i grew up riding horses casually. i come from a long line of equestrians, it only seemed natural that i love them as much as those before me. i never got into competing, i'm a serial trail rider. i'm rarely uppity enough to gallop, but i love the feeling of communicating with an animal without saying a word. a horse doesn't care how long your week was, how bad traffic was on the way out to ride, they just love. and each has such a vivid personality. i can't think of anything more freeing than trusting in a horse and riding without care on an ole mountain trail.