Today I invited 2 lovely ladies who I volunteer w/ Mondays in a Hippo-therapy program. It is a Hunter/Jumper barn - ergo - English saddle is mostly used. The kids range from 3 to ? & we either side walk or lead the horses around the arena.
Here is a snapshot taken taken last Christmas in the arena. I was leading the pony & the therapist - who had the camera - was also a side walker.
The property is pretty much land locked, but has both outdoor & indoor riding arenas. I had shared photos of where Buddha & Tia were & invited the ladies to join me on a Saturday. They readily accepted :) I was very excited to share the WESTERN style of riding with them as they both only have ridden English @ the therapy barn. The stage was set............
Here are Bernadette & Tia meeting each other.
As well as Jin & the Buddha....notice the English tack.
I lunged & rode both horses before they got on.
Bernadette was 1st - Bud was a true gentleman & they got along wonderfully :)
Jin also rode the Buddha sans any issues :)
In no time @ all they both were comfortable enough to ride together:)
Bernadette decided she liked English better.....
And Jin admitted she preferred Western.....
They rode & rode & rode .....it just made my heart hum...as I can still remember my first time on Bud....I did not want to get off! Afterwards, we finished up barn chores - they both learned was how to muck out stalls, water, groom & turn out. Thank you ladies for sharing my world & for the delicious lunch on the way home....it was truly a GREAT day :))
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