My 7 yo twins did a 4 day pony riding course on holiday this year, and they are really keen to keep going. There are a few riding schools and plenty of stables near us so they could carry it on here.
I've never ridden horses or ponies so I don't really know much about the hobby, and I wanted to ask, you know... where should I expect this to go? How long to children go to lessons for - does there come a point where they've learned enough to just ride independently, and then what, you hire a pony? I've seen people talking about pony shares and things like that...
Regarding lessons, is it better to go regularly, say an hour a week, or to do an intensive course? There's a school holiday course at the local riding school, 6 days/45 hours, and the lady who runs it recommended it over weekly lessons (which they also do). I could see us doing that once in autumn, once at Easter... I would have imagined that it would be better to ride regularly though? It would be a lot more convenient to us to do the holiday courses though.
Thanks in advance for any advice/impressions you can give me!
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toomuchtooold · 01/10/2019 08:28
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