I love horses also!! I rode saddleseat for about 7 years. My aunt owns a farm locally and Irode for her to represent her farm. I really enjoy just being around horses. They are such beautiful animals! I want to get back into riding but right now it's too expensive for my budget. And if I do, I would like to learn dressage. Some of the things those saddlebreds had to go through were upsetting.
Here's an interesting sideline: When I was 12, I went to a horse show with my aunt. There was this beautiful 12 yr old saddlebred gelding for sale named Midnight Warrior. My parents tried so hard to buy him for me but couldn't make the numbers work. So my aunt bought him instead!!I rode him for the next 5 years! He was gorgeous, 17 hhs, pure black!! She kept him at her farm until he passed away at the age of 21. (He and I were the exact same age! And we were best friends!) BUT, this is the neat part, he won the Grand Championship at Madison Square Garden in 1980!! He was on the cover of Horse Illustrated! I have the picture somewhere and if I ever catch up to the technology, I will post the pics.
How do you ride Emily? English Western? What about you Zippy? Tell me more!! We don't hear enough about horses on this board!
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