Haha! I love the ninja! drink some vitamin c and hope that you don't get ill! As for me, my shoulders ache soo much from pulling Win back yesterday - Defo worth it though!

Haha! I only get to ride on Saturdays through the winter 'cos it's dark after school and I don't loan on Sundays so.... I hope you had a fun lesson... Was it jumping or flat work?

Aw Bless, Win had a fast day today. We went hacking with two girls from the stables and they kept cantering off and by the end of it I was struggling to pull him up - Had to tell him off a couple of times! It was nice not having to kick as hard as usual but yes, when they don't listen, it can be dangerous!

I hate it when they buck - The last time Win did it, I fell of! Haha! Aw it's annoying when they don't listen isn't it? I do like when Win has a fast day though - I ride as much as possible at the moment so he never does but after his op last simmer it was nice not kicking so much!

Haha! Yesterday we were watching a documentary following gay and trans people to see how hard they had things and one of the guys friends on the was wearing a Resistance shirt! Mum says I over reacted but I was hyper! He's spreading the Musey love on TV! Yay! Aw bless, do you like riding her when she's crazy or does it freak you out sometimes?

Ah, no the field is still super muddy, I've only ridden him on hacks since I last spoke about jumping and stuff... What about you? Have you had any lessons or anything lately?

Haha! No probs!

Ahaha! That's brilliant... I don't usually listen to the entire interview but if you type Muse floccinaucinihillipilifications into youtube the floccinaucinihillipilifications bit'll come up.

Haha! I know what you mean... Non of my friends are into Muse and so even if I try, they look at me like ... Apart from floccinaucinihillipilifications - Did I spell that right? - They get that 'cos I made my friend watch the interview when she came over!

Haha! I wish anyone in England other than Musers could be proud to be British... This might sound awfully racist (Believe me I'm not though!) but we've let so many asylum seekers in and people who come into our county and don't work that Great Britain is no longer Great Britain... And I have nothing against people from other countries or anything, it's just annoying that we have to pay their benefits in taxes just because they don't want to work... People who do are fine and people who can't work is fine and asylum seekers who work are fine but yeah, you get my argument. And I'll say it again, I'm not racist, I'm just no longer proud of what we've become - [iT'S CONTRARY TO WHAT WE WANT - TAKE A BOW...] Had to fit that in - MUSE FTW!

Ahh bless her! Just wondering... Do you order horsey stuff online or do you just buy it the shops? Sort of tack, rugs, riding wear, all of that. Just wanted to ask if you knew of a certain 'Robinsons'? For some reason my Mum wants to know if they just distribute in England or whether it's elsewhere too.

Haha! A half shoe-d horse! Win doesn't wear shoes and it's funny what a difference it makes... My Mum doesn't ride Win much but borrows a horse called Lenny (he wears shoes) from an old bloke up the stables - He's tied up with breaking in his other horse and Lenny's even younger than Win who's almost 5 so he needs lots of riding. We took them down the lanes a couple of weeks back and it was a bit icy - Win was fine and Lenny was sliding all over the place! Haha!

No, I don't have lessons, I think because I'd lost a lot of my confidence when I first started loaning, I just wanted to 'go easy' and I haven't had a lesson since. My Mum's a pretty good teacher though - Win started napping really badly and in the end I couldn't stop him until he reached the gate and then I couldn't get him to come back! So she taught me how to deal with it, he's still naughty when I ride in the field but if a keep a short inside rein, he usually knows that he won't get away with it. Glad to hear you had a good lesson... How did Tantta's shoe come off?

Ah, yes I saw that one when I got the other one on Amazon... Is it good? I guess it's more about the Showbiz era isn't it? Looks about that time? How was your jumping lesson by the way?

Yeah, have you read Mark Beaumont's 'Out Of This World - The Story Of MUSE' - In there it said 'Chris used to joke that he'd release a kid for every album.'

Ahaha! Yes! Wolstenbaby no.6! Just asked you the same thing on the 'Chat' thingy on Facebook! It's funny because everyone who heard Steve Lamarqc's interview with Muse last year before Reading will have known no.6 was on her way but those who didn't just got a massive surprise from Twitter! Must have been weird being one of those people!

Is it nice to hack out in your area? There's mostly roads around us so we tend to either go out on a short hack to avoid too much traffic or if we want to find some woods we'll be out for hours! :S

Ah, good idea! I'll have a browse for some bright pole covers and hopefully that'll do the trick! Thanks! When it comes around to summer I'll work with him in canter a bit more... We don't have a schooling ring - we just ride in a field and at the moment we mostly hack because the field is a mud bath... :s What about you, do you hack out much?

Thanks for tips and yes, I did understand... I'll ask his owner and see what she says but she doesn't ride him at all because she's just bought a foal - He's 5 months old - So cute! Win has a problem with his left hind leg (stick stifle) you've probably heard of it before but basically it 'sticks' and in the morning after he's been stabled at night it's quite bad. He had the other one done last summer and it's fine but we want to avoid another operation and to do that we need to be cantering a lot... Don't know what it does but the vet said a lot of work (especially canter and trotting poles) could make it go away on it's own. It's just those are the things he's not good at!

Haha! Recovered a little but my back plays me up all the time... Grr... Doctor's say they can't do anything about it.

Win is nice to ride but he he is very slow! I hate using a crop but sometimes it's the only possible way to get him up into canter... I've been looking for tips on how to get him to pick his feet up over trotting poles - He just ploughs into them! Haha! He's not very forward going... Bless him! If you have any helpful tips they'd be greatly appreciated!

Showjumping is great... Wish I could do it... Never jumped in my life! Haha! How many feet etc. do you jump?

Yes, I've seen pictures of Haflinda and Tantta, both of them are beautiful! And no, I don't go to competitions with Win, I'm not the type really... I had a fall in 2007 and injured my back and it's taken me a long time to get my confidence back... It's only in the last year that I have really, only because I trust him 100%

What do you compete in?

Same line seems to have posted twice! Hmm...

Haha! Thanks... Wish it was official though!

Haha! Kiitos! Only, I wish it was an official calendar though!

Ah! We're still waiting for snow! I don't think it'll come now though...

And I've been riding for a little more than 4 years altogether now... I take it you've seen the cob in the photos... He's called Winston. I loan him for 3 days a week. How about you? How long have you ridden for? Do you have your own?

Happy New Year to you too! I'm very good thank you, I've got another Muse tribute calendar to get me through the year! Haha! How are you?

And yes, that's a very good idea... I see the forums as 'home' anyway because that's where we fist said 'Hi' - Little bit creepy I know!

Welcome to the forums!