I have been fortunate enough over the past week to ride some quality horses at a sale barn near me. They are the types of horses that you walk past in a stall and are like, "I would give my left kidney to have one ride on that animal" type-lookin-creatures....Eye catching, stunning to watch perform and undoubtedly will be phenomenal athletes cleaning up in the show ring one day... As most do, you start with the straight forward rides and then eventually get rides that are better, nicer, etc. and I finally got that ride on the "super big, nice import." He is enormous (I am small, 17+ is huge for me!), bay, stunning, always looking happy and bright to see a person, and a caliber above (maybe just one, maybe more) what I have been riding. Anyway, I was excited...that big stunning bay horse looked like a blast, so floaty and talented......
Ok, I'm still in pain and felt like I did 6 bagillion crunches and I maybe rode the thing for 20 minutes TOPS....Holy cow, the amount of leg+seat+hand it took to keep this thing packaged was unbelievable....By no means am I the fittest, but I'm not weak and this horse was like riding a cruise ship. I finally got a taste of what those big show horses ride like..............and I will admit, it's not my favorite. Give me a sporty, quick TB any day of the week, hell, give me 10 everyday, but this particular one of those massive imports was enough for me.
So for all of you that are hoping to one day ride one of those, just take solace in that they might not be all they're cracked up to be! Obviously, different strokes for different folks, but that giant warmblood game isn't quite made for tiny little me!