Idea, if you haven't done this already discussed this-: Introducing new horse riders / want to be horse rider's to pros and cons of learning? Things like that. I want to learn how to ride (not just sit on a horse while it goes in circles lol), but i don't know where to start.
I just started riding a month and a half ago after 30 years. I take lessons once a week and work in the stables once a week. I now am going to start leasing the horse I ride once a week just to practice. I ask questions and work on my basics. I am in no rush and I love feeling confident riding my horse with no pressure. Thank you for this. It was very helpful.
I wanna thank you for this video. Recently I was at a horseback riding place where I loved the trainer but she wasn't teaching. I am 15 years old and I started riding about 10-11 months ago and I still can't lope. I started on an older horse who couldn't really trot for longer than a few minutes let alone lope. Once we switched horses the next one I was on was a rescue and spooked at a loud noise and I fell off as she sprinted away. I rode her again and fell off. This destroyed me. But I got on and never felt nervous during the trot, just the lope. We switched horses again and as I went to lope I must've pulled on the reins a little too hard because he started bucking. I don't remember much from the fall or even the drive home. Now we switched trainers and this new girl treats her horse extremely well and he is beautiful. I have a lesson tomorrow morning and quite frankly, I am terrified to even trot. I used to love trotting, but even thinking about it makes me feel cold and nervous. I just hope that someday I will lope like it is nothing and I won't get anxious the entire week before the lesson/ride 😭 I really appreciate this video.
I've never been over confident, but living with horses since 5yrs old years, I've never feared them. I've had 45yrs with them 24/7. I've been cautious around a couple, but not afraid of them.
I think that before any student of horsemanship mounts up, as a prelude to riding classes, they should have classes on the philosophy of riding and the relationship of humans and horses. Developing respect for the power of horses and their intelligence is really important. They can be dangerous to us, through their own fears and aggression. Making sure that every riding experience is optimal for both horse and rider goes a long way to helping reactive riders stay in the moment.
I am definitely a reactive rider! I started 8 yrs ago at 34, hoping that riding (I have always loved horses) would teach me to stay grounded in the present moment. it worked OK until recently when I fell on tough times and my confidence on horses has suffered a lot. Thank you for the supportive advice, reminding us that we are not alone and to be patient with ourselves.
At the riding school, when following other horses in a line, we never get the chance to independently manoeuvre the horse ourselves, like stopping or starting to walk the horse on our own, speed up the horse & slow it down, move it sideways, move its hips etc. At the school, we don't have the flexibility or independence with the horse because there are so many other students, individual attention is out of question
Love it! Its so common for riders to try to not admit their fears or nervousness because we judge ourselves so much and want to prove our worth by "riding the bucks" or the things that scares us most! But there's no reason to not discuss and share it with others! Because many riders experience this and nearly EVERY rider has felt it at some point or another! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for making these video's, At 58 years old I just purchased my first horse. She's very gentle, but I'm taking my time getting to know her before we start learning to ride.
I had to get rid of my 2 horses last year because of total fear . I just got me new ones why older 21 she is very nice and calm I don’t even want to ride I still have to learn a lot she was a trail horse maybe I will ride her one day.I wished there would be someone that could help me but there is no one. 😌I am on my own
Thanks for this video! I love horses and riding but i am a big "what if" person and I have fear. This video was so helpful and next time when I'm riding I'm gonna think these tips!
Thank you so much for this video! I recently was thrown from a horse and fractured a vertebrae- today, I was finally able to get back on and jog my horse, but I was super anxious. Really appreciate these tips!
@@henrysmith180 Thank you so much! I spent this weekend working on my canter, and was really amazed that I didn't struggle with my anxiety as much! Things certainly do get better.
I got a really bad confidence knock a few months back (around march/april) and I don’t really know why. I got it back super well and I was such a confident rider, but yesterday I went up for a lesson and I got super nervous so we had to change the lesson to tomorrow ( Sunday ) I don’t know why I felt so anxious but this really helped!! ❤❤
thank you for putting this video out. I like it that you keep your information very brief & clear and that you talk in a calm & positive voice. It really helps riders like me who have strong anxiety level and suffer lots of confidence issues both in riding and life in general.
My horse always used to buck me because her saddle wasn’t fitted correctly (don’t worry she’s alright now) so I would constantly fall off and get scared, love the video 💕💕💕
I'm amazed some are scared. Being with horses since 5yrs old years old, 24/7. Ive always thought of horses as friends. My love overcame other thoughts. I've never felt fear. As I foxhunt I've had a few bad falls. Maybe loving them more than myself,& growing up with them, plus trained by professionals, fear was strange to me.
I am quite new to your channel and absolutely love all your hints and tips. I don’t have my own horse but I am taking riding lessons. I do have anxiety at times when riding so this video is really helpful. Thanks 😊
Thanks Joan. 11 lessons done. Am trotting alone without the help of a handler. Every ride is a minor improvement . Our horses are not as calm as yours . Your horses look so cool and composed.Sagelike.Our horses are a bit twitchy , fidgety. So that increases the anxiety a bit.
Thank you so much for this because I ride a very anxious horse and when I’m leading her to the groom pace she goes into other stalls and does stuff but I’m more confident to ride and like do stuff with her
This is so helpful. I'm starting back in a lesson format after four years off and I'm a little nervous about it. I've been watching your videos to familiarize myself with what I have learned over my equestrian career. Thanks for making these videos!
Great video! I'm so glad to have your videos through me learning to ride! I just started on December 1st 2020. So am I super new and your videos have been a big help, thank you.
Hi😊 I’m so glad you are enjoying the videos and finding them to be helpful💕 I hope you continue to have a wonderful time growing and learning in your riding 🐴
Thank you for posting this. I am fairly new to horses. Mostly I have been learning how to groom them and do gentle groundwork and giving them some walking exercise. Just recently I finally got a ride a tall one - his withers are between eye and nose level on me. He's at the edge of what I can get on and off safely without a stool. Looking forward to working more with him :)
Spoiler lots of text Time of accident: 5 years ago Time i got over my fear: 3 years ago Ive just found this, but here was my story of overcoming my fear of cantering on a specific horse. A bit of backstory: i always wanted to canter again, but was not comfortable enough to do it without the help of my trainer. So i told her that i wanted to canter again. The horse itself was a green horse (kind off, just in the canter) that had never done a canterunder saddle. With the trainer and uncomfortable me riding the horse, on the lunge, moved into a canter, the horse wasn't relaxed either, and had a hasty canter. The first round went ok, the second round went ok, the third however went horribly wrong, she slipped and fell with me to the ground. I almost got under her, but i got lucky and fell 10 cm next to her. With a few bruses and scratches, i got up again, and my trainer made me canter again, with me bing even more uncomfortable and of fear of cantering. Later when we checked her over after the ride, we found out she missed a chunk of her hoof, but that had been covered by dirt and was also not feel able or see able. Now that i was scared of cantering on that specific horse, which was my own unfortunately, luckily later. I went back to walking, trotting and focusing on dressage movements, that are not done in a canter. Slowly but surely i felt comfortable doing a fast trot, which is still impossible for me to sit right. I got the urge to canter again on that specific horse. So i did it, without a trainer, or anyone in sight. The horse was also not quite comfortable doing it, but had a significant more steady ground and feeling of the ground. So i did it again, and it worked, slowly doing it more and more. Even to the point of trying it bareback, which she didn't like, as i was the one who did not have enough balance. However even though she bucked me almost off, my balance was good enough for that to stay on in a canter. As in right now, im working on balance in canter, even without sirrups sometimes, as id had lost the whilest cantering
Thank you for a video that is helpful as always :) My coach has been putting me on spooky horses lately, insisting that I must overpower the horse mentally and establish my authority as a rider rather than back down when the horse is uncooperative (especially when they try to throw me off). It has been extremely challenging for me, and I have yet to overcome my fear of being thrown off a horse that weighs 20 times as much as I do. Would you be so kind as to make a video on how to fall off a horse?
This video is probably going to be helpful to me because every time I'm on the horse I'm scared I'm going to fall off but I love horses my grandmother said she'll bring me horse back riding in the summertime btw your horse is so cute
This is very helpful to keep in mind, thank you! :) I am an adult beginner rider, and have been doing mainly trail rides, and solo trail rides for the past year. I have experienced several times over the past few months that the horse that I ride (which is a loan horse at a riding school) has spooked and run off. Twice in the last few weeks he has bolted and run home, and both times I fell off due to not managing to ride at a gallop. Now I have very low confidence, and find myself being anxious and nervous when out on a ride, worried that any moment he`s going to take off and run. I know I need to work on myself so I can be the rider that he needs - and I have a long way to go! ;)
Yes extremely helpful - I’m definitely reactive not proactive so this has made me focus on the positive….just started my canter and need to be more confident
Can you make a video on tips to keep horse still at the mounting block? My horse likes to start backing up every time I go to get on . I can flex him and get on, but I would like to be able to get on easily without having to flex. Thanks!
Hi😊 I did a video on teaching a horse to standstill at the mounting block:) you can check it out here👉ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x9FIhtp0LQg.html
Thank you so much for this video now I’m not scared of my fathers big 3 horses that are really huge, I keep thinking they’ll bite my hand when I put my hand near there mouth when I pet them😁😂
This video was super helpful. Im a super new adult rider and have had two lessons. The beginning of the ride always feels a little scary and I’m comfortable by the end of my lesson. I’m curious if you can speak to your experience as a trainer and traditional course of learning, how many times per week do you recommend for beginning riders, what basics should be mastered before advancing and how long does it typically take. Thanks!
Thank you very much for your video. I struggle with fear for over year, I feel good at walk and trot, but the moment my trainer tells me to canter, I freeze and horse doesn't canter at all, get frustrated with me and anxious and I get more afraid because just the canter transition take me ten minutes to do, then I'm so tense I'm just holding on I don't use my musles properly to balance. I hate cantering, but I really want to do it, but I get cold feet every time. I feel useless, nobody else around me is afraid, everybody act like they were never afraid to ride in their life. I have inner ear disorder and problems with balance and I'm just so afraid I'll lose my balance and fell - which happened before. I'm tired of being afraid and it's just worse every time I try to canter.
@@agataleonard It's better! I can relax more and follow movement, but I realized my anxiety is also a problem of the stable enviroment and my trainer not being understanding and making me feel like idiot. I'm trying to find better trainer and horse for half-lease, I want to ride more and learn more with good trainer and build solid foundation.
@@Ms.Enide0 good plan. Changing surroundings will help. Also a trainer who has a good knowledge of creating a growth mindset is an absolute must. Anxiety is really last thing to have getting up on the horse.
THANK U IT WAS HELPFUL. I NOT ONLY RODE A BUCKING BRONCO BUT THE REARING AS WELL WAS FRIGHTFUL. THEN FOUND OUT THE SADDLE WAS PINCHING HIM & HE HAD A POINTY TOOTH. I AM GETTING A SADDLE MADE & HAD HIS TEETH FLOATED & CHANGED BITS. HE NOW OPENS HIS MOUTH FOR THE COPPER BIT ENJOY THE TASTE :-) NOW TO FIND MY CONFIDENCE AGAIN IS BIG. ALSO, I STARTED DEEP BREATHING AS WELL. ALL OF WHAT U TAUGHT IT WHAT IS PLAYING OUT IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW. THANK U AGAIN. I WILL BE WATCHING MORE VDO'S...SO GLAD I FOUND YOUR VDO TO HELP INCREASE MY CONFIDENCE.
I am 10 and I am really scared to let go of the saddle in a canter but I can trot without the saddle strap.and I always focus on the horses ears and if their a happy, sad ,angry ,or scared.and before I get on the horse I always feel nervous. ❤️ great vid and I really appreciate if you could give me some tips and reply ❤ not to be rude ❤️❤️❤️❤️😅
I had a pretty nasty fall 3 weeks ago and got a lot of my right ribs severely bruised including some broken ones. At the moment I couldn’t breathe and seeing my mom panicking and not being able to tell her that I was fine was killing me. I am turning 20 in a few months and I have 14 years of riding in my belt but at 14 I suffered a severe and rare type of pneumonia and was internalized and doing physiotherapy for a entire year. At the time I was told to quit horseback riding and focus on my healing still I had my Quimera (my late horse) that I rode without the intensity of a proper training. On September last year I was given an all clear by my doctors and started my lessons on the same school I had attended for years. Ironically I started riding as a therapy due to a couple of mental problems associated with anxiety disorder at 6 years old and I quickly realized that I was good at it so that is why I ride. When I restarted I wasn’t afraid at all and fell when the horse was bitten by a spider. No damage was done there and I continued my training. But this fall on gallop and probably because I fell agist a wall was a lot scarier and even though I continued the horse could sense my fear and would test me increasing my anxiety. I haven’t been able to ride ever since first because of the physical damage and after because of my anxiety. I’m still trying to figure out what to do but one thing is for sure that’s that I’m terrified and don’t know what to do. Maybe I should start by just hanging out with the horses and see it from there.
Hi, Thank you for sharing your story❤️ My heart goes out to you and all you have been through. I think just hanging out with horses can be very therapeutic. There is so much you can do on the ground to build your confidence and a strong relationship with your horses. I have found when working with students struggling with fear, starting on the ground is often the best approach. One thing I have found to be a help to some of my students is to make a Schedule with small achievable goals. An example would be: Week one's goal -getting comfortable taking my horse out of the stall and brushing them for 15 minutes. Week 2’s goal -- Feel confident taking my horse for a short walk in the area. These small goals can be whatever you decide. They can range from go visit my horse and pet him to go saddle my horse and then unsaddle him without riding. Each time you reach a goal you can check it of your list and set a new one. Doing this can help to build a feeling of accomplishment and increase confidence.
@@JSHorsemanship thank you so much for the recommendations. I actually have my class scheduled for today. I want to start working on being the same rider I was a couple of months ago. ❤️❤️❤️
This is very helpful, i used to love riding horses but a few years ago we were riding along side the fence and a car went speeding 50 on a 25 mile road and my horse took off before I could get control or correctly position myself and I fell and the horse accidentally kicked my rib. I ended up breaking my rib and have been fearful to get in the saddle since.
sadly, when i was 11 i was riding with a trainer that would put me in a group of 7 people and horses, us ,not experience ,we couldn't keep our horses apart, there was biting and kicking and a lots of crying, it made me afraid of any horses that would ride with me on my lessons, the fear was eventually too much for me,, to handle, its sad cuz it was something i was really happy to do.
I’m sad because I want to canter and jump but I’m just too scared to do it, if i don’t think about the past and the future i immediately think that I’ll fall and other bad things would happen. I haven’t watched the full video but i hope it will help. I’ve been riding for a year and 2 months, i can jump up to 60cm and canter but i recently just stopped because I’m really scared and don’t know what to do.
I wish you’re my trainer … my current trainer doesn’t get me nor makes me feel comfortable around the horse if anything he makes me more intense and nervous and frustrated.
I've had 4 falls on my loan horse and 2/4 times Ive fallen of have ended in me in the hospital, even walking down the lanes makes me freak out, I'm so scared that she's going to spook
So I've been riding for 4 years, I've always been very nervous, and about 6 months ago I had a fall that i got a concussion from. I haven't been able to ride confidently since then. It hurts me as I feel so bad for my horse, and my parents are always pushing me. Even seeing other people ride makes me cry. I just don't know what to do as I love my horse, but I'm too scared to ride. I don't know what to do anymore.
hi this video is so great as i have had a break from riding for a few years. also could you give tips on how to keep your horse to the outside of the school. as my horse always cuts half the school off in the canter.
I have a really stressed horse,I fall very often from him and I kind of have a trauma,he bucks a lot and i get so mentally and phisicly blocked that I fall.
Heres my philosophy, Try it because if you don't you may never actually do it. (also I as western rider and bull rider falling off is just another day)
