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Post by `G.old on Nov 5, 2008 15:17:34 GMT
i had a lesson with my friends horse yesterday that i am considering buying. it was a lot of fun and Annie was awesome! my friend gets nervous on her and so she dosent behave. she was awesome for me and i can wait for my next lesson. i havent takena lesson on my horse in years and it was kind of nerve racking to get back into it, but there is this barn by my house thast has 2hr group lessons for $15..its awesome!
so my question is..do you guys take lessons?
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Post by Reef. on Nov 5, 2008 16:10:31 GMT
yes! theyre pretty much all i've ever had... i've taken regular lessons at 6 different stables and i think about 5 one-offs at others
some lessons are more beneficial than others, most of the time i'd go to learn and end up just paying to be able to ride. not that there's anything wrong with that! it just defeats the point a bit when you're trying to take it seriously. that's what really frustrated me, because people assume that if you're into horses you'll get your own, so if your "only taking lessons" you dont care about the techincal, serious aspects of horsemanship so a lot of the time you really have to struggle to make any progress
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Post by chickadee on Nov 5, 2008 17:15:46 GMT
I have taken lessons once so I could a little hep in english, but that was all. Becuase the girl she took me to a show and we were in the same class and told me what not to do at a show and she turned around and did that. So I stopped taking lessons. I been to a couple clinics and everything to learn more and most of it I have learned on my own.
I never takin lessons becuase i new how to ride anyways so I was a natural when I did take the lessons. Because i would jump bareback for about 3 yrs... until i got a saddle. So there we go.
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Post by Reef. on Nov 5, 2008 17:50:42 GMT
thats really horrible of that girl
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Post by Lawrence on Nov 5, 2008 17:53:38 GMT
yeah i have a lesson every weekend and a hack every other weekend - thats pretty much all my riding exept holidasy when its like everyday lol.
exept lessons are like £20 for an hour in stead of 15$ for 2 lol - although that is shared lesson, me and my sis and my mum sometimes too.
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Post by norsu on Nov 5, 2008 21:28:13 GMT
I have lessons once a week, Tuesdays. I don't really enjoy it that much except for when I'm doing something fun or when (like yesterday) the horse has a ton of energy and goes fast... but it is the only horse back riding I'm able to be exposed to, and I'm going to take what I get!
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Post by `G.old on Nov 6, 2008 0:03:14 GMT
awesome! lessons are good even if you know a lot. i know so much but i am actually enjoying my new lessons!
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Post by racechick on Nov 6, 2008 1:11:24 GMT
Yeah I took lessons when I first started riding, but my trainer said I was a natural (She never told me to my face) She would just tell my dad after the lesson was over. Now I give lessons, but I will go to my trainer if I ever need help with anything. I am trying to start a riding camp, or just day lessons. We will see if it works.
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Post by Lawrence on Nov 6, 2008 7:07:43 GMT
have you got your instructors certificate then?....
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Post by mate on Nov 6, 2008 10:09:43 GMT
I think when I was eight I did a jumping lesson... But then I left cause the jumps were to small... that is all my lessons 
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Post by `G.old on Nov 6, 2008 15:54:20 GMT
hahah. i give lessons to younger kids, but its always nice to freshen up on your skills.
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Post by brianna on Nov 6, 2008 23:11:50 GMT
i will soon be starting dressage and jumping lessons. i kno some about jumping i like G.old i want o freshen up. i have had reining lessons and i plan to take more soon. i try to keep learning.
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Post by racechick on Nov 7, 2008 2:26:59 GMT
she doesn't do the whole certificate, but I can ask her to give me a test and get one.
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Post by Reef. on Nov 7, 2008 12:23:45 GMT
racechick, where are you from? in the uk you have to be 15 (i think) to do your level 1, and 17 before you can get your level 3. then you've got to do your road safety exam and 500 hours work before you even become an AI
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Post by racechick on Nov 7, 2008 23:05:27 GMT
CA and I am 14.
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