bundy

I used to be like that - I always rode horses that we way too big for me. Legs flapping halfway down the saddle, needing a crane to get on board....

Go Banana's !!

Hi Loose,
We're heading for Ballajura to start with in the Northern suberbs and then hope to settle in Landsdale.

PS: My mum ran a dance school for 25 years in the uK thats why I know about these things and my aunty in Oz is her twin sister !! Unfortunately she doesn't do Latin just the ballet and tap.

Good luck (and I agree with Bundy - those stirrups were too short by half !!) LOL

Best wishes
Warren
Perth 2004....Twice !! :scared: :scared:

Simone

Here a pic of later, in Bridgetown, I was 13. This was when my uncle was visiting, and we went with the whole family. Usually it was just me and the instructor, among the rolling hills, ahhhh, that was the life!
Once we went with a group of girls, and the horses raced each other up a hill!!! Arghhhhh! They were all old racing horses, thourough breds and stuff.
At my friends house they had a pony, we rode it bareback, that was cool. They also had a dam.
Ahhh, those were the days!

Here's horseriding places in Perth:
http://www.yellowpages.com.au/search...siteOnly=false

bundy

Looking a bit more in control there Simone. Well done

Simone

Yeah!
And, you have to remember, I was 7!! (don't know if you can tell from that pic...?)

Oh, and the horses(ponies), had cool names, I remember Blinky Bill and Tinker bell!!

bundy

Blink Bill is a legend.

loose

We wont be a million miles away. hopefully our paths will cross some day.

Might not be able to visit your Aunty though. Dont mind trying the latin stuff cos I can just hold on and let the missus lead me around, but I cant really see me doing ballet or tap!!!

Cheers!

bundy

I can

loose

you just want to see me in those ballet tights!!

Simone

Mmm, yeah. I was never really in control, unfortunetly, that's why I stopped a few years ago. I love animals, but riding them wasn't my thing, I wasn't strong enough and in control enough.
Fell of a few times too, when the horse decided to gallop home...

Bix

Yep you need it

....and here's me thinking a Salsa was a salad or something

Simone

Ok, one more, this is just before I stopped (in Holland)
Specially for Bix :scared:
My first and last competition, dressure(is that English???)

Go Banana's !!

The English is Dressage (pronounced dress arge)

Daughter would love to join you on a hack sometime

BTW I know nothing about horses it's all my six year old's info!

Jill

Simone

Ahhh, Dressage! Of course! Thanks! (in Dutch it's dressuur)

Yeah, cool! I haven't rode/ridden(!) for ages! Would love to again! But on a really tame horse!
I realise now it was maybe my last stables that ruined it for me. Ok, I wasn't to confident, but the horses were really annoying compared to the ones in Oz.

Ok, some more pics for your daugter

THis is my mum (and me in the pink shorts) coming back from a trail ride in Manjimup, in the southwest, on holiday in January 1990. This is near Fonty's pool, which is a sort of natural/concrete swimming pool.

Simone

My first lesson ever! (at Helena Valley, Perth 1990)
Woohoo, no hands!!!

(oops, bit big first time!)