Need To be BEtter At Horse AND caRE?

What you seem to be asking, is how to become a horsewoman. There is only one way: Start at the bottom and work you way up. Get off that horse (for now) and grab a pitchfork and muck tub. Learn how to care for horses, learn how the think and what they need from you before you start asking them for things.

The question you have asked is almost nonsensical. It takes a long time with many many lesson to become a even a competent rider, and you worried that you have missed one lesson. Lessons on horsemanship start on the ground.

I have a suggestion for you, consider tennis, leave the horses to those of us willing to put forth the time and effort.

OK, the fact is, it's not going to happen quickly. The only way to learn is from real poeple and around real horses. It's no good learning horsemanship out of a book, or off the internet, because horses are animals, not machines, and they don't work according to a specific formula.

For the horse care, why not offer to stay at the stables and help out? I huarantee you'll be much more liked by the staff if you do.

Secondly, the riding will improve over time. Just remember, it's not like school where you learn specific things in each lesson. Learning to ride is a gradual process, which comes more naturally to some poeple than others, and learning a skill may not happen immediately. I fyou really want to learn, stop being competitive, and just work hard when you have a lesson. Don't just correct things when your instructopr tells you to, keep thinking about what you're doing. Are you sitting right? Are you the right distance from the horse in front?

If you are really bothered about progressing quickly, book acouple of private lessons - more expensive, but defiinitely better, as you can learn so much faster when you have one-to-one tuition.