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Learning to Ride – First Lesson of 2012 at Thompsons Horse Centre (Lesson #24 overall), after 3 weeks off over Xmas/NY – feels good to get back into it!
And yeah, there are some moments when I completely suck but its been a while.
Lots of diagonals and figure-eights. I actually did my first walk-canter transition but didnt get it on video.. maybe next time

Me (wearing pink) riding Yooey
Mum (wearing white) riding Viking

Made with Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD 11.0
Dont own music tracks.

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Excuse the very poor video skills this time around
6th Lesson Learning to Ride
Riding the bay – Viking
Next lesson should include trotting poles and/or cantering

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Learning to ride as adult beginner – 4th lesson
Rising trot
Horse – Max
Thompsons Riding Centre, Upper Hutt – Wellington
Still having a bit of trouble with my feet slipping out of the stirrups :S

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Learning to ride as an adult beginner, 5th lesson at Thompsons Horse Centre.
Mostly the same, rising trot and a bit of sitting trot, diagonals and circles etc
Horse – Cookie.

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Rex Peterson and Cari Swanson specialize in teaching riders to develop a balanced seat quickly using these simple training exercises on horses that are beautifully trained. This 4 year old mare is an excellent horse to learn on. Simone makes tremendous progress by riding with not stirrups or reins.

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This video is for all the equestrians out there who struggle to learn dressage (or any form of riding for that matter). This is the good, the bad and the ugly moments in our training. ENJOY!!

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http://MrCoolGuide.com/horseback
The guide to horseback riding lessons. Here’s essential information on horseback riding lessons.

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Nikia’s April Moon is a 2002 double-registered AMBA/ABRA mare. As a weanling, she was the Kansas Buckskin Horse Association high-point weanling mare, 1st Place Weanling Mare 2002 ABRA Pre-World Show, and finished 8th at the 2002 ABRA World Show.

Since then, April has established herself as an innately talented Western and English pleasure mare. She’s an all-around horse, and with additional training, would do very well in Youth Reining or Youth Hunter Under Saddle. April loves children, and we’ve been using her as a lessons horse for children who are just beginning to ride.

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I was an annoying little 7 year old who thought I could do anything.
Back then it was cool to wear your helmet all day, even if you weren’t riding
Riding a bigger horse then everyone else meant you were the ‘best’ rider (even though he’s only 15.1hh, man I must have been tiny! Look at the way I climb into the saddle!).
Cantering was a massive deal…
And I used to brag to my friends about how I can jump really high (lol…. yeah ground poles were massive back then…).

God bless that horse.
I really wasn’t the best rider(been riding for a year)…. he put up with anything and taught me everything.
The song says it all.
I just wish I could be there for him these days :’(
It really breaks my heart when I see how happy he is in these videos.
I’ve tried everything to buy him back!
My poor boy

Look in the video response to see what happened to him.
And for those of you who have already seen the original Red video, I’ll be making a new one about his progress in a couple of weeks.

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Being taught to ride a horse

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