And Iāve been doing it wrong all these years. And yet my poor pony puts up with me without looking miserable and keeps his poor mouth shut. His swinging back and floppy ears are a dead giveaway Iām not doing it right.
My trainer has been waxing poetic at me about how my discomfort of breaking out my perfect dressage equitation is keeping me from being as effective as I could be⦠perhaps I should show her this!
As hilarious and entertaining as the ridiculous NP is, he doesnt have a past littered with wrecked horses and hurt riders. Wilbur does. He needs to just go away.
I posted photos of their Legolas in the New Dressage Organization thread. Check them out to see what years of that riding does to a horseās musculature and joints and front feet.
NP doesnāt have a past littered with wrecked horses because heās only had two of his own. One was that saint of an Appy, Chevy, who tolerated the guy bouncing on him like a Hoppity-Hop (anybody remember those?) and the other is that sweet schoolie he bought that was already trained and then he hacked around on, pretending to be 3/4th level. Any other horse was somebody elseās and he couldnāt wreck them in one or two rides, although there was the one actual dressage horse he couldnāt ride at all and had to be led out of the corner on during a job interview.
I have a question for Mr. Peronace. While Iām sure he will see it here, I would also hope he would answer it.
If horses are truly your passion, why not have one horse that you can enjoy and learn on and ride as an amateur without worrying about teaching and training? Anyone who really is passionate about horses rides as long as they are physically able to, in whatever capacity they can, whether they compete or not.
I had a Hippity Hop! It was wonderful! It didnāt teach me anything about riding, except when I fell off of it, trying to get it to go at a high rate of speed across the yard!
I would guess that he doesnāt own or lease a horse because he canāt afford one. Or, perhaps he canāt afford the quality of horse or the level of boarding facility that he deems worthy of him. But I also think that at this point in his life horses, and riding, only exist to serve his ego. If he canāt strut around in boots, breeches and a parka looking all clinician-like, and pontificating about his methods, then heās not interested in participating.
In contrast, you, me and countless others here will seek out any available equine to curry, feed and love until we physically canāt crawl to a barn any more.
I think his parents footed a chunk of the bill for his last horse (remember when he announced he had āsponsorsā?) He sold her because Mommy & Daddy got tired of bailing him out on board bills. Heaven forbid he do as most and maintain steady employment to pay horse costs himself.
I have found a mount worthy of the Maestro!! Sound all day long, swinging back, doesnāt need shoes, and NO boarding expense! AND, heāll be the envy ofā¦every kid on the playgroundā¦