The provincal barrel finals are on right now and it's making me miss barrel racing so much. I'm thinking of getting some lessons over the winter and getting back at it
Man I miss riding barrels. I used a reining horse though so he wasn't a pro nor did I ever compete. It was just a fun drill. I love tight high speed turns
Whereas there was an incident with my previous trainer where I did an emergency stop because my horse crow-hopped and she yelled at me for not staying against the wall. =/
Practicing yields under saddle has helped me a lot. I had a trainer who told me anytime I felt anxious to do a yield and it helped me and the lesson horse I was on so much get in tune with each other.
The best exercise I did for being afraid to canter was trotting a barrel pattern on a horse who did barrels competitively with my instructor and tried to canter the final stretch. Gently asking him to slow back to a trot and seeing and feeling him respond to me and slow down made actually cantering much easier because I knew my horse would respond to me
I've definitely improved having moved to a barn with a better instructor, my last one... Frankly she was really bad for me. Gentle work and having my habits (specifically leaning forward while riding) explained to me with how it pertained to my accident helped me a LOT. My habits are barely there and I was able to canter last time I rode a few times without having a panic attack so working on doing what caused my anxiety while also taking it slowly helped me a lot
@Ven, I agree to a certain extent. It just has to be within your limits. I got to the point where I was too scared to ride my horse at all which wasn't good.
@Unkown, is it something you have overcome, or do you continue to deal with it. I have accepted my anxiety isn't going away. I feel it in my everyday life and it just transfers over to riding, but it doesn't make me a bad rider. =)
i think rider anxiety is way too easily dismissed. Like if you dont address your or your students anxiety from whatever the root of the issue is you're just gonna make it worse and it will ruin their riding.
I had a similar situation when I rode Hummer. I had a bad fall off of an OTTB at one lesson barn and after that I've had bad habits caused by anxiety/the expectation of another bad fall
I like went on vacation for not even two weeks and the first time i got back and rode my horse on our way to the arena he spooked at something and turned and started bucking down a hill it was so funny I stayed on but dropped my water bottles </3
I have never understood trainers telling me, just stop feeling anxious. I need a trainer who understands my anxiety and a horse that doesn't care about what I am feeling and can still get the job done.
I owned a horse who was more spooky than I was used too and I had to sell him because of it. Unfortunately, the anxiety I felt riding him destroyed my relationship with him and his relationship with me.
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