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I had lessons and rode horses when I was a teen. We lived not too far from a stable and if I was home on the weekends I would go up there.
My lessons were on Saturday. I was a fat teen, and the other students were all under 10 years old and thin.
Everything about riding was hard for me. The expensive clothes were not comfortable. Getting up on a horse was impossible from the ground and I had to use a stand they had.
Once up on the horse, I was “UP” - high off the ground and not happy to be there. I fell off quite often and the horse did not have to even be moving.
I had a Dressage class where you learn to walk, trot, canter and gallop while having the horse go in prescribed ways. I was ok at this up until cantering, which I could not do for fear of the speed. The trotting was very exhausting over long periods of time so you are supposed to learn to canter.
Then I had a show jumping class which was the whole point of the exercise. My dad was a show jumper in the 1950’s and wanted me to do it too. So I tried. Lots of falling in that class, and I never got over the first bar, if I could even do that.
After maybe 3 years of halfhearted effort I was done with horseback riding, and my dad was done spending money on it too.
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This is a great story. Simple language that went right to my heart.
But really, you fell off sometimes when the horse was not even moving?
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@fitinfun sorry you did not enjoy horseback riding but it is a good thing you spoke up and let your Father know you did not care for it. I am sure he understood.
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STOPI had to ride a horse many years ago, just because my daughter wanted to do it. In this case it's the things that she makes me do.