Horse Riding

Re: Horse Riding

Fiona Leathers — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:29:28 GMT

Round about here its generally £20-30 per hour for adult lessons, kids are generally less on £14-20. If I was you I would only book half hour lessons until you get into the swing of things. I was a riding instructor & I used to get really pissed off at my boss who would insist on putting beginners in for a full hour. The horse gets bored, the rider gets bored and sore!

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:12:22 GMT

Hi Haz, no not yet. I have been locuming this week so not much time,in fact I am going to be fairly busy until may time, so will probably do it then. My youngest has a birthday in may, so I may book it as part of her birthday.

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HazG — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:36:37 GMT

Have you booked your lessons yet?

We are off to look at a new horse today wish us luck .

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Katy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:11:48 GMT

£20 for 15 mins! What a rip!

Round here it's £16 for half an hour, which is plenty when you are learning to ride! A half an hour lesson kills me and i've got my own horse!

You'll have to come and learn on my beast, Roger. He's a sweetie with beginners!

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Sal the 1st — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:14:49 GMT

I used to do point to point when I was a lot younger/fitter/lighter/more stupid . I only had one rule 'whatever happens I have to stay on the horse' - the reason being as I am somewhat vertically challenged (a short a**e in plain English) if I fell off I most probably wouldnt be able to get back on. Really enjoyed it all the same - even the times I ended up walking back after Riley managed to ditch his rider. (13 owners in 11 years - this was one mean bugger of a horse) I really did try to understand him, I tried to make allowances for his mean behaviour putting it down to having so many owners and probably bad experiences and in return he tried to kill me. Broken hip, broken ribs and loads of bruises. Was a long time before I got on another horse!

But dont let me put you off! My next horse 'Chester' was an absolute sweetie - thoroughbred x Irish Draught couldnt wish for a more gentle horse. Bought him at auction - if we hadnt got him he would have been going to Belgium which would have been a sad end for him.

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:48:08 GMT

lol, I dont think I will be doing any jumps anytime soon

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HazG — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:46:18 GMT

If you sit to the horse you will be fine we have a nice 17hh you could try

Its such a nice feeling my horse is like sitting in an armchair apart from when he sees a jump..

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:30:41 GMT

Vicky, I am scared of heights........ well not heights as such but scared of falling, and I actually think thats why I am scared when I have been on a horse....... but I am going to try it anyway and see........ lol maybe they will give me a shetland pony

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:28:35 GMT

Hi Haz, of course you can reply.

I am definitely going to have a go , hopefully I wont be falling off though

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Vicky RVN — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:27:14 GMT

[quote user="HazG"]How to fall off [/quote]

That is the most scary thing about being on top of a horse...god it makes me feel SOOOOO unstable like i'm just going to tip of as soon as they move a muscle!! I remember riding my friends new forest pony and falling off into a muddy puddle

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HazG — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:20:17 GMT

What the hell can you learn in 15 mins??

How to fall off

We have three horses and my daughter pays £50 3/4 hour for trianing by a top trianer,but lessons cost about £20 for half an hour.

have a go its great fun once you have the bug you will never stop.

Please dont shout at me if i am not ment to reply

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:14:03 GMT

Thanks Sarah, now that sounds a bit more reasonable

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Sarah Cahill — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:11:49 GMT

Hello! Where I live it's about £20-25 for an hours hack or lesson which includes hire of tack and riding hat. I recently took a few lessons to refresh my memory before looking after a horse for a few weeks! It's so much fun, i'd forgotten how much I love it!

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Cat Woman — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:46:59 GMT

For £80 an hour, I'll borrow a horse & teach you myself!!

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:38:32 GMT

Lol i figured after replying that it would be that, but why advertise 20 quid for 15 mins when you are not going to learn a lot in that time.

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Cat Woman — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:35:31 GMT

I would hope that for £80 an hour, that you would be learning loads!!

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:30:48 GMT

What the hell can you learn in 15 mins??

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Claire Cameron — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:28:29 GMT

I enquired recently in North East England and it was £20 for 15mins x