What age did you start riding????????????

[charlimouse]

Purely out of interest, how old were you when you started riding? I was 13.

 

[benji12]

I started riding when I was 12.

 

[monkeybum13]

Started "proper" riding aged 4
Had my own pony aged 5

 

[Vikki89]

I started riding at 7yrs old

 

[Firehorse]

i was ten. my first lesson was on the 20th september 1986 on a grey pony called prince! god knows why that date has stuck in my mind all these yrs!!

 

[E_Lister]

I started riding properly when I was 11, however Ihad had the occasional ride since I was about 5. I'm just so glad that a friend I made as I went up to senior school had just grown out of her "pony for life" and it needed exercising by someone just my height! So it is her fault that I am now as horsey as I am.

 

[Cop-Pop]

I was 5 and I learned on a fabulous exRDA pony called Pippin

 

[sidesaddlegirl]

Started having lessons at 12 but I always begged for pony rides before that whenever they'd have the ponies at the mall or at fairs!

 

[devilwoman]

I was 7 and rode a pony called Jinx - loved her so much.

Got my first pony at 11.

 

[aimeejay]

Started sitting on a horse and walking around at 6, started actual lessons when I was 9

 

[yeeharider]

started when I was 7 OMFG that was 40 years ago Time really does fly when you arehaving fun YEEEEEEHHHHHHAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[m3gan]

I started to learn to ride at 8yrs !

 

[Jay89]

Started riding at 18 months old. Mum and Dad bought me my first pony at that age - A little shetland called buttons!

 

[Bowen4Horses]

i 'started' at 2yrs old... but had lessons from 4yrs old.

x

 

[phoebeast]

4! went hacking with mum, first pony aged 11

 

[rascal]

I had 10 lessons for my 11th birthday, i rode a bay but cant remember his name, they also had a lovely roan called Banjo.
I was nearly 18 when i bought my first pony, a cheeky welsh X called Star.

 

[JVB]

Started aged 4 on a lovely grey pony called Tommy, had small break when my RI was killed in a car accident when I was about 7, started again aged 8/9 I think

 

[milliepops]

Started riding regularly at about 7 on a friend's sh1tland. Got my first pony when I was 10, she was a superstar

 

[Coffee_Bean]

11, got Bean just before I was 13.

 

[Lanky Loll]

There are pics of me doing LR showing at 2 - by 5 I'd decided that was boring and used to jump off in the ring and run away to do the gymkhanas

 

[PippiPony]

I was 4 & 13 when I got my first horse. But mum & dad were very good at taking me for lessons every week when i was younger. Neither of them were horsey at all & so they waited until i was old enough to do most of the care myself before i was allowed a horse of my own.

 

[kerilli]

Started at 4 on a black shetland called 'Grandad', got first pony at 10.

 

[ladyearl]

I was about 9/10 yrs old started hanging about with my mum's friend at her livery yard. Started off getting bareback shots on a retired horse, I used to sit on him and walk about the field while the owner was schooling her younger horses. One day he decided he wasn't retired and cantered off back to his stable jumping a wire fence in the process. They kindly let me have shots on their other pony after this and it all went from there. I'll never forget Trampus, I think he was only 15hh but he seemed like a giant to me and he had curly hair (cushings I presume) but I loved sitting on him

 

[camilla4]

Started at 5; first pony at 7 but have had huuuuuge gap lately!!

 

[Ranyhyn]

6 years old I had my first pony.

Spoilt brat!!!

 

[Sleepeeze_dad]

Oh gaawd. I'm way old

Started last year when i was 40ish. The usual case of "can't beat 'em join 'em". Never even been near a beastie before I was 38. Totally uninterested and to be honest slightly repulsed until I got to know my wife's horse. Been downhill ever since

C'mon Guys! don't let all the OH's hog all the fun! You'd be surprised - it is fun.

 

[4leggedfurries]

I started at 7, after recovering from being run over and having my leg mangled, on a sh!tland called gypsy. Had my first pony called sandy at 8.

 

[Kub]

I had done this and that when I was little but nothing really proper. Started lessons again just over a year ago (20) so feel like quite a late comer!

 

[djlynwood]

Sat on a horse for the first time ever when I was 31.

That was 4 years ago and I have never looked back since. Totally adicted to horses now and they are my way of life.

Got to make up for all those lost years now!!

 

[vam]

Started lessons when i was about 5. Didnt get my first horse until i was 15.