Do you ride horses?

[HoRsELUvR]

I love riding!it is definetly one of my favorite pastimes.I also love to just be near horses.I ride English.

[thymes]

Don't own one yet, but will one day!
I love riding for pleasure, trail and such. I am not into showing.
My fav breed is the arabian, and my ultimate horse is a black arab mare, or a dun tobiano half arabian.

[tikeyas_mom]

I have never rode on a horse in my life. I am scared to. ..

[GoldenRetrLuver]

Originally posted by tikeyas_mom
I have never rode on a horse in my life. I am scared to. ..

Why are you scared to? Horses are great animals and wouldnt hurt anybody

[PayItForward]

I used to learn to ride/jump at a local riding school when I was much younger.

I used to wash & wax cars in the neighbourhood to raise the money for lessons. My father inspected every car I cleaned, to ensure quality control. Parents !!!

[Desert Arabian]

Originally posted by GoldenRetrLuver
wouldnt hurt anybody

Hmmm...I hate to say that, but that statement isn't 100% true. Generally/most of the time, they are very gentle, but they can change tempers in a second. Especially if they sense you are tense, scared, or nervous... that makes them weary of you, and can use your actions as an advantage.

I have been kicked in the shin, and I still have a bump on my bone, this happened last June. I have also narrowly escaped being kicked in the head. I have been bitten too, that hurts! And of course I have been stepped on hundreds of times, that's nothing new.

Then again, I have been around horses that wouldn't hurt a fly. It all depends on the horse and the human.

If you stay calm, relaxed, and easy tensed on the horse, there is nothing you really should fear. If you are calm, relaxed, and easy tensed the horse will be calm and relaxed. If you are tense, nervous, and scared, the horse will sense that...and that is when you need to start your worrying.

[GoldenRetrLuver]

Well, yes, i mean if you are yelling and screaming of course the horse will get scared and start panicing, even hurt somebody. Im saying most of the time, horses are very gentle. Then again, there are those horses that have sudden mood wings. So, yes sometimes horses will injure people, but i dont think its very often.

[Desert Arabian]

Or if you do what my grandma's dad did to his draft horses.....let's not go there!! I can see why it killed him! Good, I am glad!

[GoldenRetrLuver]

wow, im sorry...

[Desert Arabian]

Grrrr...I never met the man (he's dead), but if I would have, I would have killed him myself. JERK!!!

Anyhow...back to the topic, lol.

[GoldenRetrLuver]

wow he must have been really bad, lol, ok