Why I Ride

I've been riding horses since before I could walk. That love so many years ago has quickly turned into a passion for horses. People who have never ridden a horse can't seem to understand. But those of us likewise afflicted with the Horse-loving bug know exactly why they do what they do.

My first horse's name was Prince. This is me when I was like 9 years old with him :)

This next one is an incredibly embarrassing picture of me (give me a break) and my horse, my brother and our pet goat Freckles. Ah, the good old days.

So why do I ride horses? I'm glad you asked.

I ride because it makes me feel free.
I ride to fly.
to soar.
to feel and to breathe.
to laugh.
to relax.
to feel like I can control something.
to lose the need to control anything.
to overcome, to heal.
to prove them wrong.
to discover myself again.
to grow.
to communicate without words.
to belong...to feel strong.
to love and be loved back.
I ride to feel alive again.

"Why does she ride horses? She's been trying to escape since she was little."-Lucien

A lovely horse is always an experience…. It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words. ~Beryl Markham

“The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit and fire.” Shannon Ralls Lemon

“A horse is the projection of peoples’ dreams about themselves -strong, powerful, beautiful- and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence” Pam Brown

“Horses are incredibly forgiving. They fill in places we’re not capable of filling
ourselves.” Buch Brannaman

"A horse is poetry in motion" -Unknown

I ride because it makes me feel like I'm finally living again, not just being. It's the one place I can go that makes the rest of the world disappear. I do what I do because it makes me feel free.