Cavaletti Lesson Fail! | GoPro

[@quirkybird4947]

I thought you did really well Claire. There were a lot of positives in there and it's not about making mistakes it's about recovering from them which you managed to do nicely!! ❤xxx

[@PonyCam]

Thank you :-) xxx

[@harrietequestrian5986]

Awww Magic speedy pony! you did great though Claire! ♥️🐴

[@sophiew1842]

Magic reminds me of pippin 😂

[@harrietequestrian5986]

Sophie The Equestrian yh ik what you mean or google when he gets a bit excited 😂

[@lolasart3408]

I really like that rule about donating if you leave negative comment! You're such a sweet person. I love your videos so much, and how you ride too!

[@jellyadvice582]

Magic is exactly like my loan pony Sammy! Very excitable and fast 😂❤️ also quite spooky

[@nahiwanthorses7771]

Another great video I can’t get enough of this channel

[@yvonnecollins3848]

Magic has changed so much since January! He could barely bend in trot, but now he can and he can bend in canter aswell! Well done Magic and you too PonyCam! Your videos have given me more confidence over 40' - 50', the highest I've ever jumped, its not much but it meant a lot to me, you and Magic have seriously improved and my Easter holidays are going amazingly! Thank you PonyCam, for making me the person I am.

[@hi4481]

Ahaha if you think that’s a fail you should have seen my lesson today lol *my absolute everything hurts*

[@lailasandling2096]

I fell of the horse galloped today and I landed on my face it really hurts

[@hi4481]

Laila Sandling aw it’s ok it happens to all of us and it will happen again but that is just the risk we take when riding horses ! Hope you are ok and not too hurt Xx

[@micaellacarrillo5773]

Oof I’ve only fallen off in a canter but I was fine

[@amysutcliffe9395]

My worst fall is when my lesson had ended. My instructor was putting the poles together so it made a loud noise and my horse galloped towards another set of poles and I hit my back of them, painful but I recovered

[@hi4481]

Amy Sutcliffe ooo sounds sore !

[@teawrecks]

these videos of Magic rushing things triggered so many memories of my dear Tyson, may he rest in peace, in his early days. God, he would rush everything so i totally felt you up there!! Just that you are so lucky to have a patient trainer who doesn't yell her lungs out at you if you fail to hold him back, lol. Good job anyways!! And, strange thing, but i love how you talk to your ponies lol

[@vytautekvedaraite9814]

Omg I LOVE how you’re not even getting mad at him!

[@Isobel201]

yeah that spring grass has had an effect on our boys as well, the two old ponies had a hooley around the arena today before we could attempt to loose school them.

[@bandersnatch2874]

There's so little you can do when they get that excited and bolt. You want to keep control but you don't want to shred their mouth either. Good job sticking with it. I've ridden a few horses like Magic and typically ended up shaking by the end of the lesson.

[@demithemoonwalker9562]

I’ve only just started watching you , your amazing !!

[@equineobsessed2881]

Well done you guys are a great pair!

[@ΝαντιαΚουτσουδακη]

So cute😍Perfect Job!!

[@natashafrankie187]

30th comment lol I'm so happy I've never been early.. but you've convinced me to ask my parents for a GoPro, and for my birthday in November, I got one, you reminded me to charge it for my lesson tomorrow.. lol thank u!!

[@_itsequestrian166]

You did lovely handling him:) The speedy ponies are rediculous sometimes, i get u😂 I used to ride an insane lil pony who loves to jump and i did bounces and ended up falling off lmao i got back on tho and did it again, all was good. But i think that was a good ride not a fail, you both learn a lot from that:))

[@catcuthbert5890]

QOTD: my holiday is great!! I had a team show ( inter schools) and came 6th!!

[@raffi_the_connie7282]

Gr8 vid as always, i love your videos x

[@laurapolo275]

Y love You and y love magic!!!! Its soo cute!!!! 💞😍🐴💛

[@elliescott5550]

this happen to me in a lesson a while back when they rush the raised pole when they are for trotting over. the horse I rode while doing this is not aloud to jump due to medical reasons she decide to canter and jump the :) it was so funny but and the same time my hands really hurt from all the pulling ;)

[@dannymaclennan2838]

Magic is a naughty lad 🐴🐎😂

[@chielterlaak795]

Super nice vid ❤❤❤❤ love it 💛

[@annanowak1805]

It is good to enjoy the ride even when it goes not as smooth and well done and as we want it to be. I rode a horse that started rushing over the poles in a canter and jumped each one pole instead of widening his stride and it was a big challenge to not jump over the laying poles on the ground. Eastern time is important for me and I hope to spend it in a valuable way.

[@ellelasko4243]

We did pole work in our last lesson and for sure the problem was that the horse I was riding wanted to get over the poles as fast as she could, in the end, she trotted the whole thing and was very good about it, even though I got quite frustrated with her lol :)

[@danielledewitt1]

Called at the riding stables today and I’m accepted and booked in for not this friday but next friday.

[@ellie-pm9hp]

how did it go?

[@icavallisonobelli2285]

Sei stata bravissima😂♥️

[@proudequestrianreviews]

At lease you know for sure that Magic Looooooves jumping.

[@proudequestrianreviews]

*least

[@fshowjumping1827]

Early oh mag . My Easter is going great I had a great lesson on a pony called patch he’s super Claire what do you think of ponies,. and grabbing mane when you go over a jump

[@sofihristova3153]

Schleich horse lover 9,000 you can’t grab mane to keep balance you are having zero control on your horse while jumping

[@paristhejumper3471]

Sofi Hristova grabbing mane is not a bad thing! You only do it over the jump! So control is not an issue! Sorry if I sound rude I don’t mean to!

[@corvus6779]

I know a pony just like Magic, a candian named Norton. He's so enthusiastic about jumping that if you point him towards one you have to jump it or else he'll jump it for you.

[@daisysponydrama2178]

My horse tends to rush too so any advice on how to stop this would be amazing thx!

[@mia_8895]

I did my first jump 🌟 😍 it’s so awesome ! First time it feels like the pony is falling over a bit 😅 I’m proud of the horse I was on ( lady) as she normally doesn’t like cantering and that but she was perfect

[@charlotteequestrian8111]

Well done for doing your first jump! I hope you do well in future lessons and never lose hope and lady is just like how the horse Dennis (the hors in my profile pic) taught me how to jump

[@horseloverforever2846]

Well done

[@fshowjumping1827]

Don’t feel bad you did great

[@aidanbecker5101]

Magic oh Magic 😂😂🤦🏻‍♀️

[@louisemccarthy8673]

I feel your pain I've been there with nappy horses.

[@kaydeeunderdown218]

You ride him so well! Though I was wondering why you pat him after he has done something wrong?

[@PonyCam]

I praised him after each go because he halted beautifully from my seat each time after the poles, showing me he was listening, but just not understanding the pole exercise. If he had tanked off after the poles and round the corner, I wouldn't have praised him, but he didn't do anything 'wrong' at all in this lesson, he just didn't understand all of the questions the instructor and I were asking him, so it's a case of ignoring the 'bad', and praising the good :-)

[@sarahequestrian4833]

Mentally, you handled that way too good. I always freak out or get mad and upset at my horse or myself. I would probably just pull on my horses mouth by accident if she was that fresh. I hate when horses are fresh since I just loose my s**t 😂😂

[@Ponylapse]

Where abouts are you based? I’m looking for yards but can’t find the one yours looks interesting!

[@amypowell5107]

It's called Terpins Lodge and it's in Oxfordshire x

[@lisafirstlad]

It must be so frustrating for your instructor that Magic hits almost every pole😂😂

[@PonyCam]

Haha yeah I did feel quite sorry for her 😂

[@horseloverforever2846]

U did so well. Well donnne 😀😀

[@marlafarrell7303]

Where do you ride, it’s gorgeous x

[@itzmeg3988]

Your instructor is probably lovely, and I’m not being horrible but I dislike trainers who are like ‘halt halt halt halt’ its like YEAH IM TRYING!! I’m not just sat here cantering over trotting poles for nothing 😂

[@PonyCam]

Haha yes I know what you mean 😂

[@robynkelly426]

Just wondering does anyone have any advice on getting over a fear of cantering.I had a bad fall at a bad riding school on a bad horse,now I know everyone says it’s never the horses fault and it wasn’t it was inexperienced riding instructors putting us on green horses.I had only been riding for a while and they said for us to jump no stirrups and no jumps over a 1 foot jump,now I was a kid and found this exiting and went for it,not knowing any better and had a bad fall breaking my collar bone and extremely strained my left neck muscle(can’t remember what it’s called LOL)but that was when I was around ten I have been of and I’m now 13 turning 14 soon.I have started back at a much better,responsible riding school with good horses.Now I have trotted and walked on a horse called Cassie.She is a good girl but I have a big fear of cantering for some reason.Any tips or advice ? Xxx

[@bela3719]

POLSKA DAJE 👍👍👍👍

[@larnaandstar7355]

aawww he’s excited 😆

[@elwirawesolowska3336]

So on Saturday I rode a new horse Socks although she's very crazy and after I cantered on her my riding instructor told me it's best that I get a different horse so I did. I rode Twix he's very calm but tall. On Sunday I went to a different stable again I couldn't go on Saturday because they were gone. Anyway I rode cloud and we cantered a few times in the arena then I got on a horse called Molly. I attempted to canter but she bolted off. I almost fell of but I was fine. After I got back on Cloud and we went to a race track and I cantered on it☺. Then we went on a trail ride but the weather was so bad so we turned back. I'm going again on Thursday, Friday and Saturday😄

[@Songsforfitnesss]

I’ve seen on some of your videos your only riding magic...are you working on him ?

[@PonyCam]

Shiriska Neethling I’ve been riding him exclusively in lessons since he arrived at the beginning of the year - that’s purely because he can be a little bit tricky and his owner doesn’t want too many different people riding him, and the yard owner knows I’ll happily ride pretty much anything. For those reasons it just makes sense for me to ride him each week instead of swapping loads of different new people onto him for each lesson, as Magic can also be a little bit sensitive and it takes time to work out his buttons :-)

[@horseloverforever2846]

QoTD my hols r going g8 thx. Wbu??

[@wilsonmy11yroschnauzerswl76]

Someone needs to do a funny edit of these videos of Magic’s (or any other horses) perspective

[@shinyhorse24]

You should see about doing exercises where you turn a circle before you get to the fence. If you don’t understand I can link a video to explain but set up a couple of fences in a line and before each new fence circle back to the one before it and it’ll hopefully get him to think about what you’re asking instead of just surging forwards :)

[@PonyCam]

Thank you :-) your exercise sounds useful, but as these are shared lessons in a riding school, unfortunately I can't choose what exercises we do and it's up to the instructor to tell me how she wants me to approach each exercise. Magic's owner has his own private lessons each week where he can decide what he wants to work on specifically with the help of his instructor :-)

[@순하김-p6f]

G O O D B O Y

[@scarletteq9440]

This is my pony every lesson but worse! Any training exercises? Btw my pony has jumped out the arena before... and sadly he make it but chipped his knees on a nail and was lame for 3 weeks! Thanks a lot Star 😂🤪🙄

[@lunanera4403]

Is Magic now your own horse? I'm sorry if you already told that but then I didn't see that..

[@lacavalieredeletalon2847]

Good boy 😂

[@jellyadvice582]

Does anyone have any tips for confidence when riding a strong pony like magic over poles and jumps ❤️

[@henrietta9394]

Summer Riding what I do when riding my strong pony is think “I am in control” over in my head if I start to feel unsure, and a good contact on her reins helps, but not too much as I don’t want to pull her too far behind the vertical or above her outline so she hollows her back. Pull and release with the outside rein a few times and a bit stronger each time she doesn’t react, never pull and not release as they can lean on the bit and ignore you. If you find yourself being carted away at a faster pace than you want, pull them into a small circle to slow the horse down. Also to increase your overall confidence, try riding quieter ponies every so often. I hope this helps!

[@henrietta9394]

Also when going over jumps, sit back and down hard before the jump to keep them from going too fast before the jumps, and learn to count strides so you can fold as the horse takes off. I do this by watching videos like this and counting strides into each fence.

[@jellyadvice582]

Henrietta thank you so much for the tip! ❤️ I really appreciate

[@henrietta9394]

Summer Riding no problem! Happy to help ❤️

[@hooli9153]

What riding school do you go

[@user-yw9dt9wb1h]

She goes turpins lodge

[@hooli9153]

@@user-yw9dt9wb1h thx

[@simplyjordyn5710]

I’m confused he just cantered the line did he run it

[@PonyCam]

Simply Jordyn at no point were we supposed to be cantering over the poles/cavaletti/jumps.

[@simplyjordyn5710]

I’m sorry I love watching you and I guess I’m just so used to catering over the poles when I ride I understand now that you were supposed to trot over the poles

[@bellaequestrian4026]

What Was the fail

[@PonyCam]

wendy flanigan At no point were we supposed to be cantering over the trotting poles/cavaletti/jump.

[@eevivirtala170]

Horse i❤ love you❤❤

[@sarahkowalski6211]

he is the opposite on my loan pony she is lazy and mood and does not spook much (thank god ) but when she does she is bad lol I still love her

[@Niamhandthedreamteam]

OMG!!! I’m friends with the instructor in that video. Her name is Magdalena isn’t it? I ride her horse and pony Dudek and Penny quite a bit. I am her “groom” and I help her for free. I’m sure you have seen multiple posts on instagram of Dudek and Penny and Nati!

[@PonyCam]

Yep it’s Magdalena, Dudek was here with her for a little bit too, my mum used to ride him occasionally 😊

[@Niamhandthedreamteam]

@@PonyCam oh wow lucky her! He is currently very stiff so I don’t get to ride him but now I know if I want a lesson I can ask her 🤣

[@soofiem]

I thinked In THIS VIDEO you come to fall of🤣🤣

[@nele_vroni_pippa4884]

Was macht sie da ? 😅

[@nedkelly.c0m]

Why don’t you just think you both still done good on this day? 🌿

[@meme-mv5tk]

I went xc today and fell into the water 😂😂🙄🙄

[@claire2689]

Is magic yours

[@nulluhrsechsunddreisig]

Where is the fail?😅

[@PonyCam]

• Jasmina • At no point were we supposed to be cantering over the trotting poles, cavaletti or jump.

[@erinthomas9150]

Yay🙄😂

[@ingipope91]

If I asked my horse to trot she would throw a fit if I asked her to canter.. well, she would buck me off and she looks exactly like that horse.

[@lexitheequestrian4141]

what gopro do u use ?

[@danielledewitt1]

Well on thursday it will be 3 weeks since I filled that form in and still not heard back so we are going there ourselves on tuesday.

[@thatcobshadow7114]

Do you like riding magic? Xx

[@PonyCam]

Thatcobshadow Yes I do :-) xx

[@sophiasgp7487]

No views and 22 likes 🤨🤨🤨

[@horseloverforever2846]

Lol

[@emmyennit]

I love doing bouncessss

[@eevivirtala170]

Sorry😢

[@hi4481]

What?

[@alinaratzke7919]

das good boy triggert voll

[@kata2345]

2nd comment and 3rd like 😄 no views 😑

[@shannondodds9890]

Ohhhh! I feel so sorry for you!! I hate to say, but it is soooooooooooooooooooooooo annoying when he knocks down the poles the whole time!!! He is soooooooo cute!! I hope next time he will do better next time!! Love your Videos!!

[@caydancelover6578]

Hi

[@linneaengh6773]

Uhm... where is the fall?

[@PonyCam]

Linnea Engh It doesn’t say there is a fall??

[@linneaengh6773]

PonyCam oh sorry, I meant where is the fail?💘

[@PonyCam]

Linnea Engh At no point were we meant to be cantering over the trot poles, cavaletti, or jump - the whole lesson was supposed to be trot-work. x

[@chanellewarden3309]

Second!! Notice me ilysm x

[@saralunademaio9659]

It's *cavalletti, non cavaletti

[@PonyCam]

Saraluna De Maio In the English language, we usually spell it with one ‘l’: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavaletti

[@caseytierney25]

May I just suggest one tiny itty bitty thing. It's nothing to do with your riding, you handled that perfectly. I know a horse in my yard that's like that too. My friend rides him and she is always panting after the lessons. Anyways, it was something you and your instructor were saying. You guys were saying "woah woah woah" kind of..... how would I say, very quickly. What my instructor does is she drags the word out and i think it calm us riders down more so than the horses. So she'll be like "wooooo'ohhhhhhh" almost in sing song form. Now, before you come for me, which I dont think you would anyway because we've spoken before and you are a very nice person but with the way the internet is nowadays you need to explain your life story before saying things, but I am not saying that there is anything wrong with how you're saying things, obviously our horses differ to your horses and I notice in your videos that they respond exceptionally well to voice commands which is super cool and impressive but just there in this one magic seemed to get even more excited when you guys were saying "woah woah woah" really quickly. Just trying to help, that's all xx

[@laurens.6326]

Hellooooo

[@scottbuchanan7831]

Mabey your teacher should not tell you to Holt

[@lucywilliamsxo4235]

Honestly stop patting him when he goes over them too quick your encouraging it x

[@PonyCam]

Lucy& Ponies Thanks for your comment - please give at least £1 to a charity of your choice in line with the rule in the video description ❤️ I praised Magic after each go over the poles because he halted beautifully from my seat each time we got to the other side, showing me he was listening and awaiting my cues, but just not understanding the pole part of the exercise. If Magic had tanked off after the poles and round the corner, I wouldn't have praised him because that would mean he wasn’t listening to me at all. Magic didn't do anything 'wrong' at all in this lesson, he just didn't understand all of the questions the instructor and I were asking him, but him not understanding the whole exercise doesn’t mean he doesn’t deserve praise for the bits he gets right (it just means us humans need to find a better way of explaining it to him)! For Magic (and most horses) riding him positively and successfully means ignoring the 'bad', and praising the good! Patting is a reward for a positive action. The horse is not so clueless that he genuinely thinks speeding through while ignoring my strong half halts, “woah”s, leaning back and pulling on the reins over the poles was really what I was asking for, he was just overexcited about the jump and rushed to get the difficult part (the poles) out of the way. :-) x

[@niamhthomas1095]

Early x

[@kingaformella3789]

Nie chwal tyle tej szkapy

[@lipka3898]

This your horse? XD #perectEanglish

[@horseloverforever2846]

No she just rides magic in lessons

[@AndreyMusvitskas]

If you seen my daughters fail jeez she broke her tail bone and her left ancle so uhhhhhhhhhhh

[@dropdop5715]

Am I the only one who thinks it’s dangerous for them to walk into a jump?

[@PonyCam]

Drop Dop Horses can jump from a standstill if necessary (though obviously not advisable under saddle). The jump was a tiny cross pole and fell down when it was touched, the horse also did a couple of strides of trot or a stride of canter before the fence each time, he was never asked to actually jump from a walk. Walking into fences is never ideal, but was necessary for this particular horse on this particular day and there was no harm done :-)

[@weronikafronczak8771]

Tak właśnie się,,niszczy"konia

[@chipsticksx4036]

i love how your so calm xx

[@Rubyjex]

Really nice riding x try and sit back and shorten your reins slightly ❤️

[@PonyCam]

Equine.Ruby My Reins were short enough and I was sitting back with my whole body weight to try and keep him steady, but Magic is a very strong horse and it will take lots of practice, rather than rein pulling & body weight, to get him listening and understanding fully :-) x

[@MAN__IN__BLACK]

Do you have a boyfriend? 😄

[@eevivirtala170]

👎👎👎👎

[@PonyCam]

Eevi Virtala I take it you didn’t enjoy the video then...