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Trail Ride Research Paper

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I have gone on a vast amount of trail rides with several different horse. This ride was the first time I had ever taken D. D. (Deanna's Delight) out on one. This trail ride will not ever be able to forget. I have been riding horses for just about 7 years. My horses D. D. and I have been working together for 2 of those years and I have never had a problem with her ever. She is the most calm horse I have ever owned and worked with. Sometimes, with out a saddle or even a bridal and reins, I will run up to her and hop on her back and she doesn't spook at all. I can even put a complete stranger up to her and she will rub her head on them. She also is a junk food junky and will eat any thing from chips to crab rangoon shells to honey & apples, but she won't eat celery because that's just to healthy.
One day my horse leader called and ask if I would like to go on a over night trail ride with her and a few other people and I was excited to go. So when the day can we loaded up D. D. and another horse at the farm named George. As soon as we got to the trail sight it started raining hard, so we tied the horses up and started to wait it out. By the time dinner came it was too late to go on a ride so after dinner we went to sleep. …show more content…

When it was D. D.'s turn to saddle up she was resistant to stand still. When I finally saddled her she wouldn't take her bit. The rest of the group was ready to go but we were still fighting with D. D. so we told them to go ahead and we would catch up. Once she took her bit I hopped up onto her back. The second I was up, she reared up all the way and I fell hard to the ground. The lovely 15.2 hand drop made my back hurt really bad and I didn't think I would be able to go on the ride. Yet I sucked it up and hopped right back in the saddle and rode her for 3 1/2

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