Equestrian Related Careers

southerncharm95
Mon, 28 Apr 2014 20:43:17 +0000

@emeraldkitty4 I definitely need more experience with English riding. When I was younger (5-10) I did a lot of western riding, some barrel racing on a leased horse, and was your typical barn rat. I also took care of our neighbor’s neglected, crazy Polish Arabian mare for a few years and treated her like my own working to pay off a trainer for her and to get a farrier to fix her messed up feet. We moved too far away from all the barns and horses afterwards and I had to stop taking regular lessons. Soon after I decided I wanted to ride English instead anyways. My parents refused to let me ride after a hunter-jumper accident where I shattered my wrist (age 13) and I had to move on to other hobbies. I now ride occasionally on friend’s horses, but my riding skills have gone down the drain and I’m in dire need of a good trainer to get a solid foundation with. Like I said before, I can’t sit a trot, lost any jumping form, and am just embarrassingly bad right now. At the moment I just have no time to drive out 45 minutes one way to go to the nearest good trainer. I definitely need to get back into it again before I can decide whether or not I want this to be my life, but I do know that horses have been my lifelong passion.