Had a brilliant afternoon yesterday at the Western Horse Farm. Jo took Socianda
and I rode one of their horses, a snowflake Appaloosa called Flashy. It was the
first time I'd ridden a properly Western trained horse and he was fantastic.
They are trained to voice commands, neck reining and shifts in bodyweight so are
incredibly light to ride. If I inadvertently put a slight contact on the bit, he
started going backwards! He was being a bit lazy at first so Frédérick, the
instructor, gave me his spurs, I have never , ever worn spurs of any sort
before, and these were huge!!!
As soon as he felt the slightest touch (I was worried about hurting him!) off he
went, so I didn't really need to use them......All you do for "go" is click your
tongue, for canter you make a kissing noise, the first time, he shot off and
took me by surprise!
We did a bit of "barrel racing" round cones and
Flashy knows his job so well that I didn't have to tell him what to do, as soon
as he saw them he came out of the corner running, and did the most incredibly
tight turns....
Excellent fun, loads more pics
here and a video
here (thanks to Stewart)
And
here's the link to Frédérick's place.
Definitely going back for another lesson......
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