Have you ever dreamt of flying? People always wanted to fly. Flying gives you the feeling of freedom and invincibility. Everyone finds his own way to "fly." One doesn't necessarily have to flutter like a butterfly or soar in the wind like an eagle. Horseback ridding has become my way to fly. It's a beautiful sport. You can compare the feelings you have to the experience of flying arrow. Horseback riding is a dangerous sport because you have to deal with a living creature and you have no idea what's on its mind, but once you learn to control your own emotions and behavior, saddle the horse and give it proper commands, it will become simple and enjoyable.
It's very important to be able to control your own emotions and behavior. Animals can feel if you are afraid of them. The first time I saw the horse, I was scared. I was afraid that I got a kicker and it will throw me off. As a result of that, when I finally tried to make the horse move, it simply ignored me. It felt that I wasn't sure of my.
Julia Rotakhina.
abilities, so it simply didn't move. Only when I stopped being afraid, was I able to make it react to me. Another thing you have to always keep in mind is the fact that horses are very mischievous. As soon as you relax and become less focused, the horse will do something to get rid of you. One of my favorite horses, whose name is Ace, would always try to throw me off as soon as I loosened my grip. .
To ride a horse you have to be able to saddle it. It's not as easy as it sounds. Regular horse is about two meters high. It means you will have to put your foot into the stirrup, which hangs at least one meter above the ground and then try to push yourself with that foot, while using horse's withers as a handle, to throw your other leg over horse's back. It doesn't sound really complicated, but it will if I tell you that the saddle is not glued to horse's back, it's held by two belts tied around its stomach.