My avatar is my beloved Lightning. He is just awesome...a Valentine's gift from my DH four years ago. He used to barrel race and was champion around here, but now we both clop through life together.
I have a funny horse story that happened to me.
I love horse back riding and I love horses too.
Many years ago we went to a place that was not your run of the mill horse back riding place. It was way out in the sticks and their horses were a little on the wild side and they had many acres and they would let you take the horses out on your own to explore around which was really neat.
When they asked us how experienced we were, I told them I wanted a horse that was more advanced since I feel confident on a horse and I am not afraid of them and had been riding a few times.
We had 3 people in our group and the other 2 people were also experienced riders. We had saddled up and headed out. The other 2 people were out in front of me and I was last in line.
Well after walking down a trail for a good bit, the person in the lead yells back and asks if we are ready to go? I'm like...."i thought we were already going".
Well, the leader took off, and of course our horses began to follow hers at a fast clip. I quickly got all my weight on my feet, kept my butt off the horse, and the best horse back ride of my life was under way. I swear it was just like in the old wild west movies as we ran through the fields and trails.
What a blast.
I had no idea where we were going and I am not sure if the leader knew either, but here is the thing. The horses did. They knew those trails like the back of their hands. They took us on sharp turns and basically took us all over the place. It was just incredible.
The scariest part is when the horses took us under some low-level branches to try to scrape us off. We all saw it coming and we all had to eat some neck hair to keep from being scraped off.
After about 10 minutes which seemed more like an hour, the horses slowed and we were back on a normal walk to cool them down.
It was so much fun and I would love to be able to go on a ride like that again some day.