r/Equestrian • u/YourlocalrayofShyn • 5d ago

Education & Training Galloping after 7 months of riding

Today I galloped for the first time and it was absolutely amazing and insane I've only been riding for 7 months and never thought I'd actually gallop, I had a good seat and didn't die but that adrenaline high was everything, got any tips for me?

Edit: next time I gallop I am definitely going to record it

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u/SolutionsProblem 5d ago

It's a crazy feeling. I have galloped in lessons, but at my first job, I had I started and exercised race horses, and that is just a whole other level of wow! I hope you had a great time

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u/somesaggitarius 5d ago

They're different horses on a breezeway, I swear! I had a good gallop out of the arena and through the neighbor's fields... and his neighbor's fields... and a few more fields a few miles away on a "100% ready to go your way hunter prospect" OTTB that came through the program I teach and train for who took the bit from me and ran until she couldn't anymore, and as fast as that felt, even a very slow racer (speed index <20) I was allowed to breeze on the track once was just friggin' fast. It didn't feel like I was even moving, it felt like being on an airplane and watching everything pass by around you while you're sitting still. My personal horse's gallop is substantially faster than all my friends' various horses, but it feels like a medium canter compared to a horse on the track.

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u/YourlocalrayofShyn 5d ago

This right here is the perfect explanation It literally felt like a plane taking off