Terrible day at school!

I've had a terrible day at school. I had to ride a horse that's probably 23 years +, which probably should had been retiret a long time ago. It ran away with me 3 times when I had to drag it into the stable. I have never experienced anything like that. When I finally returned to the stable, it bit me right in the back, so now I've got a big bruise.

The riding lessons didn't go better. It tried to throw me off countless times and the only advice my riding instructor could give was that I should have a harder grab on the reins.

When the lesson was over, my teacher came over to me, he wanted to give me some personal advice. He said:
1. I should sell my Spanish saddle, because it was a piece of crap, and I couldn't ride dressage in it.
2. I have a overly hard hand when I ride horses. Because of my loose reins. (Uhm WTF?)

Why he got so personal on the way I ride my own horses is unknown. But apparently had a sudden urge to tell me all this today.


When I came back to the stable some of my classmates was struggling with an Icelandic pony. It had some nasty wounds on its backlegs and it had to be treated fast. The problem was that the horse has never been handled before.

I went and helped them. I used a whip as an extended arm. Each time it kicked I held the whip on the hindquarters and as soon as it stopped I removed the whip and praised it. After 10 minutes I could lift the leg without getting kicked.

But I didn't get far with my progress because my teacher came and wanted us to immediately treat the leg. He approached the situation very violent and wrong. He commanded me to hold one of it's frontlegs as he treated the backleg. But the poor Icelandic pony was so scared that it reaed high up in the air and almost kicked me in the head.

I was so angry and upset with the whole situation that I had to walk away. Today my teacher disappointed me very much. I thought he was wiser.


I look forward to the day when I finish this education. I'll show all the ignorant people that you can handle horses in a much better way, then the way we are teached today!