My first horse ride

 

                                                My First time Riding A Horse

            It was a sunny Saturday evening, and it was about 70 degrees. I was 21 years old at the time. I was hanging out with my girlfriend at her father’s ranch. Roberto my girlfriend’s dad was out in the ranch feeding the horses.  Roberto had two horses by his house, and he was putting new shoes on them, because if the horses don’t have shoes they might slip when people are riding them. While me and my girlfriend where outside, she asked “do you want to ride a horse,” and I replied, “No because I don’t know how to ride a horse,” she said, “Who cares, I will teach how to ride a horse,” I said, “no because I don’t want to fall from the horse.” She then told me “don’t worry Luis, I will teach you, I have taught other people to ride a horse.” She told me, “come on and trust me you won’t fall everything is going to be okay.” So I decided to give it a try just because I trusted my girlfriend and she’s had been riding horses all her life.

           

            Stephanie was saddling the horse, and as she was putting the saddle on I started to panic because in my head I was just thinking that the horse was going to buckle and drop me. Stephanie told me to hop on the horse, and I started to sweat from my hands and forehead. I then took a deep breath and backed away. I told her “never mind I don’t want to ride the horse anymore.” After I backed away from the horse, she told me that the horse I was going to ride was trained to not buckle, but I didn’t believe her. Therefore, Stephanie called her dad to confirm with him that what she had told me was correct about the horse being trained.

 

            When I heard Stephanie and Roberto telling me about the horse and telling me that it came from a breed of good horses, I then said “okay ill ride the horse then.”  I put one leg on the horse, and then I jumped to the other side. Finally I was on top of the horse, and my next step was to make the horse go. So what I did was hit the horse with my two legs on its stomach, and the horse slowly began to move. At the moment I was so nervous that I was sweating all over my body, but I felt okay because I was on top of the horse already. A couple of times I felt like I blanked out, because it was my first time riding a horse and I had no experience.

 

            After, I continued to ride the horse around the ranch. Feeling really good about myself, for I had accomplished something that I wanted to do since I had met Stephanie. Therefore, Stephanie was happy for me as well, so she grabbed another horse for herself and we started to ride together. She took me through some trails that she would always go through with her father when she was younger. As we were riding, she told me stories of how she became a horse rider when she was young. As the night was getting dark, we went to the top of the mountains with the horses. She told me you see that tree, I said “yes,” then she replied “well I will race you to that tree to see who gets there first,” and I said “okay”. So we raced, and of course she beat me because she’s been riding horses longer than me.

            My first time riding a horse was a good experienced because the horse that I was riding was a trained horse that didn’t go wild or dropped me. Knowing that I was being watched by somebody that had experience with horses made me feel better, but at the same time I also felt afraid, because I never had rode a horse before. Moreover, I felt like I did a good job riding a horse, and my fear went away of riding. Now I could ride a horse without being scared, also knowing that I accomplished riding a horse, I know that I can challenge myself to do other things.

 

            This event was Important to me because I challenged myself, and I learned how to ride a horse. Now I know I could ride a horse without someone looking over me. Therefore, Stephanie and I could go out and ride horses together around her ranch. Also, I learned not to be afraid to try something new, and I also learned that you have to take a risk of trying new you want to accomplish in life.  Moreover, always try new things that you want to do, and I appreciate Stephanie and Roberto for helping me ride a horse. These are the reasons why I think this event was important for me.