained horse with some experience to buck or run if it has an inexperienced rider on his/her back. My kids learned how to ride (and are still very much learning) by putting them onto well trained, experienced horses and putting on a lot of miles of trail riding. When they could not use their legs and hands well, we ponied them, as they grew older and gained experience we turned them loose. Yes they bounced, they grabbed the reins, and did many mistakes. But a well trained horse with a good temperment knows there is nothing to fear and does not run off, or buck. With coaching the kids learn to control their horses and neither learn bad habits. That is not to say that a really inexperienced rider cannot turn a well trained horse into a problem. They most certainly can given enough time repeatedly making mistakes. But this is not the same as just a poorly coordinated or unfit rider. Janet McNally
