Elmwood Combined Training - Helmet Cam - Elimination!
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- Worse show ever! First ever show jump refusals in a competition during nearly five years of owning Pigeon. Definitely time to trust my gut and get a few MOTs done starting with a saddle check! It is so unlike Pigeon to stop (especially in the show jumping) and that is usually an indication that she is not comfortable!
I adore the way you handled this. Hearing their owners voice in such a calm manner is always nice for the horse. I did the same when I used to show competitively. It may be a show, but the love between you and your horse is what matters most. They are family!! Hope she is doing well.
Exactly Krystal... we are a team of two! She is currently enjoying being ridden bareback while we wait for the saddler to get out to us (just another week or so). There is talk of jumping tonight which might be interesting... must be at least 20 years since I jumped without a saddle (cameras on I think)! Thank you so much for watching and sharing those kind words :)
I love how you talked to her and you didnt get mad and throw a fit (like some riders do) blaming it on the horse. youre riding is amazing and i hope you do well in the next show
we all have days like these, nice for everyone to see its normal to have 'off' days, hope you guys are back on form soon :)
Yikes, yeah, she doesn't look comfortable. Glad you're checking her saddle fit; a lot of people don't bother to see if their horse is in pain :(
warriorCatz1 It's always my first thought when I see a change in behavior or attitude! I do believe horses are generally naughty without a good reason :)
I love to see a rider that recognizes there isn't something right with their horse and knows when to call it in :) I think that's amazing! You two are so lovely :) Goodluck with her and let us know what happens!
I love how you dont get mad at her for refusing and give her a lot of pats at the end, great to see!! :))
I couldn't help chuckle a little when she stopped at the "stop" fence aha. But well done!! We all have off days :) I hate doubles too aha x
I am so glad that you treat Pigeon super well when it comes to refusals. Most people would smack their horse with whip so the horses is scared and has to go over the jump, while you're over here patting her and tell her it's ok, and that it was your fault, and not hers. You're so inspirational :D
You're so inspiring and you're so positive and happy with your horses, it really irritates me when people start hitting their horse when something goes wrong, but you stay controlled and don't get mad! Also, some people don't talk to their horses apart from growling at them when they're riding, but you always have a little stream of banter going! You have such great humour as well, even when you fall off (in other videos)! Well done xxx
You are such an excellent equestrian because when your horse refused, you stayed nice and calm and talked to her nicely where as some people would of screamed and shouted at their horse. You two are an excellent pair
I loved how you handled your horse and how even when your horse knocked or refused a jump you didn't get angry with your Horse! The fact that you can say "You're not right are you sweetpea?!" shows that you recognize your horse's feelings and emotions. Definitely pat you on the back for that because there are many horse owners out there who don't give two hoots about that. In my books..... WTG!
Thank you - it means a lot to hear that. I'm sure some people think I should give her beating but I think there must be a reason she stopped! x
A Horse Called Pigeon Of course! nerves, saddle pinching, wrong leads, too many or not enough strides and more can totally mess up a horse's ride! I LOVE riders like you! You treat them with RESPECT!
Thank you for being a good rider and not punishing your horse. I love how you didn't always blame your horse, you even said in the video about how it was your fault. I also love how you were still chill and brushed it off
I love this, yes I know you got eliminated but I just love how you're so positive with pigeon! You inspire me so much and I really love how you never blame pigeon! X
I really hope she's alright! I absolutely adore the two of you together, you're such a wonderful team. You inspire me to be the best I can possibly be, and since I started watching your videos months ago, I've been much more giving with vocal praise. It's not that I never wanted to praise the horse; it just wasn't the first thing on my mind when I rode. And with how much I love horses, I wanted to make it a priority to remember that. So now, months later, I rode yesterday with two friends, and one of them said I talk to the horse as if she were my daughter. And even though she's not mine, she's a lesson horse, I primarily ride her and I do adore her. So thank you for being such a great inspiration to me! I hope Pigeon feels better soon!
Wow - thank you so much for that wonderful comment! I'm sure the mare you ride likes to hear your reassuring voice :) I'm sure Pigeon will be back on form soon - she seemed a lot happier to be ridden bareback last night so getting the saddle checked is my first priority :) xx
I honestly enjoy these videos so much!!! I love the way you talk to her the whole time
It is so nice to see someone handle their horse so nicely. Great riding and even better how you handled Pigeon after refusing. Kind owner :)
It can be hard when the adrenaline is pumping. All to easy to get angry and emotional - but we are supposed to be the more intelligent species! :D x
I really admire how calm and steady you are. Such a sweet person against your horse. Hope she gets better soon :)
Thank you - I'm not always so soft with her but I couldn't shake the feeling that Pigeon was not being naughty at this show. Hopefully she'll be back to her mad self again soon. Thanks for watching :D x
What a sweet rider! Not even frustrated one iota with the go, just her riding. :) I really admire that, and it is very inspiring, though I am afraid my jumping days are over now.
I hope mine aren't! But Pigeon seems a lot happier now I have a new saddle for her. Thanks for your kind words! :)
I really hope you find out what the problem is, bless her heart she's such an honest horse! Well done you for giving her the benefit of the doubt and publishing this even though things weren't going so well :-/ you're an inspiration!
Wow - that means so much to hear Lucy. I was so so tempted to not post this video but I do try to be honest and take a 'warts and all' policy. We are all allowed the odd off day! :) x
You are so nice to your horse. I wish more people were like you. Others would just whip which I don't believe is the right way to help the horse! Made my day :)
I just want it to be fun for the horse too! Thanks for your kind words :)
I love how you stay so calm! After every refusal, you pet your horse and take a moment to breathe.
+Jessica Heinauer honestly the best rider ive ever seen on youtube, shes like a role model aha
Whenever you are about to jump my heart stops a little. Haha. I get so nervous for you. Xx
the best part about your vides is that you knew pigeon inside and out, i'm truly going to miss these videos.. she was such an awesome horse and so honest.. you can tell she wasn't right at all.. :(
SassyMustang1980 What Happened? 😱
S. Schütten watch the video on a-z horse of a lifetime. It will explain what happened there ☹️
One again I love your videos and you and pigeon have a lovely relation ship I just want to ask you what helmet cam do you use because I would love doing videos like you do x
Thank you very much! I use a GoPro HD helmet hero camera :) x
You handled it wonderfully! Well done!
You treated her so kindly and blamed it on yourself! I love you right now :3
Well I'm in the driving seat! Thanks for watching :) x
Poor girl there was definately something not right she is usually such a brilliant jumper! I hope she's alright! And nicely handled as well, whenever that happens to me I have the tendancy to panic haha!
Ah, thanks for your concern - I hope she better again soon too! I think I did panic a bit (just quietly)... such a surprise for Squidge to say no! Thanks for watching :) x
You've probably already found out what was wrong with her, but one of our horses had exactly the same problem, and we found that she had pain in her hocks which was made worse by getting deep I to the jump? The ones she refused she seemed to get quite deep in to, could it be something linked into how she doesn't like getting in deep? I'd be interested to hear if you did ever find out what was wrong- thank you! Xx (well handled btw, that's how it should be dealt with!)
You are an amazing rider! You inspire me!
Aww, poor Pig :(
Sorry this show didn't go well. Looks like Pigeon's nerves got the best of her this round!! Hope you both feel more comfortable in future shows :)
*Pidge :p
awww poor Piggy. hope you find out whats wrong with her and its not too serious! i love the way you handled her so kindly and gently even though you must've been kinda fustrated.
It was frustrating, but mostly confusing - so unlike Pigeon to not want to jump! My gut tells me it's not too serious (just potentially expensive as with anything equine - but better that than serious). Hopefully we have Pigeon back happily popping soon. Thanks so much for watching and for your kind words. :0) xx
Hi!! What kind of camera do you use?
Hi! My name is Alex too. Both you and Pigeon are very good jumpers!
Aww Pigeon that's very unlike her! Hope it's all sorted soon! xx
Thanks Georgie... you just know when something's not right hey? I'll try her in a different saddle tonight while I try to get a saddler out asap... boo, I always seem to struggle with saddlers! Thanks for watching love - hope Woody is well! xxx
A Horse Called Pigeon
I know the feeling, hopefully Pigeon is just trying to tell you that something is tweaking somewhere! Woody is great thank you hope all works out with Pigeon :) xxx
When she first refused she was off stride pretty bad and that bunny hop she did after I counted was 2 & 1/2 strides. It happens, it's ok! Also please dont ever stop after something bad has happened, I've been taught to end on a good note for instance I have a almost 5 year old thoroughbred mare who has her moments, she took off with me a few days ago and it was pretty horrifying as instead of slowing down when approaching a fence or gate she gallops and then dead stops, I made it without falling but I bailed off when she hyped up turning around. After that I was pretty ticked because I felt like I pushed her (were training her to event, shes an intermediate and I'm a novice but I'm being helped and coached) because I trotted her over a cross rail but in reality she was just hyper because instead of lunging i just walked her dismounted a little, anyways after that i walked her in the saddle for a WHILE until we was SOO bored of it and then trotted her the same place she took off. Basically what I'm saying is if you end a ride on a bad note a horse can pick up bad habits but if you end on a good note they are like "Ok if I do this next time I'll get a treat" or whatever. But what do I know I'm a 13 year old novice rider with 2 years of English equation experience 😂❤❤ - we also found out how sensitive she is and that the snaffle was too much, were getting (I believe it's called) a happybit in the eggbutt shape to make her more comfortable, if that doesnt work we will do a hackmore ( it think that's how its spelled)
I have never seen her like that! It shocked me! I had the same problem with my other horse at one point and I got her back checked and after that she was as right as rain! So maybe if is worth getting her back checked out x
Thanks for sharing your experience and idea! I did get her back checked a couple of months ago but it may need some more attention. I want to have a saddler first though (I have known he to stop when her saddle is not sitting right) as that might be causing a sore back... I'll keep you all posted and might get some videos from bareback or loose jumping while I wait for a saddler to come out! ;-)
You did absolutely amazingly!!!
Maybe pigeon refused the second jump because the signs said stop
Awe pigeon! Hope she gets better soon :(
(It's quite expensive but) we had a chiropractor out to my horse and if you have continuos problems it might be an idea.
My boy had had a fall in the paddock and most of his major bones needed to be realigned :(
Poor lad (they really have no self preservation when they are out in their paddocks). I had Pigeons back checked a couple of months ago but it may well need another tweak. I want to get the saddle checked though. If the saddle is causing pain in her back we need to address that first.... but all the good saddlers around us are so busy. Lunging and barebacking it is for now :) x
Pigeon, on the 2nd refusal, she was like "The jump told me to stop, u can't blame me."
Oh, and I was wondering, what level of eventing do u do?
Eventing,Games&Breyers I never should have taught her to read - lol! I mostly compete at the 90-100 level (2'9"-3'3"). Thanks for watching :)
I do Beginner Novice :D (2'6-2'7)
its so cute how she handles refusals
Hi :) I've got a one question: How old is Pigeon? ;)
You and Pigeon are super couple
Hee hee! Thanks so much (in a fan if yours too). Believe it or not Pigeon is old enough to know better at 16 years! ;-)
Wow reminds me of me and elvis last week at crown farm! Stopping then climbing over them! Got his back checked and he was stuff in his back end.. Hope this was the reason!! His saddle is new and fitted to him so it's not that!
Good luck with the checks!
Thanks Emma - hopefully it is just something that needs a tweak (she was like this about the same time last year and that was my saddle dropping at the front so she probably worried about hitting her withers when the fences got bigger and was generally feeling pinched). I had her back done a couple of months but if the saddle is not right that will probably cause pain in her back... I feel bad because she has not been 100% for a few weeks now but seemed happier with a prolite under her saddle! I am amazed we managed 53.5% in the dressage considering the heat, Pigeon not being right and the test being of elementary/medium level (leg yields and the final centre line in canter - yikes)! Fingers crossed our little jumping machines will be back on track very soon. Are you doing Aston le Walls at the end of August? xxx
+ Emma Fowles
Pigeon has now been diagnosed with Cushing's Disease, which is probably why she was like this :(
my pony refused twice because he didn't like the water tray underneath the jump so he kept refusing and I then fell off into the water 😂😂
you can always count on pigeon to chip in! 🤣
Pigeon is refusing jumps.I wonder what happened?
Me too. Need to get her saddle checked first I think! Thanks for watching :)
Hope you find the cause of Unhappy Pigeon! If it makes you feel better I'm off for two months at least with a broken femur when my mare reared and landed on my leg - No joining WORC until winter! :(
I saw that! Poor you. Just when you are school holidays too :(
3 weeks before actually! :( Bah well, we learn from our mistakes, eh!
Unlucky..... If i was on the same horse the day before when i did a competition i think i would get eliminated
What field boots do you have?
What do you mean by field boots? We probably call them something different in the UK ;-)
A Horse Called Pigeon I meant your tall boots! They're field boots if they have laces and dress boots if they do not have laces in the front. ^_^
JustLookingForLove13 Ah I see (I was thinking 'but I don't put Pigeon in boots when she is in the field' - lol). My competition riding boots are Regents - reasonable value for money compared to some of the more expensive brands! Thanks for watching :)
A Horse Called Pigeon Hahaha Thanks! I've never heard of them before but they look very nice! Go team Piggie!
Did you find out what was wrong with her?
I love u and peogen you r so sweet and kind to her! 💖
Caitlin Wootton Hahaha... there she goes reading again! xx
She probably stopped because it said "STOP!" haha :')
I know... she read the wrong bit!
***** It goes to show how shocked I was... I'm sure I would made that joke at the time on a normal day!
***** haha what a time to start learning english
+A Horse Called Pigeon Awww pigeon is so good !
How high was this class? x
BritishEventerRG This was the 100cm course. Thanks for watching :)
You horse is soooo cuteeeee
Hope she is feeling ok.
Thank you! Almost there I think. Just need the flocking adjusted in my saddle and we have no excuses :-)
great
Relationship I don't know why it put a gap in the word hahah
ok so my theory is, her striding was inaccurate on the combinations and she may have felt your shock at her refusals and took it as a sign not to jump, perhaps she was nervous? haha i don't know, I'm just guessing :D awesome horse though, you guys looks awesome together though :D
Definitely got the stridings off... I think she was lacking some confidence because her saddle was uncomfortable so she wasn't forward enough into the doubles so we landed too close to the first fence to make the striding to the second (if that makes sense). We are getting there now though! Thank you for watching and commenting! :D
good point! oh well, either way, that horse is beautiful
she stopped at the second jump because the jump said stop ! ;)
That's what I get for teaching her to read, lol ;-)
its raining here in holland but you en pigeon jumped very well that 1 refuse was not youre fault
well, the standard did have a stop sign on it lmao
Poor pigeon
what pony club is this with? my pony club have those EXACT jumps ha!
I LOVE PIGEON!!!!
It was not you the striding looked so strange 😆😂☹️
que dire.... rien nest géré, ce nest pas la faute du cheval.avant de sortir en concours et sur cette hauteur, il faut controler la vitesse, la direction, la foulée, la position !!!ce nest pas normal a ce niveau (normalement) de faire 15 fois la meme erreur !!!!
The reason she kept refusing is cuz u weren’t kicking her on
"Gold girl"? No, she's not good.
What was wrong with her?!
We discovered she has equine cushings disease so that was why she was so flat abs lacking energy. She has a bit too much energy now she is on medication ;-)
Oh ok well at least that's sorted! Haha a bit to much energy now!
A Horse Called Pigeon My pony has ut to, she is on medication to and hav too much energy. Haha. My ponny is 25 years old :)
+A Horse Called Pigeon Ahhh bless her...... Good job she's more better now
Hmmm very unlike her.. Still tried her wee heart out though :')
Yep - that's what made me think something was wrong. She always wants to please her human if she can and loves her jumping normally :)
0:50 - 🐎huge jump
Et je suis désolé ont ne caresse pas un cheval après une erreur
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