One of my proudest moments as an owner was when one of my trainers told the person riding my horse that if he had to ride a horse in front of any owner, he would want it to be me. I love watching others ride my horse – maybe I’m weird, but it’s so helpful to see someone maybe make the same mistakes I do or do something better than I could ever dream of.
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I LOVE watching others ride my horse! It’s just so fun to see him go around.
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As a trainer and instructor, I spent plenty of time watching others ride and doing so is invaluable to keep a feel for what all is going on with horse and rider.
A trained eye can tell so much from the ground, even olympic competitors have someone that can help them see what they can’t from on board, although today’s videos help very much also.
I think using both, your feel from the horse and what you keep seeing on the ground while horse ridden by someone else are complimentary.
You then can better try other and help horse better, now with more information to go by and goals to work for.
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This is such a mood! Mine is a seasoned showman and knows his job, so I think getting ridden by my trainer is a reward for him. He got to do the 2’3" and won 2 of his classes and she gave him beautiful rides. Then he had to babysit me in the crossrails 
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I feel the same way. It must be a treat for my horse to get ridden by someone who actually knows what they’re doing. 
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Feronia was a lesson horse, on and off, but always for riders who were better riders than I am. It was a gift to her.
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THIS. As an ammy who was once a pro, I really enjoy watching fellow ammys ride my horse, actually. It shows how well trained she is and reminds me that I (mostly) did that. With a lot of help from wonderful trainers. But I do 99% of the riding of my horse. To see her be successful with another rider who is or isn’t “better” than me is really cool!
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