My first ride on a horse pps

My first ride on a horse My first ride on a horse dispelled forever whatever previous notions I had about riding horses.. I had thought that it was easy to ride a horse just like the cow

My first ride on a horse

My first ride on a horse dispelled forever whatever

previous notions I had about riding horses I had thought

that it was easy to ride a horse just like the cowboys on

television I realized how wrong I was through a rather

painful experience

I was down in Australia visiting my relatives when they

decided to take me horse-riding one Sunday I was

thrilled So we hopped into my cousin’s car and headed

towards one of the many riding schools on the outskirts of

Melbourne

We managed to book five horses at a riding school The

man in charge asked whether we knew how to ride a

horse Everybody said yes except me I had never seen a

live horse before that time, let alone ridden one The man

asked me to mount the smallest one

I mounted up surprising myself at my ability I thought I

was already an expert The man gave me the reins and

said, “Pull the reins to the right to turn right, pull to the left

to turn left”

I nodded confidently and took the reins Next moment I

lost the reins as the horse pulled them from my hands

The silly horse had reached down to graze on the grass

making me lose my grip The man laughed and returned

the reins to me

After a while, my cousins started to move their horse

slowly towards a large field My horse followed Initially I

felt myself wobbling a bit but I kept my balance This was

not going to be easy, I thought How right I was!

Gradually the other horses picked up the pace My horse

followed suit I felt my bottom bump up and down against

the saddle Still it was manageable Soon the bumping

became uncomfortable as the horses moved faster and

faster

Suddenly I saw my cousins begin to gallop their horses I

wanted to protest for I was definitely losing control my

horse Before any words left my mouth the silly horse of

mine began galloping too I hung on for dear life as I was

bounced up and down on the saddle However hanging on

for dear life was not enough I lost my right stirrup and

immediately began to slide down the horse’s left flank I

clutched desperately on the horse’s mane but it was no

good The next moment I fell off the horse

I landed with a mighty thud onto the ground For a moment

all I saw was white clouds against blue sky Then I

realized I was lying flat on the ground I picked myself up

Except for being winded a bit, I was otherwise unhurt I

was lucky I looked around and saw four riders and five

horses galloping into the distance They did not even know

that I had fallen

I turned around and headed back to the riding school on

foot I had had my share of riding that day Before I

reached the school I heard horses behind me My cousins

had discovered my disappearance and promptly returned

to look for me They laughed loudly at my misfortune but

were glad that I was not hurt They urged me to remount

the horse but I declined I told them to carry on without

me Then I took the reins of my horse and led it back to

the school

For the rest of the week, I had to rest my sore bottom and

aching muscles My first ride on a horse was certainly an

unforgettable one