Wednesday, November 24, 2010

An intro into the world of riding in Los Angeles

I have always loved horses, I have ridden them for years when I was a child.  I was prob one of the craziest kids to get on a horse since the invention of Sugar!  Nothing got between my horses and me...till college and financial independence.

Once I dropped out of College because of personal reasons, riding adventures became few and far between.  The $45 lessons became unreasonably high and I never saw riding in my near future again.  I moved to Los Angeles about a year later and realized that I could never own a horse unless I moved out of state.  Heartbroken, I took on a job and continued my life out in Los Angeles.  

Along came a boy.... (he wound up being a screwup, but at 23 I didn't know better)  I moved to South Bay with him and was left alone in the house for weeks at a time.  One day I was driving to attempt to go to the store, and took a wrong turn.  The turn lead me to what looked like Small Town USA, but with trees and paths.  I was in awe that something so wonderful was hidden in the busy county of LA.   I took one more turn to get out of the town and find home, and I turned into a stable!  It was a horse town!  Nuzzled in South Bay was a perfect city that only dreams could make up.  I was home.

As quickly as I could, I looked up a trainer on the hill and found a barn close to home. She threw me on a horse, expecting me to be rusty, and I was...but she had faith in me.  Within months, I was jumping for the first time in my life!  I was happy again!!  I found a barn with wonderful girls (a few youngster boys that were adorable) and horses!!!

After a few months, my boss approached me, I was getting a raise!  I was stoked!  I could afford a horse for the first time in my life!  I was so excited!!!  My trainer and I were on the lookout!

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