What is the silliest thing your riding instructor has ever had you do? Or said to you?

Oh my god, my riding instructor rode me too. Hahaha. And she made me trade places and had me ride HER.... LOL. It was supposed to teach center of balance or something but all it did for me is make me feel hella awkward. I was like 15 though... Couldn't imagine being a male adult and my instructor riding me. lol.

Hmmm.... What else. OH.... One time we were on a group trail ride, including her husband. We were way out in the woods, at least an hour away from any rest stops in the late fall, when there was pretty much no vegetation or leaves on the trees. Well, I had to pee really bad. And she told me I'd have to squat... So I said I'd hold it until we got somewhere. She stopped the entire group and literally made me dismount to go potty. She said she didn't want me to have to hold it that long. And no matter how much I begged, she was too stubborn to let me back on without going. It wouldn't have been such a big deal if her husband wasn't there because then it'd be all girls. But he was..... Haha... And I went waaaay deep into the woods, trying to get far enough away that they wouldn't be able to see anything. And I stayed behind a stump. Anyway, that was pretty embarrassing/"silly".

I think another thing that made me feel uncomfortable is my male instructor when I was much younger rode dobule with me to try to better my position. That was awful lol. I never wanted to be so close to anyone like that while riding ever LOL

My most recent instructor made us do some parelli exercises. That was silly. lol.

as far as craziest thing (even though I'm not an instructor), I can tell you something crazy mine did. I was in lessons with a girl who just wouldn't listen for a really long time, and this lesson the instructor just cracked. They were arguing back and forth and it was very awkward to even be in the arena because the air was so stiff. Then my instructor just burst into tears and left the arena.... And everyone gathered in the middle because we didn't know what to do. And the girl who pissed her off started talking bad about her. And then we found out that she was just standing around the corner the whole time, and she whipped around the corner and started chewing the girl out, and gave her all these barn chores... Then the girl was crying, but she sure shaped up after that.... hehe

ah..... Those were funny days

Hi, Im a Certified Riding Instructor, a Trainer for 25 years, And a rider of 35 years. That is VERY unsafe, NO you are not being Grumpy, I have never allowed children to Even Trot the First day on a Horse, The child could get hurt very bad, as well as the horse.. Children need to Gradually Make their way up to a Trot, and YES once they master the Trot they go to a Lope....

Haha Greg, my instructor rode me a few weeks ago as well!

I think the strangest thing my instructor ever said to me is 'I'm not here to teach you how to ride, I'm here to show you how the horse is trained to be ridden, the rest is up to you'. It does make sense in a way but it sounded ridiculous when she said it!

I don't work as an instructor but I do teach my little sister to ride. A while ago she was getting to big for the pony she rode but didn't want to move onto something bigger as she loved him. To get the point across I hopped on her back and made her try walk around with me on her, even though I'm taller and heavier! She had a lot of trouble doing it and it definetely helped her see sense.

My instructor is my stepdad lol but the craziest thing he's had me do is ---ok there are 2 things

1.) He made me teach my barrel horse how to chase me. It was crazy. I got ran over, he ran away and it was plain confusing, but eventually we got it down.

2.)He made me teach my BARREL horse how to stop when i fell off. GUESS WHAT THAT MEANT!?

i was sooo lucky and i got to pretend there was a little leprauchan trying to kick me while i was on Gabe. I fell at speeds of 10-15- even 20 mph. I was bruised and in bad moods for weeks. But Bill, my stepdad, also taught me an even more valuable lesson--- HOW TO LAND.

Our riding instructor said to put your stirups high then put feet on top of them . we cantered like that and several instructors congratulations for being a good twerker

It would probably be the time my friend (who was acting as my instructor at that point for me. She did lessons and training for a living, I got it free. Lol) was trying to teach me to jump. I had a serious issue with not being able to feel the horse through the jump. Possibly because feet leaving the ground terrifies me, but that's besides the point. So she forced me to saddle up in a kids saddle so I couldn't sit and had to maintain two-point constantly, blindfolded me with a polo wrap, set up a 18" jump and put my horse on the lunge. We lunged over that jump probably 20-30 times. I think I hit the ground more times than I can count that day. However, it greatly improved my form and my feel.

Her fun sayings:

"Don't spill your F***ing tea!" (Talking about keeping hands steady.

"Don't cross the d*** border to Mexico!" (Keeping my hands on seperate sides of the neck and not crossing the neck.)

Things my instructor has said to me:

"turn on your headlights!" ((meaning stick out my boobs))

"you have a butt now stick it out!" ((talking about two point))

"last i checked your a human not a chicken!" ((meaning bring my elbows in))

"this is a riding lesson, not lunch, we don't want chicken wings!" ((again meaning bring my elbows in))

"don't let the ice cream fall off the cone!" ((meaning keep my thumbs up))

"your heels are now roots to a tree, i want to see them touch the ground!" ((meaning push my heels down))

"i could of sworn i was going to have to take you to the hospital by the end of this lesson!" ((we have a race track and i was galloping one of the horses and he kept diving in at random times but i some how managed to stay on))

Things she has made me do:

she made me put a whip in the back of my pants that way if i was sitting wrong it would hit me.

she made me get on my hands and knees and she "rode" me to help demonstrate how to do a lot of different things and to demonstrate stuff to our younger riders.

she has made me put my saddle on one of the ponies at the barn and canter him around. i looked so silly. it really helped me balance though because if i leaned to far to one of the sides i would of fallen off seeing as my saddle was too big for him.

That is just a few things, there is a huge list of things she has said and done. My riding instructor is amazing and we NEVER have a dull lesson.

When I was younger I had a instructor tell to push my chest out like I had boobs (I was 8 and Had none at the time) so i would sit up straight.

Im a trainer now and Had one of my students Grab the end of a lead rope (the end with the clip) and i held on to the other and showd her how to have the horses head pulled in, instead of the horse pulling consistly, she had to canter like a horse around me until I pulled on the rope.... SO FUNNY!

I used to have this super strict instructor and she made me put a crop behind myback and through my elbows so I had to lean back and sit up straight so I wouldn't snap it

My personal favorite (and this was at a horseshow)

"If you don't sit up, I'm gonna stick a thumbtack up your a**!"

Same trainer told one of my friends that if she did something again she was going to make her run laps with her saddle. She did! So that trainer was always threatening to do that. Haha

But I love it when another instructor would always make commentary on the beginner riders. Like

"hehehe. they look like baby ducks"

Hahaha.