Kirsten
09-19-2009, 03:26 PM
During the last couple of weeks, I had the chance to to ride an Icelandic horse named Toppa. She's one of the three horses of a lady I know, and she allows me to ride her, for which I'm very thankful. I never did something like that before in my life. Yesterday has been the third time we took a ride, and she took some pics of me.
It's so much fun, and really exciting. I was even gallopping for a couple of times, which was awesome, and I also like this special gait that Icelandic horses can do, the Tölt. The funny thing is, the horse riding doesn't seem to do any damage to my back (as some of you may remember, I had a back surgery some years ago).
Some situations are a bit scary, though. Two weeks ago, I almost fell down when "my" horse jumped over a ditch. And yesterday, we rode up and down very steep forest hills, and once when we reached the top and I turned the horse around, we came VERY close to a slope. That image haunted me all night, and I'm more than relieved that Toppa obviously knew what to do in that situation.
Here are some pictures of me and Toppa. The other horse is Stjarna, the horse the lady rode yesterday.
http://www.catmom.de/pix/horse1.jpg
http://www.catmom.de/pix/horse2.jpg
http://www.catmom.de/pix/horse3.jpg
http://www.catmom.de/pix/horse4.jpg
http://www.catmom.de/pix/horse5.jpg
http://www.catmom.de/pix/horse6.jpg
http://www.catmom.de/pix/horse7.jpg
Needless to say, every single bone and muscle in my body is aching today! LOL
Kirsten
It's so much fun, and really exciting. I was even gallopping for a couple of times, which was awesome, and I also like this special gait that Icelandic horses can do, the Tölt. The funny thing is, the horse riding doesn't seem to do any damage to my back (as some of you may remember, I had a back surgery some years ago).
Some situations are a bit scary, though. Two weeks ago, I almost fell down when "my" horse jumped over a ditch. And yesterday, we rode up and down very steep forest hills, and once when we reached the top and I turned the horse around, we came VERY close to a slope. That image haunted me all night, and I'm more than relieved that Toppa obviously knew what to do in that situation.
Here are some pictures of me and Toppa. The other horse is Stjarna, the horse the lady rode yesterday.
http://www.catmom.de/pix/horse1.jpg
http://www.catmom.de/pix/horse2.jpg
http://www.catmom.de/pix/horse3.jpg
http://www.catmom.de/pix/horse4.jpg
http://www.catmom.de/pix/horse5.jpg
http://www.catmom.de/pix/horse6.jpg
http://www.catmom.de/pix/horse7.jpg
Needless to say, every single bone and muscle in my body is aching today! LOL
Kirsten