This is the second of my two cross country lessons! I decided to go again after my first lesson so I could jump a few of the slightly bigger jumps (I know, I know, they’re still quite small for lots of you guys!) and with an instructor who knows the horses & riders really well - this meant that I we could link a few more fences together and try some more challenging lines/jumps to build on what we’d done the week before with a different instructor, where we kept everything quite small & steady. It was so nice to go again so quickly, and on the same pony, because it gave me a very rare opportunity to actually continue on from the previous lesson and keep improving, as usually I have to wait months in between XC lessons and end up starting from scratch each time! Roger was feeling great once again and, other than a little mad moment at the brush fence, was such a confidence booster for me as always! I let him down a couple of times with my dodgy steering, but I’m so out of practice with linking fences together it’s unreal!! I say it all the time but Roger is easily my favourite to ride for jumping and especially cross country, because he’s so much fun and I can always rely on him to get me out of trouble, but at the same time he still presents challenges that really allows me to focus on riding him accurately (because when I don’t, as you can see, I end up on the floor) 😂
If you haven’t seen the first cross country lesson, you can watch it here: • Mini XC Lesson on Roge...
I don’t know if I’ll go cross country schooling again this year, I’ll have to wait and see if the yard are doing another session in the autumn, and if I go it might not be on Roger again as I think I was quite lucky to get him twice in a row here (he’s a popular pony as I’m sure you can imagine!), but I’m just very grateful to have got out at all this year after everything that’s going on in the world!
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⬇️ FAQs ⬇️
🔵 DO YOU OWN THE HORSES & PONIES IN YOUR VIDEOS?
No, all the horses & ponies belong to a lovely riding school, or are working liveries at the same yard.
🔵 WILL YOU EVER GET YOUR OWN HORSE?
I would love to own a pony one day, but for now I am more than happy having weekly lessons on the fantastic riding school horses & ponies.
🔵 WHY DO YOU ALWAYS JUMP THE SAME HEIGHT?
These riding school ponies usually jump more than once a week, and sometimes more than once a day, so we don’t jump ‘big’ except on special occasions to ensure the ponies stay sound and live long, happy lives. Fence height has very little to do with jumping technique or experience.
🔵 HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN RIDING FOR?
I’ve been having weekly lessons in riding schools for 16 years now!
🔵 IF YOU’VE BEEN RIDING FOR SO LONG, WHY DON’T YOU COMPETE?
I have no personal interest in competing or jumping huge tracks. I ride for fun, simple as that!
🔵 WHY ARE THE HORSES ALREADY TACKED UP WHEN YOU APPROACH THEM?
This is a busy riding school & livery yard and so the lesson horses are tacked up by the staff who work there to ensure they are ready to leave the yard on time and have been tacked up correctly.
🔵 DO THE HORSES STAY TACKED UP 24/7?
No. The horses are only tacked up right before their lessons and spend the rest of their time turned out in grass fields.
🔵 WHO IS ROBIN FROM YOUR VIDEOS?
Robin is my mum and she rides with me in my lesson every week. She's 64 and fearless as ever!
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