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I'd like to make this topic about my horse-back riding experiences in the memory of my the place I used to horse back ride. D: They sold it </3
In memory of that wonderful time, I made this topic to remember the people and animals there. <3
You may also post memories you've had with pets, or horse-back riding experiences.

The People
Melanie - My instructor. A very nice woman, but she knew when to be strict.

Jamie - A friend of mine. She was there before I was. xD VERY tough little girl. xD She fell off a horse, and the landing was pretty hard. I could tell. And all she did was get up and say, " That sucked," Then get back on her horse.

Molly - Melanie's friend. Also the owner of Jasper and Teddy.

The Horses

Sailor - I don't remember what breed he was. x-x But it was an old horse. Very beautiful one too. <3 If any of you have seen the movie 'Spirit' he looked a lot like Spirit just lighter. xD

Teddy - A large thoroughbred. Taller than my dad! He was a nice horse, but he spooked easily. He's also a bay.

Medeana - Not sure if I spelled her name right. Basically the twin of Teddy, but they're not related. She belonged to Melanie. Only VERY experienced riders got to ride her. She's a bay like Teddy. xD

Austin - A stubborn young stallion. He belonged to Melanie. He was a thoroughbred and a beautiful chestnut color.

Red - A large quarter horse. He belonged to one of the other girls who's name I forget.

Windy - A paint. She died when she slipped on ice and ran into the fence. She had to be put down. A beginner horse. I started off on her. <3 She was trained to follow Melanie.

Thunder - The oldest horse at the stables. <3 He's stubborn, and needs to learn that the person who's riding him is the boss, not him. xD He died from old age.

Jasper - A thoroughbred. A beautiful deep brown color, and his eyes match his coat. xD He spooks easily, and is almost as old and stubborn as Thunder.

Windy(Named after the first Windy) - My horse. <3 I boarded her there. >:3 She was a pinto though. xD We had to sell her. D: She was stubborn, but very nice once she learned who was boss. xDDD

The Dogs

TC( Too Cute ) - A little corgie who always followed Melanie around. Sometimes during practice he'd stand beside the jump in the center of the ring with Melanie.

Sam - A large husky who was always found under Molly's car. xDDD

Lady - A golden retriever. A very sweet dog, but she was afraid of the horses. D:

The Cats

Maggie - She had no name, so I called her Maggie. She was a gray cat who lived in the barn. But the truth was she was a stray. xD

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My experiences:

I went to camp there, and each person was assigned a horse(There was more than I listed you know. D:< ). This was before I had Windy( The second) just so you know. I was assigned Sailor. Now, Jamie( Who was riding Thunder ) and I were on our free time from doing chores. xD So we decided to do some jumping, then go for a trail ride. So that's what we did. When we were trail riding we found something beautiful. <3 A wild horse. At least that's what we thought it was. But it wasn't. xDDD It walked over to us, and we figured it wasn't wild. So we turned around to go tell Melanie. The horse followed us xDDDD Then when we got down, we were told off then thanked by Red's owner. x3 She said that Red had thrown her and run off on a trail ride earlier. So after that she told us we could ride Red sometimes if we asked her. :3

Another Camp adventure with Jamie. xD Once again it was our free time. I was getting mad with Sailor being stubborn so Jamie and I had switched horses just for the ride up to the small pond we swam in. xD So we rode the horses up there( We had our swimsuits under our clothes) and when we finally got up we took off the clothes we had over our swimsuits. While we were swimming and Thunder was drinking, Sailor started to walk off. We didn't notice he was gone until well... HE WAS GONE. xD So we both got on Thunder and we looked all over the trails. Then we found him all the way back at the stables. D:

I have more but I'm too lazy to type them. x3

those are some nice memories i love horses and some day i wanna live on a farm and own a few but i'll need to learn the care first. but when i was 10 or round that age i went to a riding stable for a week (was like a camp) and i met very nice people there of various ages don't remember their names nor the instructors names.

but here are the horses :

Nathaniel : a welsh pony i think, he was grey and white ish and had some spots kind of

Cardinal : a big redish brown horse (the ones that pulled wagons, forgot the name but they're huge, kinda looks like the horses in the Budweiser commercial)

Ginger : a nice gingerly red colour, not sure the breed of horse (since i'm not keen on horse breeds) and had a white blaze on her face to her mid forehead and 4 white socks

Onyx : a beautiful black mare, she was injured from the girth and wasn't used much for riding at the time i was there, her and Ginger are always together and inseparable.

and there was another horse there he was brown with a blaze on his face and 2 socks on his fore legs and had a black line down his spine

and my memories there were so fun i will never forget them . I rid all the horses that were there and there was a soon to be foal whom they named Floral (the name i suggested, cuz if it was a girl it would be named after the mothers first letter and vice versa for the dad) and i was happy to hear the foal was healthy and happy and strong. We did a few techniques from the RCMP which was really cool and we did erm not sure the real name for it but we did horse gymnastics on Cardinal's back while he cantered (and i was scared to fall off someone came on to help me ) i love horses and my uncle has a barn and boards horses and he has a Race Horses in training forgot his name though but he's real gorgeous and he breeds his dog Moka a chocolate lab and sells them at a good price and i get to ride one of the horses there that i consider mine since my uncle rescued her (not sure but he said he saved the horse) she's a pinto cross, we're not sure. I named her Patches and she's not that old she's around 2 and a half if i'm right. She's soo gentle and she'll actually let me carry Hershey on her back with (one of Moka's puppies the runt and she's real tiny but i love her!!) and luckily Hershey's calm and enjoy's horse back riding like i do.. sorry i'm off topic going on bout my uncle's farm.. can't wait to hear more stories

I stopped riding quite a while ago, but the other day I got back into the saddle after what's seemed like years(Cuz it probably was xD). My friend's Aunt who owns a stable, bought some of the horses from my old horse-back riding camp. :3

oh wow thats neat .. aren't horses real expensive .. good thing your aunt bought the thats nice of her