Foxhills Riding Centre

31/05/2026

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31/05/2026

31/05/2026

AM I A GOOD RIDER?
“Am I a good rider”? She asked, pensively sat upon her 14.2 cob, covered in poo stains that she couldn’t quite get out before her lesson starts. That she had persuaded her parents to buy a year ago for just £800 (it wasn’t wanted anymore)
“Why do you ask that”
the instructor replied
For she knew how this young girl felt, her eyes often lingered somewhere in between her horses ears or the other side of the school.
“Because I want to be one”
The instructor pondered on this for quite a few minutes. Whilst reassuring the nervous cob, and then said
“A good rider is not someone who buys expensive flashy horses and competes every weekend and makes it to the top within a year.
A good rider is not who jumps the highest jumps or owns the fastest horse.
A good rider isn’t made because they have been riding since they were 3 years old.
A good rider is not someone who can move their horse forward
NO
A good rider is the one you see fall off every time she gets on something new, yet still gets back on with a smile on her face.
A good rider is that rider that cries in the tack room because of how the horse behaved and how hard it’s been to cope watching everyone else be successful, but to her she seems to be the only one that is failing, yet still she still rewards her horse with a treat and a smile because at least he was better than last time.
A good rider is the person with the angel horse, yet doesn’t claim any of the success for themselves. It was all the horse the rider would say. I just sat to it.
A good rider listens
A good rider is soft
A good rider always makes sure the horse is happy and comfortable.
If you love it and you try it and you try again, even if you fall off and it was your fault, even when people point because your seat isn’t as deep as they prefer.
IF YOU NEVER GIVE UP
THATS WHAT MAKES
A GOOD RIDER

29/05/2026