They say that horse fever is genetic and that when one comes down with a case of it, the disease can never be cured. As a life long rider and horse lover I can attest to this theory. My Grandma began the family tradition when she opened an english ridding stable (which is still in operation) over forty years ago. Upon purchasing the equestrian center my Mom and aunt began ridding and have continued to do so at the professional level throughout their lives. When I was born (almost) 24 years ago the tradition was passed down to me. As soon as I could sit up by myself (right around the age Emma is now) my Mom would set me in front of her in an over sized western saddle and take me ridding. From then on I was hooked and life was never the same again. Since coming home for the duration of my husbands deployment to Afghanistan, I have been fortunate enough to introduce and expose Emma to one of the things I love most in life, horses. Even upon being introduced to a horse for the first time, Emma has never shown any signs of timidness or fear. Since she has never shown anything but pure joy when around the animals I decided that it might be fun to sit her atop one of our very, very gentle school horses to see how she would react. Just as I expected, she loved it and was completely relaxed and totally at ease the entire time! Her reaction and her obvious adoration of horses, even upon seeing one for the first time, has reaffirmed my belief in the horse fever theory. Watching my daughter sit on a horse for the first time brought up a flood of memories of my mother and I at the very same barn when I was a little girl. What an incredible feeling and a beautiful love to have passed down to yet another generation. Four generations of equine fever running strong!
Monday, November 8, 2010
Our Little Equestrian Princess
They say that horse fever is genetic and that when one comes down with a case of it, the disease can never be cured. As a life long rider and horse lover I can attest to this theory. My Grandma began the family tradition when she opened an english ridding stable (which is still in operation) over forty years ago. Upon purchasing the equestrian center my Mom and aunt began ridding and have continued to do so at the professional level throughout their lives. When I was born (almost) 24 years ago the tradition was passed down to me. As soon as I could sit up by myself (right around the age Emma is now) my Mom would set me in front of her in an over sized western saddle and take me ridding. From then on I was hooked and life was never the same again. Since coming home for the duration of my husbands deployment to Afghanistan, I have been fortunate enough to introduce and expose Emma to one of the things I love most in life, horses. Even upon being introduced to a horse for the first time, Emma has never shown any signs of timidness or fear. Since she has never shown anything but pure joy when around the animals I decided that it might be fun to sit her atop one of our very, very gentle school horses to see how she would react. Just as I expected, she loved it and was completely relaxed and totally at ease the entire time! Her reaction and her obvious adoration of horses, even upon seeing one for the first time, has reaffirmed my belief in the horse fever theory. Watching my daughter sit on a horse for the first time brought up a flood of memories of my mother and I at the very same barn when I was a little girl. What an incredible feeling and a beautiful love to have passed down to yet another generation. Four generations of equine fever running strong!
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