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Location: Dearing, GA | I have a 7 year old Two Eyed Jack x Regers He Might gelding (http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/rbo+id+be+surprised), who has bucked at the lope since I first starting riding him as 3 and 4 year old. He has dumped me a few times, but not as many times as I've stuck with him and ridden him through it. With chiropractic work, consistent riding and general maturity, he's mostly stopped. However, I'm still fighting some major confidence issues, especially on the pattern. I've got him loping a really consistent pattern at home, but whenever we haul somewhere, be it a saddle club show or a bigger barrel race, I clam up and any trust I had goes out the window. He's level head and not spooky, and I am making major strides in trusting him again- I quit lunging him before I get on, I can lope on a loose rein, etc. I just lose my nerve at a barrel race, and chicken out on loping him through a pattern!
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| I've been through confidence issues too. I'm not confident in riding young or new horses. I get on my trusty ol horse and I'm fine. I think it takes baby steps and it seems that you are getting better! Don't beat yourself up, when you're ready you'll know, it just takes time. |
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Location: Dearing, GA | streakysox - 2015-10-24 8:29 PM A clinic
I do need to do this. I think I might just save up my money and keep an eye open for clinics in the Mid South. There is a farm who hosts one every Tuesday night but I'm not a fan of their riding style. |
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Location: Montana | pepsi97 - 2015-10-24 5:12 PM I've been through confidence issues too. I'm not confident in riding young or new horses. I get on my trusty ol horse and I'm fine. I think it takes baby steps and it seems that you are getting better! Don't beat yourself up, when you're ready you'll know, it just takes time.
Same here with young or new horses. It takes time to get confident. I figure, without ANY issues, it takes me probably a year to get confident on a horse and with issues it takes me longer. Everyone is different, and I solidly believe it will come.
Heres a quick story I hope to make you feel better: A couple of years ago I sufficiently embarrassed myself in an arena setting. As in I didn't want to show my face again. Yeah, that bad, but it was also good that from that point on I made sure that I really prepared myself, made sure my horse was doing good and in shape. So, less than a month after the embarrassing incident I had a riding accident will legging up my mare that was nobodies fault: a stinking pheasant literally flew up under my horse and she spooked. I landed on my head, and while not losing my consciousness, I cut my head badly because I didn't have a helmet on, but it had swollen so much it couldn't be stitched. So, after healing from that for a couple of months and riding again once I healed enough to wear a helmet, I decided to go back to a barrel racing. I had a flashback to my accident; after that I didn't barrel race competively for a year and I don't think I worked the pattern for at least 9 months until I took my mare to a trainer and had the trainer work with her and me. It took me that long before I had enough confidence to get my butt back in the arena, and the trainer helped SOOO much. She is now my complete go to person on horses and barrel racing. I love her...she is SOOO nice and so helpful. Anywho, don't feel alone. Sometimes it is hard to get to that point of confidence after having had it shattered, especially with more than one incident.
cutnrunqhmt here on BHW got me in touch with that trainer, so kudos to her and thank you! |
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| Just Let Me Run - 2015-10-24 9:25 PM
streakysox - 2015-10-24 8:29 PM A clinic
I do need to do this. I think I might just save up my money and keep an eye open for clinics in the Mid South. There is a farm who hosts one every Tuesday night but I'm not a fan of their riding style.
Josey's and the Reinhardt's both give clinics in that area. Both are excellent and have a lot of saddle time. |
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Location: Dearing, GA | roxieannie - 2015-10-25 11:19 AM
TEJ, possible PSSM
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I've had him tested and checkEd repeatedly- none of the above apply. |
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| I too am dealing with a self confidence issue .. and it was from witnessing a dear friend's near fatal riding wreck. The zero confidence only affects me at a race, and only when I'm running my mare ( the horse I was on while seeing my friend's accident ). My mare's a good girl, does everything I ask, and runs the patter at my current speed (slow "western pleasure lope" lol ). I'm working with a trainer on my confidence issues and its helping tremendously, and last wkend I think I turned a corner - I was not scared in the alley. I didnt get on her untill one rider before me, but it helped my nerves a lot. So I do agree : give yourself time. It will come back. The wreck I witnessed was almost 2 years ago and I'm just now getting my nerve back to run. What's weird is... I can still run my gelding with no fear. But for some reason, when it's time to run my mare... my confidence is gone.
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | It's pretty hard to be confident on a horse that you don't know what he is going to do. I would try to send him to a pro for a month and then work with them until everything smooths out. |
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Location: Dearing, GA | Nevertooold - 2015-10-25 5:27 PM It's pretty hard to be confident on a horse that you don't know what he is going to do. I would try to send him to a pro for a month and then work with them until everything smooths out.
I'm starting to consider this option again, but am really hesitant. I sent him off for what was supposed to be 60 days, but turned into 30 when I went to visit him and he was too skinny. I sold him a year later to go back to college, and when I bought him back he was skinny and sick. I'm hesitant to send him off now for those reasons. |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | Just Let Me Run - 2015-10-25 7:14 PM Nevertooold - 2015-10-25 5:27 PM It's pretty hard to be confident on a horse that you don't know what he is going to do. I would try to send him to a pro for a month and then work with them until everything smooths out. I'm starting to consider this option again, but am really hesitant. I sent him off for what was supposed to be 60 days, but turned into 30 when I went to visit him and he was too skinny. I sold him a year later to go back to college, and when I bought him back he was skinny and sick. I'm hesitant to send him off now for those reasons.
I understand that so I would try to find someone close to you that you could go for one on ones and they would have the ability to get on your horse where you would then wouldn't leave him. |
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