Yes, she was actively post trotting at this point, and had been for some time. She completely lost focus on maintaining her post while trying to prepare for (and cue her horse) for her first ever canter.
She's learning english dressage, not hunter.
I'll try to get some more updated videos up sometime soon. She's still actively riding ever weekend, just turned 11 today.
You should be proud of her. But in all honesty she wasn't quite ready.Does she even know how to post?? And the stirrups were too long for huntseat riding. Her heels needed to be down too. But I don't know if she's supposed to be learning dressage or huntseat. My advice is only credible for huntseat. Seriously though, it was really good. At age eight, that was fantastic!
@Naturalviolinist42 I think im more into huntseat because i prefer shorter stirrups. And i know how to post (not very good at it thou lol) but yes she was fantastic at 8
i don't have a riding school but i ride at my mail lady's house like 7 minutes down the road. i have my own horse she's broke but cut her frog at the trainors so i ride another horse. now i'll have to ride the stallion because my riding horse died 2 weeks ago.
wow.. she did so well for her first time.. and she is only 8 yrs old.. when i first learnt to canter i was told to cross my stirrups over ( i had never cantered before) needless to say i tensed my legs and lifted off the saddle and fell off.. my first fall.. lol congrats to JulieAnn!!
wow.. she did so well for her first time.. and she is only 8 yrs old.. when i first learnt to canter i was told to cross my stirrups over ( i had never cantered before) needless to say i tensed my legs and lifted off the saddle and fell off.. my first fall.. lol congrats to JulieAnn!!
I would have thought for her canter she would have had to hold onto the saddle with 1 hand and steer with the other hand. Maybe thats just my riding school?
Holding onto the saddle was never on the radar for her - worked on balance and her seat before we transitioned. Proper English technique has both hands on the reigns at all times - even western neck reign (easier with one hand) you shouldn't necessarily be holding onto the saddle.
Perhaps it's a safety thing at your school until you are established and comfortable in the canter at which point they will direct you to hold both reigns.
@Oshawapilot Im riding English. We only hold onto the saddle for the first time to let us know what its like to canter then the next time we hold onto the reigns only.
@Oshawapilot yeah at my riding school its the same, its a safety thing. Althought it was my second hack when i started getting into it and didnt have to hold on. I ride English
o wow ok my first canter was on a slow stupid quarter horse but she did it on a pony then right away on a (thoroghbred) thats also a mare holy cow and she did amazing 4 her first time and she looks really young to may i ask how old she is???
lol i jsut learnt my first trot alone the other week on 17hh horse lol. im starting now at 19 do you think thats too old to learn to ride properly? she did great :) i have the opposite of hot seat so i make the horse over relaxed but then when i want to stop from trotting it stops straigt away :) i love horse riding!
wow! she's great! the first canter is amazing! it's my favorite gait to ride with my big percheron mare...and she's going to be my eventing horse soon too!
cantering is awesome but when i first tried it i was sooo scared but then i just wanted to canter more and more! u look very cute doing this and the horse looks very patient indeed! well done! XD!
It is quite small but the horses are used to it - during the winter months it's a bit of a trade off between using the sand ring outside (which at times is unusable anyways due to ice/snow) and the inside ring which is much smaller, but always clear and free of the biting cold wind. :-)
I considered building a covered arena, but with the high cost, I was afraid I'd have to go too small, but after seeing this I may investigate it again. Thanks!
All of the horses there do quite well except their Clyde/Percheron cross which is just a bit too bit for the small ring. :-)
Otherwise all of the horses seem quite comfortable with walk/trot/canter (and even small jumps) in the small ring, and as mentioned, it sure beats being outside in the winter - even the horses show clear preference towards getting inside the covered area as opposed to working outside.
She did really good for her first time! unfortunately I didn't start lessons until i was 13 :( i started in January 2008. I just had my first Canter last wseek :)
Yes, she was actively post trotting at this point, and had been for some time. She completely lost focus on maintaining her post while trying to prepare for (and cue her horse) for her first ever canter.
She's learning english dressage, not hunter.
I'll try to get some more updated videos up sometime soon. She's still actively riding ever weekend, just turned 11 today.
Oshawapilot 11 months ago
@Oshawapilot Why the hell is rising trot called posting?
garfieldzgirl 10 months ago
Posting is rising up with the front leg that is closest to the wall at the trot. For those of you that might not know? :)
Naturalviolinist42 11 months ago
You should be proud of her. But in all honesty she wasn't quite ready.Does she even know how to post?? And the stirrups were too long for huntseat riding. Her heels needed to be down too. But I don't know if she's supposed to be learning dressage or huntseat. My advice is only credible for huntseat. Seriously though, it was really good. At age eight, that was fantastic!
Naturalviolinist42 11 months ago
@Naturalviolinist42 I think im more into huntseat because i prefer shorter stirrups. And i know how to post (not very good at it thou lol) but yes she was fantastic at 8
TheBessierocks 10 months ago
i remember when my first canter was i ended up on the ground
Theataskinen 1 year ago
i don't have a riding school but i ride at my mail lady's house like 7 minutes down the road. i have my own horse she's broke but cut her frog at the trainors so i ride another horse. now i'll have to ride the stallion because my riding horse died 2 weeks ago.
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wow.. she did so well for her first time.. and she is only 8 yrs old.. when i first learnt to canter i was told to cross my stirrups over ( i had never cantered before) needless to say i tensed my legs and lifted off the saddle and fell off.. my first fall.. lol congrats to JulieAnn!!
nikkidavies91 1 year ago
wow.. she did so well for her first time.. and she is only 8 yrs old.. when i first learnt to canter i was told to cross my stirrups over ( i had never cantered before) needless to say i tensed my legs and lifted off the saddle and fell off.. my first fall.. lol congrats to JulieAnn!!
nikkidavies91 1 year ago
I would have thought for her canter she would have had to hold onto the saddle with 1 hand and steer with the other hand. Maybe thats just my riding school?
twifan1011 1 year ago
@twifan1011 You riding English or Western?
Holding onto the saddle was never on the radar for her - worked on balance and her seat before we transitioned. Proper English technique has both hands on the reigns at all times - even western neck reign (easier with one hand) you shouldn't necessarily be holding onto the saddle.
Perhaps it's a safety thing at your school until you are established and comfortable in the canter at which point they will direct you to hold both reigns.
Oshawapilot 1 year ago
@Oshawapilot Im riding English. We only hold onto the saddle for the first time to let us know what its like to canter then the next time we hold onto the reigns only.
twifan1011 1 year ago
@Oshawapilot yeah at my riding school its the same, its a safety thing. Althought it was my second hack when i started getting into it and didnt have to hold on. I ride English
TheBessierocks 10 months ago
o wow ok my first canter was on a slow stupid quarter horse but she did it on a pony then right away on a (thoroghbred) thats also a mare holy cow and she did amazing 4 her first time and she looks really young to may i ask how old she is???
horselover99100 1 year ago
my first canter i was like omg!!!
RandommmBabes 1 year ago
WOW she didi really good for her first time... she just went around and around and around lol :P
LoveRockStarPrincess 1 year ago
haha my first canter 2 years ago i nearly fell off lol<3
roxy5791 1 year ago
ahhh shes so cute :)
itsalongshot92 1 year ago
lol i jsut learnt my first trot alone the other week on 17hh horse lol. im starting now at 19 do you think thats too old to learn to ride properly? she did great :) i have the opposite of hot seat so i make the horse over relaxed but then when i want to stop from trotting it stops straigt away :) i love horse riding!
gensexercises 1 year ago
Shes got an amazing canter! Well done!
WeeGal159 2 years ago
she is very good for her first canter!:D
keep up the awesome work!:D
lakelandladies 2 years ago
WOW! Great first canter!!!!
oddemily 2 years ago
wow! she's great! the first canter is amazing! it's my favorite gait to ride with my big percheron mare...and she's going to be my eventing horse soon too!
jessicasellen 2 years ago
dont be scared to canter its fun:)
just think to ur self its now or never.
by the way thats realy good for ur first canter:)
jimbob11ify 2 years ago
@jimbob11ify
yes cantering is very fun.i always cant wait till comes time to canter!
bigtmylittleponyfan 1 year ago
she makes it look so easy!! im going to do my first solo canter on my next lesson..excited but a little scared.
MrPhil641 2 years ago
you got ur self and eventer on ur hands =]
xoxojumper4life 2 years ago
wow! she sits better cantering and sitting trot better then i do on my eventer peanut! haha
PeanutIsMyFlyPony 2 years ago
she is good 4 her age!
hanksterthegankster 2 years ago
Wow! Really good little rider, reminds me of myself back in the day :D.
I was riding a pony, and then switched to a TB during the lesson, to canter.. When I was about five..
So cute! She looks great :]
Duke9Rocks99 2 years ago
cantering is awesome but when i first tried it i was sooo scared but then i just wanted to canter more and more! u look very cute doing this and the horse looks very patient indeed! well done! XD!
xXxabsdaxXx 2 years ago
ha i never had lessons so i just kinda kicked until i was cantering bouncing all over the place though! she looks so CUTE
countrygirl3412 2 years ago
Very cute! She did great. But gosh that looks like a small area to learn canter in. Maybe it's bigger than it looks?
apachiedragon 2 years ago
It is quite small but the horses are used to it - during the winter months it's a bit of a trade off between using the sand ring outside (which at times is unusable anyways due to ice/snow) and the inside ring which is much smaller, but always clear and free of the biting cold wind. :-)
Oshawapilot 2 years ago
I considered building a covered arena, but with the high cost, I was afraid I'd have to go too small, but after seeing this I may investigate it again. Thanks!
apachiedragon 2 years ago
All of the horses there do quite well except their Clyde/Percheron cross which is just a bit too bit for the small ring. :-)
Otherwise all of the horses seem quite comfortable with walk/trot/canter (and even small jumps) in the small ring, and as mentioned, it sure beats being outside in the winter - even the horses show clear preference towards getting inside the covered area as opposed to working outside.
Oshawapilot 2 years ago
she did better than i did with my first canter and i was 14 i think
rlhorsefreak36 2 years ago
she looks tiny up there did good tho:)
SexySwee84 2 years ago
aww i fell off doing my first " canter" just lost control you know : ) but I never cantered on a lunge! i love canter now! well done by the way
xdisneyfreakx 2 years ago
She's really good! :)
Loonylove28 3 years ago
She did really good for her first time! unfortunately I didn't start lessons until i was 13 :( i started in January 2008. I just had my first Canter last wseek :)
broadwaycrazy57 3 years ago