How many years have you been riding horses?

Question

And what are your best and worst experiences with horses?

Answer 1

30 years in the saddle. Dad had me riding (in his lap) all the way across town as an infant.. so I'm not figuring that.. started riding on my own at 4 years on my dads great old stallion (not around mares of course).



Minus the breaks, back injuries, bumps, bruises and cuts throughout the years my worst experience would have to be when we had to put that old stallion down. He was born in 1969 and died in 1999, I grew up with that good ole horse and it was truly sad to say good bye!



My best experiences, watching my youngsters grow into competive, well rounded adult horses and going on to find loving relationships with their new owners. I love the stories that come in on them from time to time, most live so far that I don't get to see them again, so it is bitter sweet but, I wouldn't change a thing!

Answer 2

I've only been riding regularly for four years. The worst experience was when i was still in lessons, and my favorite school horse was sold, then the other three horses I liked, were sold within two months. The best experiences are when my horse and I just have a good ride, whether its a trail ride, a show, or even a ride in the ring! I love to be with horses, even when something happens and I fall off. I think it's never the horses fault, and no one is EVER "thrown off" a horse. Sometimes it's no ones fault, the horse is just hyper and you couldn't hang on, or the horse spooks and you slip off! Either way, I love the thrill of being around horses!

Answer 3

I have been riding horses since I was in my mothers stomach. Horses really don't give you any "bad" experiences, just learning experiences. Some of the best are when you work on things for longer than you can remember, and the horse just seems to not want anything to do with what you are teaching it then suddenly it gets it! Then there are those times that are just you and your horse together and you feel like life can't get any better. Horses just make everything better when you feel sick or stressed.

Answer 4

Off an On for about 5 years. But for the past year and a half, almost everyday (this is how long I have had my own horse). My best experience with my horse just happened yesterday, I took my 5 year old son on a trail ride (he was on my horse with me). My second favourite experience was when I was out on the trail and I came across 3 deer and a half dozen wild turkey, I came with in 15 - 20 feet of them and they didn't run away in fear. My worst experience was/is falling of the horse when learning how to ride (falling sucks)

Answer 5

I have been riding for about 7 years and I have 2 horses. one is a 9 yr quarter horse and the other is also 9 yrs but he is a belgain. I love to ride and I will get on any horse. I have fallen of many times and not scared to get back on and do the same thing I just fell off for. but I have did some good things like helped people with horses and different things. I am 14

Answer 6

I have been riding for 18 tears on and off. The best experiences were with my horse that I had for 7 years and are too numerous to mention. The worst has got to be just being there when my best friend was nearly killed, her horse bolted and she was thrown into a tree. I have also been attacked, bitten, kicked, stood on, and fallen off many times, but I keep going back for more and my 6 yr old has just started riding lessons!

Answer 7

I've been riding for 6 years.



Best experiences: leasing a horse for a month, trying an easy cross country course, and best of all: I just got moved up to an advanced class! YAY!



Worst experiences: Nothing really bad at all. Broken toenail, almost being run into a tree and telephone wire, catching a loose horse for a beginner camper through the mud (not really bad, just not fun xD).

Answer 8

50yrs! That makes me feel old. Best experience probably between being able to ride a horse that no-one else could and beating my instructress in a riding competition when I was 10. Worst being thrown, hitting my head on a boulder then the horse swinging round and kicking me in the head for good measure. Can't remember any of it just know what I was told. Most embarassing was taking the wrong course at the first jump!! lol

Answer 9

I've been riding horses since the age of 7 and am now 33. I love it. I've been a groom for racing yards, riding schools and at competitive show yards, I'm also a qualified teacher.



worst experience was being thrown by a race horse in the yard which then bolted with me, my foot was caught in the stirrup and I broke all my fingers, dislocated a shoulder, cracked the left side of my rib cage and had lots of bruising. It hurt like hell but i still rode the horse up the gallops got back collapsed and ended up in A&E.



Best Experience was competing at a local show with my new horse at the time and he won every single class that he was entered in. other great experience's have been seeing how good the kids i used to teach have actual progressed as they got older.

Answer 10

I absolutely love horses!!



I happen to think they are the most beautiful, intelligent, loving animals, they form a bond with the rider, and a cooperative relationship. They can be very loving and communicative.

They are very sensitive to the rider and the position of the rider transmits communication... that if the horse does pick wrong movement or roughness or insecurity, it will act on it.

It allows you to take control but if you do not know how, it will take control itself. People who have been bitten or thrown off have a role to play in it, mind you, you must check about the character and personality of the horse before riding it and its temperaments.



I have not had bad experiences only good.

You can reach remote, beautiful land areas on a horse that you may not be able to view otherwise and you never feel alone, for you have a continuous connection and communication with the horse.



I did have a little scare once, the horse had a specific temperament, once it saw the stables from very far, it would take off in enormous speed to get there and nothing could stop it, and only stopped a few mettres away from the fence..while all I could do is hold on to its mane, lying flat on it..and preparing for an emergency landing!

..but it did stop right to the metre or so away from it!

Answer 11

I have been riding for about 38 years. The best experience was taking one of my old horses to a show and getting a clear round. It doesn't sound much, but she was a difficult and nervous animal who had been ill treated with her previous owners. It took over 15 months of hard work with her and was a great moment that matched the riding successes that I had with my other horses.



The worse moment was when I had to have my 3 year old thoroughbred put down through having an accident on a barbed wire fence. The decision to leave him in the field overnight is something that still haunts me today. It has made me more aware though, and I am happy to pay the extra costs for a 'wire free' livery yard.

Answer 12

I have been riding for over 7 years now. I love riding. My worst experience is trying to bathe a horse who hates water by myself. That mare flipped out, dragged me, and I don't know how many times I was stepped on. I finally got her into this tight little circle and put her in an empty paddock to calm down. That was a lot of fun. My best experience, is just when everything falls into place nothing goes wrong and your just riding.

Answer 13

I've been riding horses most of my life and its a wonderful feeling being apon a horse ad galloping through the bush.

Im best experiance would have to be when I was about 10 and had entered the local gymkana. I thought I was going to lose, but ended up coming third on a dressage corse I didnt even know! Sadly though I missed a flag on the cross country and got disqualified! I nearly cried! Makes me sad just thinking about it.

I dont really have many bad experiances seeing as its never the horses fault for a mistake. Naturally its the riders fault because they are in controll. But I've had bad situations such as when I was cleaning out my horses back hoof and she got spooked by a pasting horse and kicked me. Which hurt alot!

Answer 14

Im 30 now and Ive been riding since I was 2 - so 28 years.

My best experience with horses has been forming a great bond with them and the utter joy I experience when something good happens like a youngster jumping his first fence/ or winning a competition.

Worst experiences has to be when the time comes to sell on a horse.

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Answer 15

I have been riding for over fifty years, and still enjoy every minute i spend with my horses, my best experience would be the getting my very own horse first, and having him with me for over thirty years, my worst experience would be losing him, it was like losing a member of my family, but i am happy to say, my present horse is a warm friendly mare who takes good care of me when we are hacking out.

Answer 16

Since I was 5 years old, so that would be 23 years.



Best Experience: My mare and I taking the Unanimous Open Western Pleasure Championship at Regionals.



Worst Experience: Probably just not having enough time to be with my horses now, my mare getting older (she's 27 now) and not being able to ride her anymore, and not having the time it takes to ride my younger guys.

Answer 17

I have been riding for 7 years. My best experience was when I rode my favorite lesson horse Ridley in my first 2' jumper class and we won 2nd place. My worst experience was when a horse I was tacking up got scared, ripped the cross-ties out of the wall, and ran away. I was so scared, I was shaking!

Answer 18

Ive been riding since i was 4 I'm now 33 i compete at international level with with my eventers,

my best experience with my horses is when i won the horse trials i was competing in i was up against the best in Europe,and i won by two points i was SO chuffed

the worst experience i have had is when i had a horse that had to be put down after being hit by a car,the driver just drove at us when i was hacking and broke my horses front legs,that was horrific and haunts me forever

Answer 19

About 5-6, and I'm 11. My best expeirience with a horse is everytime I'm in a barn. My worst expeirience with a horse is when my teacher jogged over to get the lunge line and the horse started to run then i almost fell off.

Answer 20

30 years off and on. I've always had good luck with horses even when they were green I gain their respect easily. My bother had a welsh pony that diffidently had a attitude and a bad habit of rolling over in a creek when he would cross them we found this out when we were about five miles from the barn. Oh I didn't tell you the best part! It was about 10 degrees outside and Peanuts rolled all the way over my brother was in such shock he didn't even let go. they both got up and peanuts finished the crossing like nothing ever happened the look on My brothers face was ....like the commercial says priceless. It was a good thing that we were riding with about 15 other riders we all took off different items of clothing so he would have something warm and dry to wear home. We never broke Peanuts of that habit but if you knew it was coming you could just jump off. He also liked Coke out of a bottle and you better have givin him a full one or look out Attitude!



Danni

Answer 21

ahhh let's see. The number of years of riding and working with horses to have insight of horse's behavior on trails, at home and in shows to know what to expect from the horse before the horse does and to train the horse to the best of his abilities. Number of years is not as important as what you learn along the way and how your apply it so you get the very best results

Answer 22

I have been riding for eleven years i started when i was seven , and my worst experience was when i got on a horse called Danny and he just canterd and galloped round and round the indoor schooling arnea and i could not get him to stop, the riding instructor could not stop him, my best experience was winning a show jumping competion at my riding school when i was nine,

Answer 23

I've been around horse my whole life, but actually riding 10 years.



Best experience - Spending hours at the barn with all the horses.



Worst experience - Pretty much nothing. :]

Answer 24

32 yrs.

Best was riding a horses that I trained when I was 15 yr, to the local gymkhana show & walk away with 4 blue ribbons!!! That was the horses first show.

Worst was when my pony tripped & fell on my leg!!! I couldn't walk for 3 mons. Another time. I was riding a crazy horse, she ran me into a tree & broke my collar bone & the saddle. So I had to walk home 3 miles away!!

Answer 25

I have been riding for about 8 years. But up till 3 years ago my riding was limited.



My worst experience on my horse was last summer when I got my mare, the first time I was on her she took off on me. I was soooo scared. Then the next time I was on her with my trainer watching, she took off again. I fell and was caught in the stirup. Lucky for me she didn't really want to hurt me so she stopped right away. But it was still scary.



My best experience was my first show with her. We took home first place in walk trot. I was soooo excited. We were the only ones in the whole ring that didn't do anything majorly wrong. We only had our reigns going on the wrong side of the neck and my finger wasn't in the middle of my reigns.

Answer 26

10 years



Worst Experience: My first and only fall with my horse. We were cantering on slick ground and he had started getting away from me, and we ended up heading straight towards a line of walnut trees so we had to make a tight turn. In the process we hit a slick spot and he fell over on me. Luckily he somehow kept his weight off me, so nothing was broken or injured. Do you know what my dad asked me? "Is the saddle ok?" We had just bought a real expensive Pessoa saddle. But of course both my parents were worried about me, however I was fine.



Best experience: Every day I have a good ride.

Answer 27

Ive been riding for around two and a half years. My best experience is jumping a combination, and my worst is falling off a horse that was very sensitive, and im used to lazy horses, and i gave it a firm nudge instead of a squeeze, and it cantered off, and i lost my stirrups and fell. Luckily i didnt obtain any serious injury.

Answer 28

I have been riding, owning, working with and showing horses for over 40 years.

I have had so many great experiences I couldn't list them all of here. One would of been when I took my Arab mare US Arabian Nationals Top Ten in the Park Division. Another was when I was number 11 in the US just 2 years later.

Bad day when that same Arabian mare fractured her rear leg at Regionals. Good day when she resumed her career and continues to thrive at 24 years old.

One of my worst was when I was riding one of my new Quarter horses and she was rearing going down a mountain. She knocked out my tooth and almost broke my nose. Or maybe when me and that same horse swam through a lake full of snakes, or maybe when we were lost in a white out snow storm in the New York State mountains and a bear was on our trail. I think the worst day was when that Quarter horse mare died at 45 years old just two years ago. Or when my Appy mare was diagnosed as being a 100% blind...that mare lived 10 more years with no sight and had a great life..that was a good experience. Bad one was when she passed on just last year.

There are many bad experiences too...like the one when I tried to help a co-boarder save his horse from heat stroke and lost. Or when I watched a rookie vet give a freinds foal a vaccine just for the foal to have a reaction and the vet not be able to save her. Or the time we went to the Memorial Day Parade with our horses and we were under a train tressle when a train was passing. Most of horse spooked and one friend got his head smashed and another horse severed it's hoof almost off. Way too many bad ones to list too!

A great experience is one I live everyday with my horses. I cherish every moment with my best friends.

Thanks for strolling down memory lane with me!

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ASKING SUCH AN AWESOME QUESTION.

IT IS SO ENLIGHTNING AND INTERESTING TO READ EVERYBODIES HORSE STORIES. I FEEL LIKE I KNOW EVERYBODY A LITTLE BETTER NOW.

Answer 29

I've been riding for 21 years. My best experience is probably the first time I cantered alone, when I was 3. The worst would either be when I got kicked in the knee (wrong place, wrong time), when I was thrown and hit my head on a rock, or another time when I was thrown and screwed up my shoulder bad enough for surgery.

Answer 30

I've been riding on and off (more on than off, lol) for about 10 years.



Best experience: Horse camp... lots of great memories. This was my first year being too old to go, and I really missed it. Also riding my instructor's Paint, Lucy. She's the horse I first cantered on, first jumped on, first rode bareback on. I trust that horse more than I trust a lot of people.



Worst experience: Falling off, I suppose. When compared with all the good experiences I've had, there haven't really been that many bad ones.

Answer 31

Been riding from the age of 9 (now 47)

Many many great times. The one that will alwys stay as one of the greatest was out in Idho USA. I met a truly cool lady who lent me her best working colt, Banjo. We rounded her cows through the dessert. Slept under the stars listening to the coyoties howling and Banjo and I took part in The Three Island Crossing at Glenns Ferrie where we crossed the Snake River, where 12ft stergon swim!!!,in the re-enactment of the crossing of the Pioners. We also followed Wild Musang in the twilight and ran, full tilt (Kevin Cosner style), through the dessert. She would ask me "Are ya havin fun yet Zeb?" What a time.............

The very very worst was when we lost the most special pony (Smartie) in August '05. We rescued him as a 2 year old (they were selling him as 4) He had animia from worm dammage. was never quite right, collic and lethergy problems. His liver finnaly gave way after a bout of secondary laminitis and we had to make the hardest desision ever on the 19th. He was just the most special person. He taught us SO MUCH. He was my reason for doing what I do now for a living. We still cry over loosing him (I am doing it now writting this) The song Home by Will Younge is a real tear trigger. It's Smartie singing to us, about going "home" back to wherever it is we go when it's our time.

I am sure his soul has returned in our new Boy. He was another rescue. Very poor when he found us. Now, he is a strapping lad. There are times when Smartie looks out at us from Boy's eyes. Just to keep us on our toes, just to let us know He is still here for us.

Answer 32

i have been riding horses for 5 years and have owned my horse for nearly 2 yrs.



the best experience has got to be wining first place with my horse in our first show.



the worst i think was finding out that the ligaments in my horses foot may never heal and being told that it might be best to put him down. (dont worrier i gave him the benefit of the doughty and turned him away 4 a year (in proses of).

Answer 33

I've been riding since I was 2 years old, which means I've been riding for 31 years!

My worst experience was having my first horse put to sleep. I stayed with him throughout and it broke my heart.

My best experience was going drag hunting on a friends horse. She was considered dangerous, but I had an incredible bond with her and we had the most fantastic day ever!...

Answer 34

Been horsey since I was about 5 and got my first ride. We leased out land to a cattle rancher and when they came out to gather, one of the cowboys took me for a ride and I was hooked! We leased/borrowed horses for several years until I wore the parents down and they bought me my own. They weren't horse-inclined and bought me a beautiful Appendix mare off the track. Using the "wet saddle blanket" theory, and thanks to the mare's great disposition, within a year she was winning open western pleasure classes in local shows. I remember our first "big" win. I was 13 and took her in Quarter Horse Western Pleasure (25 entries) -couldn't believe it when they called my number! She went on to become 25 years of the best horse experience of my life, as well as that of many other people who showed and loved her. The worst moment of my horse life was February 13, 2004 when I discovered her in the field with a broken leg and had to let her go forever.

Answer 35

Over 30 years..



Best experiences:- riding Grand Prix dressage horses, my own horses calling me when I arrive at the yard and hacking on those perfect days.



Worst experiences:- being bitten & kicked, having a 17.2hh horse fall over onto my leg, being in Italy when my old mare was put down and having to have my young dream dressage horse put down because of wobblers.

Answer 36

Been riding 32 years. Best experience was being the gallop rider for Androma who won 2 Scottish Grand Nationals and the Whitbred Gold Cup. Don't really deem anything that has happened as a bad experience, had some mishaps but that's life.

Answer 37

i rode from the age of 4 untill i stopped riding regularly at the age of 41.During that time i had many brilliant experiences with horses and it could fill,and has filled a book.If i just said that the worst experience was losing a favourite horse after breaking and racing her for 4 years ,and the best was ...too many to go into....lets just say that the thrill of riding at speed across country ,or watching a young horse fullfill their potential under my guidence..just leaves a warm glow in my body that can never be extinguished.

Answer 38

i have been riding seven or eight years off and on. worst experience: riding the spookiest horse in an indoor arena when the snow was falling off the roof (i fell of twice!) Best expierence: learning how to and jumping my fav horse for the first time.

Answer 39

I have been riding 45 years. Best is always riding, worst experience, having a rein break along side a busy road two miles from the barn, and riding her back leaning over her mane/neck using my arm for a rein.

Answer 40

I have ridden or had connections with horses for 50 years. The best experience I had was riding The West Wycombe Sponsored Ride and jumping every jump. I felt like an event rider!

The worst experience was when my horse and I were chased through the woods by a barking dog. My horse eventually panicked and roared home with me hanging on for dear life. Thank goodness he was a good cross country horse and could handle jumping all the logs and gates that were in our way and I had absolute confidence in him. Horses have acute fight or flight reflexes, and in this particular instance, he chose flight! I never stopped loving him though. He was the best. Sadly he died in 1999 and I still grieve for him and think about him every day.

In an odd sort of way, that incident gave me a big confidence boost as I then knew I could handle quite a complex and high course.

I wouldn't recommend it as a training method though LOL

Answer 41

I have been riding horses for 5 years.

My funniest time with a pony was when I was with all my friends and they dont know about horses that much and they never go to my EC so I was showing off a bit and when I went over to my fav pony she sneezed right in to my face and my friend began laughing like mad I have to say that it was very funny!

My scareist time with horses was when me and my friends were told to go and get the BIGGEST and SCAREST horse in my EC from the field and he was so hard to catch that the day be for that my RI tried to catch him from the feild and she could not catch him.So when we got there my 3 friends and my sis backed out and I had to catch him on my own and it took me ages to get him in the end I got him anyhow.And the good thing was that I was abull to boast about it for a while until my friend hit me over the head and told my to stop (BUT SHE WAS REALLY GEALOUES CAUSE I GOT ALL THE CREDIT FOR DOING IT).

Answer 42

I've been riding since i cant remember.

It is just the best.

Take alll the bad bits and make the most out of them but really enjoy the highs as they dont always happen and they will make you keep riding!

Best experiance is seeing foal born

Worst moment seeing a horse pass away due to someone doing something cruel to it. xx

Answer 43

Worst experiences were to be kicked in the gut, bitten on the shoulder and thrown across a stall, and falling off a runaway horse and trampled at high speed.



The best experiences were the normal day to day rides and grooming. They can be docile animals.... a best friend.

Answer 44

ive been riding for 9 years but ive loved horses since i was 2....my best experiences were getting each of my horses, my first filly being born and being able to train her, my grandpa(who doesnt like horses)getting a herd of paints, being able to show my family what i am capable of doing, and mostly having my little sister look up to me and her thinking im the greatest person in the world just for the things i do with my horses and how well i can handle them .......................my worst experiences were getting my boot stuck in the stirrup of a bucking horse, the bridle falling off a run away horse a mile away from home, having a horse run over me when i tried to lunge it, my horse laying down in a pond when a stallion was charging me, having a stallion charge me when i was 50 yards away from anything to hide by, and having a herd of horses charge me when i was on a fat pony with very low stamina

Answer 45

I have been riding for 21 years started riding properly when I was 2. Worst thing that has happened to me is I fell off show jumping and broke both bones in my leg and had to stay in hospital for a week and have pins put in it. Best thing was that it never put me off riding and I still love it.

Answer 46

Falling down an embankment complete with horse was my worst and bringing home my lovely Friesian boy was my best.

Been riding 37 years

Answer 47

Urrm not long to be honest about 10 mnts, and my best moments was achiveing a goal i set out to do as a partnership with my horse, and as for the worst i have had many!! and probley more to come.

Answer 48

Riding for... Well this is my 9th year I think, but I can't and havn't been riding much due to an injury.

Best experience would be jumping 1.4m with my sister's pro horse... He's better than mine anyways, for the moment.

Worst experience? Falling off and breaking my tailbone (current injury) or falling off, getting trampled, getting back on and then getting trampled when I was letting the horse go. Not fun...

:D

Answer 49

I have been riding for 4 yrs.



Best experience- Riding my fave pony Heidi



Worst experience- Falling off Maggie countless times

Answer 50

I have had horses since the age of nine,23 years.the best experience galloping along the old sea wall,where i live.the worse experience, having some ones dog trying t attack my horse whilst out on a hack,she spooked and bolted off turned a very Sharpe left,i came off and broke my hip.not letting go of my horse(although you should) and walking her in hand back to the yard.i don't know how i managed to walk,i was in unbelievable pain.it took me four hours to walk back from a 30min ride.people should put there dogs on leads when horses are about.

Answer 51

6 years quarter horses bad experience i fall of one horse i take care off good experience that horse never left my side till help arrived

Answer 52

i've been riding for 7 years =]

my best experience is when I got my own horse, Clair from the local rescue. I knew I was saving her life, and she was just something for me to love.



The worst experience was when my mom and I were fostering this big bundle of love (his name was Mighty) at our house. He had a tumor the size of a basketball on the side of his leg, and for that he was sent to the slaughterhouse. But after all that happened to him, he still loved us. (we didnt do that to him) SInce we were just fostering, hew was still up for adoption. We got a call one day that a couple in NY had the money for surgery and wanted him. The next thing I know he was wifted out of our lives. We still get emails and pictures, but he is too far away to visit. To see him go broke my heart.

Answer 53

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i have been riding all my life! and i love it!i feel so free when i'm riding.

best: my dad got this horse and he named her duchess.she was best horse on earth.-no joke. It was like she knew every time you were sad or upset.and my dad got her when i was lil so i would just run over to to her and hug her leg and she would wrap her neck around me. i learned how to ride on her. but i was put on her back one after noon and my mom and dad where working in the barn. and she was eating hay and i fell asleep on her and my mom when down to start diner and my dad tho my mom pull me off and I when down with her so he walked down. and i was still asleep. My mom didn't knw where i was so her and my dad tho i took her in the woods. so my dad walked in the woods and my mom when back up to the barn only to find me and dutchess.some how she had layed down without hurting me or waking me. I loved that horse!



worst: when dutchess died it was so sad!i'm crying now. It was a big loss! and to think back and thinging about all those fun days and how there will not be any more. We only had her for about 3 years. aother wosrt would be when i was kicked in the face by a horse and i was in the ER for about 6 hours getting all fixed up. i broke alot of bones in my face and now i have two big scars.

Answer 54

20 years

Answer 55

I have been riding since I was 4 years old (gulp - 26 years!).



Best experience; gaining the trust of a particularly bad cruelty case named Nelly, and seeing her develop into a kind and happy (if a little bit of a handful) horse.



Worst experience; finding out that my old friend(17 yr old 16.3 WB) had been found dead in the field whilst I was on holiday.

Answer 56

Well I've been riding for 4 years and This would be my 5th. I actually rode for three years had a year brake (because instructor didn't want to teach anymore) and then we got a new instructor and started riding again. My best experience would probably be when i 1st jumped. and my worst would be when i had to say goodbye to my fave pony when i moved.

Answer 57

15

Answer 58

Ahh, horses. I live for them. From my first riding camp experiences when I was 7, I knew that I was hooked! At the ripe old age of nine, my father finally bought me a gangly colt named lightning, who followed me around the pasture like a loyal dog. I love him to pieces, and he is one of my best friends to this day! When I was 12, we adopted a new equine into our loving family- a five year old mare named Golden Mist. It was love at first ride, as I discovered her spirited gates and whimsical demeanor. Through competing in western classes at local 4H shows, Mist and I developed a sisterly bond. But it didn't take long to learn that there was more to this little mare than a sweet face and a prancing trot. My baby could run! It started with walk/trot gaming patterns in 4H shows, and at the county fair. Soon, we were entering all the barrel racing and pole bending classes available! Now, we enjoy competing for money at the ranch down the road, and through it all, i have made several friends- both horse and human! Lately, I've been teaching my little mare to jump, and as always, she faces each new task with a bold look of determination! I feel like we are very in tune with each other's feelings, and she can understand when I'm down in the dumps. Who knew horses could be so comforting when you're bummed out? As for lightning, he continues to be a steady gentleman with an easy gait, and a relaxed mannor. I love spending quiet hours grooming him and relaxing, and he's a great trail horse!

This year, my dad fell in love with a miniature gelding, whom we affectionately call Goober! Although this cute little guy cannot bare our weight on his back, my mother and the rest of the family loves to pet and lead him around. He serves as a cute little mascot for our constuction business, and a loyal friend of the family.

I've had so many wonderful experiences with my equine family, it would be impossible for me to choose only one. I will tell you one not so great moment that occured in September of last year, though it was mostly my fault. I had not tightened the girth on my new saddle well enough, before i went for a jouncing ride on my little Misty. Before I could call he to a hault, the saddle had slipped to the side, and my boot was caught in the stirrup. Being a smart girl, Mist stopped as soon as I fell, but was confused at the pressure she still felt on the reins. Not knowing any better, she backed up, and stomped all over my upturned back! Luckily, i did not break any ribs, or puncture any organs, but I'll tell you, my mom was scared! I do not blame my little mare for this incident, but i refer to it as a learning experience!

This quick response can by no means explain my unconditional love for my horses over the last nine years of my life, but I can instead share some of my passion with fellow horse enthusiasts! Horses rock!

Answer 59

Ever since I can remember. That's 40 years and I been kicked twice. Best is still my quarter horse.

Answer 60

god 40 yrs - started when I was 5. Worst experience was being thrown off - waking up and had paras, ambulances all in my paddock - thought I had broke my back. Best winning at inhand show with a horse I have had since he was 6 months at our very first show

Answer 61

25 years, best experience is winning a first with my 5 year old cob, he was so well behaved the judge couldnot believ he was only 5, and watching my eldest become a far better rider than me, worst experiences when we have to put our friends down, saying good bye, they know.

Answer 62

Ive bin ridin since i was 8 yrs old, the best experience was jumping for the first time, finaly connecting with my horse! he used to bully me, now he follows me evrywhere n whinnies for me when i leave hes so cute! :) my worst experience was bein bitten on the shoulder ouch! being bitten on the bum ouch! being kicked in the leg !yelp! :'( i havnt fallen off yet x touch wood! , and i jst luv it lol

Answer 63

36 years-

Best-winning the junior Foxhunter regional final and jumping in the main arena at Hickstead-

Beating proffesionals and winning a large Affiliated open on a horse that we bought from Southall Market!

Owning British 13,2 jumping Champion and training British 12.2 champion jockey-

worst-Being kicked in the face-

Breaking my femur -

being hit by a car when pony bolted!!xx

Answer 64

4 years since I was 11 My best was when I managed to Canter. My worst was when my horse when mad and I almost fell off.

Answer 65

I've been riding for 11 years. My best expirience would be winning my first blue ribbon in a show. My worst would be when my mini died.

Answer 66

i have been riding horses all my life since i was 9yrs still now and im 43yrs, im still only little lol so i get away with riding any horse,but my worsed experience was on our welsh mountain who im trianing for my daughter she spooked on a lorry and me and her nearly went over a wall with a heavy drop since then she doesnt go out on roads

Answer 67

10 or 11 years.

friday i fell off during a pole bending run and my saddle was under him due to a cut latague pretty much and i almost broke my ribs. but i still got up and walked out of that arena.



best is when i roped my calf in breakawy in 2.57 seconds and didnt break the carrier and beat all the boys lol.

Answer 68

ive been riding 3 years this august.



worst experience: having my foot trampled, and then having it in plaster by my young horse.



best experience: riding my youngster for the first time after id spent all summer working on her.

Answer 69

I live on property with horses so I have been riding practically my entire life (fourteen years). However, no one actually tried to teach me to work with horses and ride until I was four.

Answer 70

65 years. Started riding at 5

Answer 71

3 years

best- some good horses, becoming better than the other riders, joining the show team, falling in love with the ferrier... you know



worst- bad horses, i got a HUGE bad bite on my chest. still have the scar. falling off. falling off.... ahhh... we all do it.... and it's not fun... until we remember it later (lol).

Answer 72

Since I was a little kid, not really sure...a very long time!



Best experience--getting my own horse.



Worst--getting thrown of repeatedly by my friend's nutty cutting horse.

Answer 73

ive been riding for 30 years,i got my first pony,a palomino stallion when i was 5.

Answer 74

a few years..

a horse have never bolted or hurt m.

best experience.. learning to go faster.

Answer 75

about 2 and a half years now i love jumping and cantering and hate sitting trot.

Answer 76

almost 5 years.



best exp.-was to bee given my own pony names blazer

worst exp.-was to be thrown of by rhe same one i.e. blazer

Answer 77

6 years.

Bad show day

Falling off



Good show day

Horse being good

Answer 78

im starting my fourth year

Answer 79

about 5 years

i always think its the riders fault its never the horses

Answer 80

I only went once, riding a horse is very uncomfortable and if you're thinking of riding a horse, here is some advice, do not do the silly english thing by going up and down with the horse upon the seat as if you miss, it can hurt and increases pain.



Horses were neevr meant to be ridden with saddles and ropes or to ever be whipped, its just wrong and not veyr respectful. I would love to see a horse get hold of a whip and slash the owner to see how they like it.

Answer 81

Never rode a horse, but I've rode a few dogs!

Answer 82

i dont

Answer 83

never been on one