zoelovesanimals Found a lovely photo on google, Of Polly from 2004! Shes not changed much bless her! (27.01.2012) ArabianPearl Went riding last night! I was a blast,
although my legs are telling me today that I
was doing two - point to much!! LOL (27.01.2012) HorseWorld 'War Horse' in military uniform at Cineworld, Hengrove, Bristol
http://bit.ly/xxIpzi (27.01.2012) Nascent01 just ate a whole tub of ben&jerry's chocolate
ice cream,on my own.not really according to
health and fitness plan for BHS 2 exam :( bit
sick (27.01.2012) msps YESSS!! the weekend is FINALLY here!!! :) (27.01.2012) JessAndGrenville123 just been for a hack on my own and saw
people washing cars, removal men and
a man on a roof, gren didnt bat an
eyelid, clever boy he is :) (27.01.2012) Flicka quorum-enjoy the War Horse book-finished reading it a couple of days ago and loved it even though I have seen the play and the film :D (27.01.2012) picsnicky Friday, yeah! Looking forward to the weekend, but I can feel a cold coming on, SNIFF :( (27.01.2012) crazycowgirl99 Summer hols officially over! Office reopened today, madness begins on Monday :( Chaos will reign supreme again.... (27.01.2012) liv2rideride2liv Hey im new! wats goes on on troton? gtg to bed ha byee (27.01.2012) quorum Day off today, going to read War Horse ;) (27.01.2012) JessAndGrenville123 must sleep... cant sleep... driving lesson at
half 9 in the morning... COME ON EYES SLEEP
ALREADY! stupid insomnia (27.01.2012) Jojo78 Jonesy's eye has taken a turn for the worse :(
He goes to the vet college for treatment 2mo,
he'll be away for about 2 wks :( (26.01.2012) NMH Help, I have a touch screen phone for the first time &
have accidentally deleted a friend but I don't know who!!
Sorry whoever it is!! (26.01.2012) iPokerface show team tryouts this weekend! wish me luck! (26.01.2012) ToriSilverson had a great time at the beach today!! :D got soaked and frozen but great fun! :P (26.01.2012) MeusViro Riding lesson tonight! I am soooooo excited
because they are an extra half hour (26.01.2012) Flicka Ugh, still feel pants :( Did manage to go on a short hack on Millie which made me feel better but can't look at a computer screen for long! (26.01.2012) msps definitely ready for the weekend!! :) (26.01.2012) unicorn56 Fed the horses the other day, before it went to -30C. A few days later they had half of it outside the feeder. Messy buggers. (26.01.2012)
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Why horses? My "first time"
My 'first time' was unintentional - By that time I had had only four riding lessons but being in my early twenties I thought I had got it "sorted". Barfoe was his name - an old cobb who had been there and got the T- Shirt. He was a friend's horse who said he was bomb-proof. Have a go he said so I did ....
Not Barfoe but similar in appearance - kind "bomb proof" looking
The ride started off alright, however I think it was very fair to say that it didn't take long for Barfoe to work out that his partner that afternoon wasn't as experienced as he thought he was. I wanted to canter he wanted to trot and vice versa. Soon I had fallen into the fatal mistake of thinking it's simple ...a horse works just like a motorbike...just press the right buttons and everything would work alright...well may be. After fifteen minutes Barfoe had had enough....This guy wants speed I'll give him speed, he thought, and he did, with bells on!
And so that was my first time-the first time I galloped on a horse and it was very fast and yes it was totally uncontrolled - 9 parts terrifying and 1 part thrilling. Thankfully I stayed on, nothing was coming in the other direction and Barfoe ran out of puff after what seemed like 5 minutes, but was probably only 2 . I returned to the yard and decided more riding lessons were called for and quickly. I was hooked.
That day taught me alot about horses and what I love about them...they are the lessons in life you tend to remember after such an experience
Horses live in the NOW.....They are tightly focussed in the now ( not yesterday or tomorrow) and they are OK or they are not OK.
Horses are intuitive...They tune into their environment and the personalities that are around and are guided intuitively by what they find...inexperienced rider telling me what to do - I don't think so.
Horses are a partnership....Big and strong they are..Mechanical motorbikes they are not. Trust and respect have to be earned. Can anything beat achieving harmony with such a beautiful and powerful animal?
Some ask "Why Horses?"when we explain our plans for Trot ON and why we are so totally serious about sharing a passion for horses. Well, one of our core beliefs is that horses are good for humans.
We can learn from them some profound truths. Horses know alot about partnership and yet they don't seem to care what other horses think about them. They are intensely intuitive and in touch with nature in a way much of the modern world seems to have entirely forgotten about. You cannot be in anything but the NOW when you are a horse that unintentionally gallops off and that is a good thing for many of us who can get preoccupied with what has been and what is to come...NOW is where life happens most!
We created Trot ON so that horse lovers across the globe can get together to share ideas and experiences across the broad spectrum of equestrianism- united we can make lives better for horses and their humans.
It's also a heck of alot of fun too! lol
Barfoe - thank you for giving me that ride so many years ago....it was you that won me over.
