I dont get to ride much, there is no possable way I can afford it, once every summer I get to go for a 4 mile trail ride, for $12, buts that the only time I get to ride, I did take a half hour sample lesson once, it was the first time I had ridden, the instructer said I was a natural, I also rode a stubbern horse named moose once,at my great aunts stable, I was the first to ride him after he had a break for a while so he was really stubbern. but basicly I have only ridden 4 times I wish sooooooooo bad that I could ride more, that is why when I move to a farm in a few years I want a horse, I love them, they are so pretty although I think I would want to get an icelandic horse from newfoundland, they have a MUCH smoother gait! I only wish we did not have money problems