i remember when i took riding lessons, it was fun and i loved the horses that my teacher had! especially one of them, his name was Appaletta Moon, we would just call him Moon for short. he was the calmest and he ussually always listened, anyway, i was provided a horse when i went to riding lessons, and i have to say, you learn a lot more than u think there is but it is fun. Good luck on finding somewhere to ride, i do not live in ur area but there are always the websites u can look up in ur area.