Horses!!

Horses are my absolute favorite animal - I've wanted one for as long as I can remember! I don't get a chance to ride much, but when I do I LOVE it!!

Today I went to my friend Dana's house, and her, her brother Noah and I went riding. Dana rode Embur (her 3 year old gelding she is currently working on training), Noah was on Storm and I rode Vergo. Vergo was supposedly the "old, slow horse" - HA!! If one of the other horses was trotting, Vergo had to canter to get ahead of them! Dana wasn't quite ready to let Embur run, so we mainly walked. But if Noah started trotting Storm, Vergo would have to canter, and no matter how hard I tried, I could not stop him!

Twice he cantered - the first time was just to get ahead of Storm. The second time was when Embur was really wanting to run, so Dana let him canter. He wasn't bucking, so she let him start loping. Well, he got ahead of us and Vergo wasn't about to let that happen. What did he do? HE started loping (gallop), passed Embur and kept right on going. Who knows how long he would've gone before he stopped, except there was a really muddy part of the field he got into, and then had to slow down. My heart was going wild!! For all I know, he could've bucked me off! (he started bucking once before, but I was able to get him calmed down) But after I stopped him, I realized how fun it is to ride really fast!!

It was soooo much fun!!! We're hoping to ride again, and if Dana uses a different horse, then we can run more!!

P.S. I didn't have any pictures from when we were riding, but I COULDN'T post without a picture!! So I just found one somewhere.