Do you remember the first time you rode a horse?

[SDH]

I don't actually remember it but my parents remind me often enough - I had a donkey ride on Whitby beach whilst on holiday - I was 7. I was hooked

None of my family are horsey or even that keen on animals actually, but I begged and begged and was eventually allowed riding lessons ... parents thought i'd be bored of it in 6 weeks. Not a chance.... I begged for my own pony every birthday/christmas since, that never apparered so had to buy my own horse after leaving uni / getting a proper job!

 

[Ottinmeg]

firstly, welcome to the forum DTMDan, my first time was on a chestnut called sandy, he was a total foodie and stuck his headdown for grass at every given opportunity

 

[Sugarplum Furry]

Yes.....we lived in a remote area in Essex, I was about 2, and there was a horse dealer with a yard across the lane (Pam Bannister, if anyone remembers her). I used to toddle across the lane on my own she was forever finding me in the yard and having to bring me home. One evening my Dad came across with me, and Pam lifted me up onto the back of her dock tailed cob mare. I remember screaming to get down, as soon as I was taken off I screamed to be put back on again....contrary child!!

 

[Cindylou]

Yep I was about 8 yrs old and rode a dapple grey pony up the road and back he was called Kojak!