So over the weekend - I put him on Red. He's a complete beginner - and regularly likes to tell me riding is 'just sitting there' ... So away the two of them go, in the roundyard, at a walk .... Red plods around taking babysteps for half a lap, then decides to wander back in and stand next to me in the centre of the roundyard in the hopes he's done....
Few quick pointers on the important concept of steering and away they go again... Getting cocky, the other half squeezed Red into a trot - i should actually say the "few step shuffle". You know those craft old mares that do little more than shuffle, but just bob their head like they're trotting?? Yeah, Red went there!!
With the 2nd attempt (and with a little coaxing from me) they were trotting like a sack of potatoes around the roundyard.... Feeling confident, they graduated to the arena and walked a few laps - both very pleased with themselves - the human was 'just sitting there', and the horse didn't have to work!
They then walked back to the paddock by themselves; the other half dismounted, disassembled my bridle to take it off , left Red standing there (untied, no halter, and the bridle in pieces on the ground) while he walked and closed the gate, then came back and took off the saddle - then stuffed him full of treats for "not killing him" .... (he's since been forced to admit that 'just sitting there' is not the case when out of a walk - I found that highly amusing)
But Red never stopped babysitting the whole time - oh how I love him (and the human aboard, of course haha)!!
Here they are together :)
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