How many of us have or ride horses?

[mimitabby]

I used to 25 years ago... does that count? I moved to Seattle to work
and it became too expensive to keep a horse and with two children
it wasn't fair to the horse, so i (sniff!) sold him.

[Haudlady]

My first horse was Haughty - an American Saddlebred - I had him for fourteen years, and still miss him desperately... had to put him down at age 21, on October 15, 2003.

My avatar shows my current horses. The bay is Frank - my seven year old American Saddlebred gelding... the gray is my three (four in October) year old Arabian gelding, Barak. I've had Frank for four years, and Barak for one (so far - I fully intend to keep them for life). They are fantastic! I love my boys!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I had a horse and rode a LOT when I was a girl. But now I'm 52 and I just ride my BIKE.

[mimitabby]

the biggest difference between a horse and a bike (while you are riding!!)
that i can think of is that horses think for themselves, and sometimes you wish they wouldn't.
Bikes maintained correctly never question your commands and just DO what you want them to do.
No offense meant to horses, their thinking has saved many lives but has also
made a lot of people very very frustrated, injured, etc..

[oxysback]

I rode in High School and around age 25 or so (when I was a lot thinner...hehe). I've never actually had a horse. I either leased or rode School Horses. I also did a lot of Pony Club and Schooling shows in the hunter/jumper discipline.

If it wasn't so expensive I would have never given it up.

[spokewench]

I rode all through my youth, then ran a brood mare farm and trained horses on the Thoroughbred Horse Circuit for a while. Quit that, bought my own horse (Timmy, short for Intimidate), showed him, taught horseback lessons, etc. My own horse, after riding all those crazies on the race track, broke my back playing around after a jump. After that, I sponsored him out for a while and then finally sold him to a girl to do dressage on in Danville California. I hear he had an illustrious career! A few years after I sold Timmy, I tried to ride again, but it was really hard on my back - so now I just ride my bikes!