Hi everyone!
After having a great clinic with Josepha last week, I had to join the forum! I keep my 5yr Thoroughbred gelding (Lichtenstein aka Litchi) with Simone and Janet, who are also new to the forum.
I've been riding since I was 9yrs old and I'm now turning 27. I took a 4yr break from riding from the age of 19 to 23 and I must just state that riding again as an adult is quite different from the extremely brave (more stupid actually), try anything, jump the moon junior that I was. With age comes responsibilty and lots of caution! Also, you don't jump back from a fall as quickly when young!
But I had a huge hole missing in my life when not riding and it was amazing to start riding again - felt like I had come home
After 2 disastrous leasing episodes, I decided to buy my own horse. I bought Litchi in March 2006, 3.3 years old and straight off the race track. First year I took it easy, just hacking and have slowly started schooling this year, He is turning 5 now on 9 December. Lets just say he keeps me on my toes
He can be a handful at times, is completely accident prone but I love him to bits!
Anyways, enough about me. I look forward to spending time on the forum and learning lots of new things.
Cheers for now!