A classic "the jump isn't going anywhere, EYES UP!!"
*mare starts bucking*
"SH*T GRAB ON!!"
*doesn't grab on and just pulls her head up and rides it out π
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*bucking subsides*
"There you go!"
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*cantering around bareback (without a bareback pad >.>) gelding decides he's had enough of my sh*t and starts crow hopping, then bucking*
"WHOA WHOA PULL BACK PULL BACK! -- You were squeeezing too hard, go do it again but relax"
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"Shorten your reins....more....SHORTEN THEM MORE!"
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-(different trainer)-
*loses both stirrups mid-canter because apparently I just kept my heels down and didn't actually put weight in them π*
*freaks out a little (even though I wasn't really using them apparently??) and starts wobbling around like a baby deer before righting myself and stopping*
"hey look you didn't fall!"
(me) "yeah I'm not used to an English saddle after so long"
"oh right you usually ride in a western saddle. Oops xD"
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"alright (other riders) come to the middle!"
*starts looking around to see who she wants to stay out (spoiler, she meant me xD)*
*walks back out to the rail*
"okay, ask her whenever you're rea- you do want to canter right?"
(me) *has not ridden this horse in a year* "uh yeah?"