Comments on: Being Horsey in a Non-Horsey Family

By: Chilton

Chilton — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 04:32:19 +0000

sounds like my daughter wrote this except her father can bridle a horse. I will say giving a child riding lessons is a fantastic method of buildind character in an individual. We are proud of our daughter!

By: Heidi

Heidi — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 10:08:58 +0000

I always wanted to ride horses since I was 4-years-old. My mother stayed home with my autistic sister and my father got social security after busting his back all up at work. Needless to say, there was no money for horseback riding lessons. When I was after I got a car and license I started taking riding lessons. Through college I leased and rode different horses. Less than three weeks in 2010 after I graduated I bought my first horse and still have her 5 years later. I am from a non-horsey family and my future husband has only seen them from afar on the streets of India. He insists my horse has an intelligent look about her from the pictures. I can’t wait until the day he finally meets her and I expose him to the horse lifesytle.

By: Allison

Allison — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 15:08:38 +0000

Christy and Kristin – what a small world! And Christy – no doubt our paths have crossed in one way or the other. Have a blast with the Texas State Equestrian team!

By: Tb

Tb — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 20:24:11 +0000

Took my parents years to get the courage to let me ride a horse. They are so afraid of them and even after 12 years they are just Okay to hold my horse. It took years of riding horses and a lot of studying in Pony Club for my parents to buy me a horse. I’m so grateful they did, but sometimes I wish they were more horse educated. I see a bunch of girls in shows with their parents helping tack or going through their jump courses and it felt like they always had more of an advantage than me. But now I feel like a stronger rider by having to do everything myself. My trainors and teammates were very helpful as well.

By: Christy

Christy — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 19:19:57 +0000

Wow! Same exact story. Except my mom won’t even get close enough to pat a horse. But I began at Whipple Tree when I was 4, and have trained at many different barns in the Houston area. I currently ride for Texas State Equestrian team! I wonder if we ever knew each other or rode together/against each other! Small world.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:18:46 +0000

I grew up in the same area–I showed at the GSWEC too! In high school I moved to a different barn that is right down the road from Whipple Tree. Small world! My parents weren’t horsey either, but they did so much to support me, from helping me to clean water troughs to work off my board to carting me around to lessons and horse shows. I’m very grateful to them!

By: Galadriel

Galadriel — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 23:56:32 +0000

It must be nice to have parents that support a horsey habit. I wonder what that’s like!

By: j

Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:52:46 +0000

cool