i am just throwing out a warning to everyone who might be going to the same place that i went. (hopefully no one that works with the horses there is on the forum *RANT*)
ok so many high schools go on a class trip their senior year. if you are near CT you might go to "High Meadows" for you trip. but beware of the so call "trail ride".
as a horse person, let me list the problems i encountered there:
- the horses were standing in mud and none of them were given hay to eat between rides or water
- they ask about your experience with horses but then they seem like they think your lying.
- when they ask about your experience, they ask unrelated questions like how high can you jump (its a walking trail ride with bombproof horses, not a olympic jump team!), and some other random questions
- and they asked who was nervous and put them on certain horses, my point is, is that it shouldn't have mattered what horse they went on because they should be used to carrying people who are nervous and have never ridden before
- they dont tell the people who have never even seen a horse in person, how to ride. they tell you how to steer, which is nearly irrelevant in itself because these horses are trained to just follow one another. so people had their heels up, were holding onto the horse with their entire leg, slouching in the saddle or leaning back. it was really poorly organized and totally irresponsible of them not to tell people how to sit on a horse. all they told them was to pull their head up if they tried to eat grass when they were standing there. they didn't warn everyone what to do if they tried to eat leaves on the trail or tried to walk over to a plant while riding
- they tightened the girth AFTER you got on…
- and the best one: the helmet were cracked! yes, the hard shell was cracked. so much for safety
- and the "trail ride" was shorter than they said it was going to be
- and what was really annoying was that one stirrup was shorter than the other on my saddle and i complained and i don't think they fixed it
- one of the horses manes had one of those giant dreadlocks knots that would would never be able to untangle and you would have to just cut it out at that point, and it was clear that they didn't care to brush any of the horse manes
-we were going up the slighted incline and they told everyone to lean forward because we were going up a "hill", it was so slight of an incline that you didn't need to lean forward.
- if i ever went back there, i would not ride and i would never pay $25 to do that again. WASTE OF MONEY
if you ever go there, skip the horses and just go riding at home were you can do it for free, wear a helmet that is in one piece, not be babied even though you have experience, and where horses are cared for and groomed correctly. :evil:
ok so many high schools go on a class trip their senior year. if you are near CT you might go to "High Meadows" for you trip. but beware of the so call "trail ride".
as a horse person, let me list the problems i encountered there:
- the horses were standing in mud and none of them were given hay to eat between rides or water
- they ask about your experience with horses but then they seem like they think your lying.
- when they ask about your experience, they ask unrelated questions like how high can you jump (its a walking trail ride with bombproof horses, not a olympic jump team!), and some other random questions
- and they asked who was nervous and put them on certain horses, my point is, is that it shouldn't have mattered what horse they went on because they should be used to carrying people who are nervous and have never ridden before
- they dont tell the people who have never even seen a horse in person, how to ride. they tell you how to steer, which is nearly irrelevant in itself because these horses are trained to just follow one another. so people had their heels up, were holding onto the horse with their entire leg, slouching in the saddle or leaning back. it was really poorly organized and totally irresponsible of them not to tell people how to sit on a horse. all they told them was to pull their head up if they tried to eat grass when they were standing there. they didn't warn everyone what to do if they tried to eat leaves on the trail or tried to walk over to a plant while riding
- they tightened the girth AFTER you got on…
- and the best one: the helmet were cracked! yes, the hard shell was cracked. so much for safety
- and the "trail ride" was shorter than they said it was going to be
- and what was really annoying was that one stirrup was shorter than the other on my saddle and i complained and i don't think they fixed it
- one of the horses manes had one of those giant dreadlocks knots that would would never be able to untangle and you would have to just cut it out at that point, and it was clear that they didn't care to brush any of the horse manes
-we were going up the slighted incline and they told everyone to lean forward because we were going up a "hill", it was so slight of an incline that you didn't need to lean forward.
- if i ever went back there, i would not ride and i would never pay $25 to do that again. WASTE OF MONEY
if you ever go there, skip the horses and just go riding at home were you can do it for free, wear a helmet that is in one piece, not be babied even though you have experience, and where horses are cared for and groomed correctly. :evil: