![]() I swear there’s nothing more frustrating than knowing you have the wrong equipment. But it’s the only saddle I have, and there’s no room in my budget right now to casually drop the few grand it would cost on a used saddle, so instead I just get to be depressed about it. Of course now that I know this it’s to the point where I don’t even want to ride in the Devoucoux anymore, it just makes me sad and frustrated. Not that I’m magically a super rider or anything, but at least I’m not constantly struggling with the same things over and over day in and day out. I was hoping there would be some difference of course (please god let it not all be my own shit riding) but it’s a massive one. My leg lines up way better underneath me, so my whole base of support is more stable. ![]() I can actually sit in the saddle securely and way more balanced, where I’m supposed to be on the horse. The instability I’ve been struggling with for months, the gripping, the shifting, the leg getting shot out the front and always being tilted back on my seatbones… all massively improved. ![]() And well… I maybe shouldn’ta done that because it made a huge difference, right off the bat. I wanted to see what problems carried over from the Devoucoux and if a better fit for me really made much of a difference. Hillary’s is a 17.5 Voltaire, so when she offered to let me sit in it I jumped at the chance. Granted I wasn’t totally sure if it was the saddle or me… maybe both. I end up gripping with my legs to try to hold myself where I want to be, which as you can imagine doesn’t work in any regard. I find that I’m constantly trying to shift myself to the front of it, and it pulls me backward, shoots my leg out in front, and I just cannot get my balance right in it. As in, I can fit two hands behind me when I’m sitting in the seat kind of big. Fast forward to now where I’ve lost a good bit of weight and gained a lot of muscle and the Dev is now definitely way too big. It was close enough, and while it was always big, I never really felt like it was too big. See, it’s a 18.5, which when I bought it years ago I really needed an 18 but that was the only one I could find in my budget that had the panels Henry needed. I’ve been feeling increasingly discombobulated in my Devoucoux, like I’m constantly having to fight to keep my balance where I want it to be. Hillary also let me ride in her saddle while she’s away, just to see how I feel about it. Gosh I love mini donkeys but for the sake of practicality and things I could do with it, I guess I’d pick a mini horse.I’d kill for a lesson on Tullabeg Flamenco, but I’d also kill for a lesson from Ingrid Klimke. Depends entirely on what horse or what rider we’re talking about.Ride an Olympic-level horse or take a lesson with an Olympian? My brain reads dishy as delicate for whatever reason. It looks noble to me, I’ve never minded a roman nose. Dream barn, but I did have to sit here and think about it for a second.Way way way 10000000x better than the whole boarding experience.Ĭreate your dream barn or own your dream horse? I’d prefer them to not be bordering on belligerence, but something responsive to seat and leg that’s light and forward-thinking is always my choice. I like having something to grab if I need to but I don’t like how a long mane looks so I’d still pick roached over long. Short, first choice, roached, second choice.Even that “relatively small” amount of money would be life-changing for me. I wouldn’t really choose hard shell boots either unless they’re well ventilated, but not much is worse to me than SMB’s.įree Board for a Year or 20k for a shopping spree? SMB’s are death traps of heat, hard pass.Hard shell boots or sport medicine boots? ![]() A nice rich dark bay is always my favorite.This is one of myriad reasons why I can’t live somewhere cold. Not really either? I’m not a fan of mismatched but I prefer fairly boring colors, not like… everything pink or turquoise or yellow or whatever.That said, I don’t mind taking a spooky one and making it more steady, which is why I tend to do a lot of desensitizing with my young horses. No one wants a horse to be stressed and worried on a regular basis or have a horse that is reactive and could hurt themselves or a rider.
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