As USUAL, Pat has the best advice.
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Part of the reason why YOU become a better horseman doing this is because lesson horses are ridden by so many different riders, under supervision, that THEY become better mounts. At least, MINE benefitted from the large number of students that rode them. This is different from rental horses. Rental horses are often bored or sometimes abused by their riders.
Also, you are far less likely to be injured by a lesson horse in a lesson. When I broke my arm I couldn't ride for months--that's a whole summer of riding BLOWN, in my neck of the woods.
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Part of the reason why YOU become a better horseman doing this is because lesson horses are ridden by so many different riders, under supervision, that THEY become better mounts. At least, MINE benefitted from the large number of students that rode them. This is different from rental horses. Rental horses are often bored or sometimes abused by their riders.
Also, you are far less likely to be injured by a lesson horse in a lesson. When I broke my arm I couldn't ride for months--that's a whole summer of riding BLOWN, in my neck of the woods.
