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.
Riding horses are cool. My dad used own a horse. Good story. thank you for sharing.
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ReplyDeleteRiding a horse for the first time was scary for me too. Once you get comfortable and learn to trust the horse, it's pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteI was super sweaty and nervous the first time I rode a horse too. I never realized how enormous they were until I stood next to it and tried to mount it. I can see why you felt this was a good experience. Overcoming fear is awesome.
ReplyDeleteThat just goes to show you, the way to get over your fears is to face them and thats exactly what you did. Good job.
ReplyDeleteThe way you described how you felt about not riding the horse made me think that it would be like riding a roller coaster with out a seat belt and if was in your situation i would have felt the same thing.
ReplyDeleteI can imagine you all paniqued and scared before you got on that horse.
ReplyDeleteI would like to ride a horse one day. nad good way of describing your expirence.
ReplyDeleteI love horses. You are so lucky to have a girlfriend that lives in a Ranch.
ReplyDeleteThat seems like a really interesting hobby! Must be great having a girlfriend that lives on a ranch.
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