Originally Posted by starmom
Thanks for the link tip!! Good luck with the bonding! I'm sure that all will go really well.
For me, I just figure that if I don't have the relationship with my horse that enables the horse to allow me to ride bareback, then I don't really have the right to coerce the horse to carry me places.
However, this is just me and my unconventional ways!!!
I agree with the thought behind this.... BUT! Sometimes it isn't the relationship or the trust that precludes riding bareback. Some bouncy trots are not fun at ALL to ride bareback! I love riding my horse without the saddle. It's really really good for my seat and my development as a rider. But it can be darn hard to sit his trot sometimes. I have stiff hips and I am getting older.Cantering bareback was a hurdle for me too. I wasn't sure I could sit the transitions. Now we are fine in canter and in all the transitions, and we can even handle a little bit of spooking and leaping around bareback. But riding bareback is as much about the rider's physical ability as about trust. In fact I find it to be more about physical ability than trust. Give me a nice QH or a drafty horse and I can sit all the live long day bareback, but on a large gaited bouncy horse, well, I think twice and I only do it when I am feeling strong.
Your new horse is beautiful, btw. I hope you have tons of fun riding her, clippityclop.
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