Originally Posted by Lollales
I started with dressage now, before that I only went on casual outrides. I`m was looking to buy a horse, and have this sweet mare on a trial period now. Although she really doesn`t have a mean hair on her body, she is very unbalanced and has a horrible uncomfortable canter. She`s not the one I fell from though. Because she is so unbalanced, I decided not to buy her, so I`m currently looking after her for her owner. I found myself a great gelding that`s coming to me in four day`s time. Although he is also very cute and relaxed, he`s a bit more fiesty than my mare. ( He came off the track in January. ) But his balance also needs a bit of work.
There isn`t other horses available at my stables for me to ride, as it is all private horses. Someone told me to canter on the lungeline for starters, but my mare can`t even keep herself steady in the canter on the lungeline, how the heck am I going to survive when she trips with me on her back???
I do have a wonderfull trainer, and she doesn`t want to push me before I don`t feel ready, but gosh, I think it`s time to pick myself up now!! Usually I`ll just get in and do something, push the fear aside, and go for it. It`s SO FRUSTRATING for me not being able to do that now!! My whole body just "freezes"...