how old were you when you started riding?

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My mum rode as a kid but she is now 48ish and hasnt ridden for years and would like to get a cob for us to share but is worried she is to old to learn to ride agian.

I started riding when i was 5.
 
I was 1 1/2 and we went on a donkey ride in Spain, and that was it. i had to wait 6 months before they let me start at the local riding school - bet my mum wishes she'd never seen that donkey trip advertised :D sm x
 
I started riding when i was about 2, i rode continually up until i was 7 and completly lost interest for around a year. My younger sister got her own pony when she was 7, and i became horse mad. So i began to ride again at the age of 8, and have been ever since.

I share my pony occasionally with my mum, although mines only 14.2h!
I think you should totally get one to share with your mum, im sure she would love to get back in the saddle, and show everyone how its done!!
 
I didn't know normal people could have a horse was till i was 11 and moved out of london. Before I only ever saw police horses or cavelry horses and you don't see normal people driving police cars or tanks do you!!! I started riding at 13 and got Lucy when i was 14.
 
Erm... as soon as I could hold myself upright?
Nah, started riding my dads horses at about three, and got my own pony when I was five, kept him until his peaceful death ten years later, when he was a very grumpy old man.
 
I first rode a horse in the Caribbean when I was 18, but I don't think that counts, as the pony just followed the one in front. I first got on a horse for a proper lesson when I was 24, and have ridden on and off now for 8 years.
 
Never, never too old to learn! Well obviously there are some physical restrictions, but that aside....

I was 40 when I started. I'd done a teeny little bit of riding when I was knee high, so it was rather a shock to the system, but 2 years later, I have my own gorgeous horse and haven't looked back, I love it!
 
I dont think my mum will be showing to many people how its done she got on my old 14hand cob once and said take me there take me there then said thats enough get me off!
but she has really got the urge to do it properly now :-)
 
I started aged ten... my mum spent four years watching enviously from the gate before starting riding lessons in her mid 40's.

She had a few years break while I worked with horses for a while and bought my own, and is now back at a riding school having lessons in her 50s. You're never too old!
 
From literally when I was able to sit up. Mum used to sit me on our shetland and walk me round the field. Had a break when I was away at boarding school and then got my first horse - a 14yr TB ex hunter - when I was about 19 (many moons ago now!!)
 
I was 21, wish i had had the opportunity to learn as a child as they have very little fear and bounce better but its never to late to start. I know someone who has just started to learn at a riding school aged 62! She is probably fitter than me!
 
forgot to say, your mum is deffo not too old to learn, and a cob would be ideal - but then I am totally biased !! :D

and regarding the bounce factor - nappies are very good cushioning......
 
Been riding on and off for about 30 yrs now.The biggest gap was 12 yrs when i took the dececion(sp) to have children.Never owned a horse or pony up until about 8yrs ago when I bought my first (RIP Brock) then 6 yrs ago bought a 15h 2 warmblood mare.Both my 21 yr old and my 13 yr old ride her too.Personally I don't think your ever too old (have to admit I'm in my 40's) to learn.It's the pleasure of the horse's and what you get from them.
I'd go for it - tell you mum to enjoy herself !!!!!!!!! :)
 
I was given a 15.1 Anglo arab and a 15.2 TB when I was 7 by an old lady who lived down the road who was too frail to cope on her own.

Mum and Dad soon gave in and let me have lessons as well once they realised this little "fad" wasn't going away! They have been cursed with empting poo trailers, mucking out, trundling round shows, trecking out to events, catching in and feeding ever since! I have always had to work to pay for them though. If I needed feed I had to go and work to get the money to buy it, farrier costs, you name it I had to do it. They have helped out occasionally for example I had "new shoes" one birthday - feed buckets, feed, some brushing boots and bits n bobs to replace all teh really old stuff. I call them new shoes as that is what I was supposed to be getting as mine had holes in. I waited until Christmas to get the actual new shoes!!! Also when the old gal broke her foot they paid half of the bill.

Not bad for a family who wanted nothing to do with the beasts! Even my brother who can't stand horses will help out every now and then with transport and mending things... sometimes he even (gasps) touches them! My family will only have anything to do with my horses though - they will not go near anyone elses and when I get a new one they are always really nervous until they get to know them.

Actually looking at it I couldn't have done it with out them - pretty amazing what you can achieve at a young age if you are determind enough! Poor family having to suffer so many years of torment though!
 
was four, in Ireland, on a massive shire horse, bareback. Learnt to rise to trot bare back and never looked back. Horse was called Milo. I wish I could go back to that time, 33 yrs ago!
 
I come from a completely unhorsey family and started riding at 16 when I was thinking of applying to do vet med at uni.

My mum used to drive me to the yard, and rather than hang about waiting I convinced her to join in my lesson. It started off as a joke (she was 50) but she loved it!

Unfortunately she was diagnosed with terminal cancer and died a year or so later but I have very fond memories of our lessons together. My dad bought me a horse when I was 18, and I know my mum would have loved him (although she would have been wanting to compete him more than me I'm sure!).

So no, definitely never too old!
 
I started when I was 23, only 2 years ago. I wanted to ride for as long as I can remember. Can't tell you how excited I was when hubby gave me riding lessons for my birthday even thought he still doesn't understand why I would ever want to have my own :D
 
I was three and had bright orange wellies:D

So that's 40 years now and I STILL have to look down sometimes to check my diagonal...:o
 
This old :D

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as you can see from their faces, they were all very envious of my natural talent and riding ability :D :D:D

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