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Horse Back Riding
Lately I have been extremely stressed out. I have been riding for about nine years. I own a horse, and I have competed all over the states, and canada. Usually summers are my busiest riding time. I look forward to spending my entire summer at the barn. Well this summer started out great, I was riding alot and having fun. But then things changed. There was drama at the barn and like people were gossiping all the time, and it just became really competetive. So for the past few weeks I haven't ridden at all. I have sadly outgrown my horse, and I think I have outgrown my teacher. But the area I live in, there isn't any coaches besides where I am. And my parents think I'm just quiting, and I don't want to quit because I love it. I just don't know what I can do to show them I don't want to quit. Or like what I can do period. I don't want to sell my horse, but I have outgrown her. And its so expensive.. Please help me..
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Find another center if you can't ignore them have fun on your horse and hopfully they will stop if they don't then explain to them that the point of riding is not to gossip and have a competion it is to enjoy being on top of a horse i hope i helped.
P.S what ever you do don't give horse riding up
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What area do you live in, if you don't mind me asking? I find it hard to believe that there aren't ANY other stables nearby that you could go to, although you might have to be willing to travel a bit farther that you're used to in order to find a good stable. Look through the phonebook and do an internet search for other stables in your area, or talk to people at shows to see where and who they train with.
A good trainer should never be "outgrown" in just 9 years. I know that with my trainer, she was constantly taking lessons from other top trainers, so that she was constantly improving her skills. But if there's bad drama at the barn, and you don't like the things your trainer is teaching you, then you should move - there IS such thing as a bad barn and trainer. I would know, as I worked as an instructor for one briefly a year ago, and left because I was so disgusted with the methods that the head trainer wanted me to teach. A good trainer should also be able to assist you and give you good advice about selling and purchasing horses.
As far as your horse goes, I know you probably love him/her, but if you are advancing to a higher level of riding and your horse is just not skilled enough to progress with you, or you have gotten too big to effectively ride them, then they are only holding you back. I'm not sure which you meant when you said that you had outgrown them, as I don't know how big or how skilled your horse is. Sometimes people within your same barn might be looking to buy a horse, which would mean that you'd still be able to see the horse since it wouldn't actually be leaving the property. That might be an option for you.
Also, if owning your own horse has become too expensive, you could always look into trying to lease one. I have done that several times, and had a wonderful experience with it.
I'd be interested to know what level you are riding at as well.
Feel free to ask me any questions anytime! I have years worth of horse experience, so I'd be happy to help you.
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