ride a horse

They are strong, majestic, they smell nice, no kidding! And I learned from Chinese Astrology that I was born under the sign of the horse. So I think I have something in common with this animal. I want to know horses better=know myself better. ;)

I took a horse riding class for 8 weeks about 20 years ago. In those 8 weeks I learned to walk, walk-trot, and back my horse up, but then I summer saulter over the horse’s head beacuse when we got to cantering, I got scared, pulled in the reigns and the good horse stopped. Though I landed on my feet and climbed back in the saddle and finished the class that day, I was too scared to try to go faster than a trot again. I watched the only other person in the class smoothly advance from the canter to small jumps even. I felt really lame and left behind because of my fear. I like speed on my bicycle, I even like going over bumps in the road on my bike so maybe it’s time to try that horse at a faster speed again?