Day One - 30 Day Equestrian Challenge!
Day 01- When and why you started riding
I guess I started riding because of my mum.
She had always been obsessed with horses, and when she was around 13/14 years old, my great-granddad bought her a pony. Mon-Ami, a eighteen month old Connemara x Thoroughbred, nothing special, just a cheap pony you'd find at a market. She trained Mon-Ami herself and payed for her keep through numerous paper rounds. This was the first pony I ever sat on, which was pretty much as soon as I was born.
Mon-Ami taught me, and many others to ride. My mum brought me into this world of horses straight away and I love her so much for it. It's something I have never thought twice about, horses make me who I am.
I cannot pin point an exact time when I first started riding as I may as well have been born in the saddle. But I started because of my wonderful mum.