My riding pal

I think all horse loving girls played follow the leader with your horse.  The leader takes off and goes anywhere he doesn’t think the other horses will follow. Anyone whose horse does not take the obstacle in two tries goes to the end of the line.

I was lucky with my little mustang because if I asked him to go somewhere he would go. We would always win so they made me ride bareback. Well I rode bareback all the time, I never even owned a saddle most of the time and had to borrow one when I needed one.

They decided I had to ride double and the fun started.

They would go down into the canal and up the other side which is really steep and off we would go. They would jump something and off we would go. They would take off running and take a real sharp rollback and off we would go.

Then a new girl moved to town I will call Sue (not her real name). She did not have a horse but she loved them so she rode behind me everywhere.  We got so good at riding together it was like she was not even there. We could go and do anything with the two of us on that horse.

Back to the front of the line we went, into the house we went, through the canal we went, over the ditches we jumped and king of the leader we became and we never at the end of the line again.

Some of the best memories I have was flying around with her behind me. I had a friend everywhere I went. She finally got her own horse and started riding him but truthfully learning to ride double she was better at that then by herself. We just fit together like a hand and glove and never had to worry about where we went. I want to go swimming but my horse won’t swim. I want to go through the canal but my horse won’t go. I would go there but my horse is afraid to jump. If I could go, then she could go. It was a fantastic fun memory. That girl could ride on behind that horse like no one I have ever seen, it was like she was my shadow instead of a person.  To this day she is the only person I have truly enjoyed riding