As a Christmas Present to Sam, we bought her two private one hour horseback riding lessons. I wasn't sure what to expect. It definately wasn't this...
We got there a little early and walked out to the corrals to look at the beautiful horses. Her trainer found us and led Sam to the horse she would be riding. She hooked Casa up to a lead rope and handed it to a bright-eyed happy-go-lucky girl.
"Would you like to lead Casa to get groomed?"
Sam's smile said a thousand words.
First she needed to brush the dirt and straw off of Casa's coat with one brush.
Then she was given another brush to make her hair shiny and smooth before putting the sadle on.
After the fine brushing, Sam learned how to wrap Casa's legs for support.
Sam led her into the arena where she spent about 40 minutes learning how to tell Casa to turn left or right, how to get him to trot and how to get him to slow back to a walk.
During this lesson, Sam learned how to ride English,
which to my understanding is the way you ride a horse in Show Competitions.
Prim and Proper.
Sam didn't quite understand the purpose of "two-point" where you stand up in the stirrups and place your hands on the horse's neck. She did great at it while Casa was walking, but tended to stay on her butt while Casa was trotting. Shortly after we left her riding lessons she was passed out in the back seat of the car. The rest of the day she kept reminding me how her hips hurt.
Lesson #1 a success
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