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Feb. 22nd, 2005 11:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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juliette_kelley!! *hugs*
My entire body is currently IN PAIN. Because ponies are evil. And so is Eleanor. Very, very evil
So, Eleanor (my riding trainer btw) let me ride Jack today. He is my all-time favorite. But there was one condition- I had to jump without stirrups. Can we say 'Ouch'? Yes. Ouch applies quite nicely. Now this would not have been so terrible, I've dealt with rubber legs many times because I am often forced to ride and/or jump without stirrups (it never gets easier, I swear). Noooo, Eleanor was riding this pony, she doesn't know much, but she did something funny over a little jump yesterday and the kid fell off. Typically a sweet little pony, quite responsive. So Eleanor asks me to hop on her for a bit and go over a few jumps. Well, I get on, trot around, then canter a round, ladeda, normal stuff...
And the another horse goes by over a jump. Dusty (pony I'm on) freaks out and kicks at Effy (other horse) before taking off bucking.
Ummm, hello? Not good? So we eventually stop close to the other side of the ring and then proceed to back clear up to the fence (this was a very, very long ways). Didn't feel to nice and I jerked around a lot in the saddle, but I was never in danger of falling off. Probably pulled my back a bit.
Now even that would have been okay. But NOO...Eleanor still wants me to go over a few little jumps, so we do and it's going fine and dandy for a while, butthen....Dusty flips out again. We go over the jump and she bolts. Yikes. And not only does she bolt, but she starts than damned bucking thing again. So we tear around the ring a few times, my arms are being pulled out of their sockets and I being bucked all over the saddle, but I keept it somewhat together and stay on. Again. Never in danger of falling (thank god I have good balance on a horse). Jerked around a lot.
Driving back is where it got painful, my shoulders started crampign and my lower back started to hurt. Just took a shower, so that should take care of it for now.
Gah.
juliette_kelley!! *hugs*My entire body is currently IN PAIN. Because ponies are evil. And so is Eleanor. Very, very evil
So, Eleanor (my riding trainer btw) let me ride Jack today. He is my all-time favorite. But there was one condition- I had to jump without stirrups. Can we say 'Ouch'? Yes. Ouch applies quite nicely. Now this would not have been so terrible, I've dealt with rubber legs many times because I am often forced to ride and/or jump without stirrups (it never gets easier, I swear). Noooo, Eleanor was riding this pony, she doesn't know much, but she did something funny over a little jump yesterday and the kid fell off. Typically a sweet little pony, quite responsive. So Eleanor asks me to hop on her for a bit and go over a few jumps. Well, I get on, trot around, then canter a round, ladeda, normal stuff...
And the another horse goes by over a jump. Dusty (pony I'm on) freaks out and kicks at Effy (other horse) before taking off bucking.
Ummm, hello? Not good? So we eventually stop close to the other side of the ring and then proceed to back clear up to the fence (this was a very, very long ways). Didn't feel to nice and I jerked around a lot in the saddle, but I was never in danger of falling off. Probably pulled my back a bit.
Now even that would have been okay. But NOO...Eleanor still wants me to go over a few little jumps, so we do and it's going fine and dandy for a while, butthen....Dusty flips out again. We go over the jump and she bolts. Yikes. And not only does she bolt, but she starts than damned bucking thing again. So we tear around the ring a few times, my arms are being pulled out of their sockets and I being bucked all over the saddle, but I keept it somewhat together and stay on. Again. Never in danger of falling (thank god I have good balance on a horse). Jerked around a lot.
Driving back is where it got painful, my shoulders started crampign and my lower back started to hurt. Just took a shower, so that should take care of it for now.
Gah.
