Hey,
I would like your opinion - last year , about april/may , I started to horseride a new forest pony in the forest, so sort of on loan. Before I had never had a loan, and only ridden in the saftey of a riding school menage.
However, she was very headstrong, fairly unresponsive to the bit, and I couldn't get along with her. This totally knocked my confidence, but I've started riding again at my riding stables, and am riding another headstrong horse, but in the menage, and am getting on well, according to my instructors. I'm still not confident on the forest though, and when riding in a group, I get worried, and as a result loose all control.
Has anyone got any tips on how I can regain my confidence, and get back onto the forest, riding any horse, not just the good ones?
Also, this easter/summer, I have the opportunity to help a friend break a 3 year old. She is also a new forest pony, and is lovely when being lead, and is the bottom of the herd. I've never ridden out of a riding school (other than the horse mentioned above) and have never even handled young ponies. Should I try and ride her, or not? I'm scared she might knock my confidence again, and I will be back to square one.
Any help or thoughts on this would be very much appreciated.
Thankyou very much.
