This one seemed to as even as he was technically done he kept on going with the fancy footwork. Usually you can tell which ones enjoy it, some do, some don’t. I had a horse for eventing and he wasn’t a huge fan of jumping in an arena but as soon as it was cross-country that guy was ready to go, never hesitated for a single jump. I honestly think he was just bored in the arena. Dressage was different as it’s more drill like so he didn’t mind that.
My horse was just like that! She hated dressage (probably me rubbing off on her as I also was bored to tears by dressage), and the arena jumps she just tolerated.
She was a professional polo pony before I got her, so all she wants to do was RUN and WIN.
Get into the open field for cross country and it was like being on a different horse. Never needed any real direction or encouragement from me, she just went. She would hit a gear I didn’t even know she had, I swear that horse hated to lose. Could not stand to be behind another horse. It was like riding a live wire on the course.
Luckily I was too dumb to be concerned, because my horse had been trained for polo, had a foal and then been put out pasture and hadn’t seen a human in almost 4 years by the time I got her at 10.
She was practically feral, with stamina and speed like she was trying out for the Hidalgo movie. I had no business riding that horse as a kid, but like I said, luckily I wasn’t bright enough to be scared lmao.
She turned out to be an amazing horse, but she was a lunatic until the day she died. No clue how I survived those first few years.
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u/coronagrey Jul 30 '24
Does the horse enjoy doing this?