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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are usually two paths into riding. (“Riding.” Not “equestrian.”)

The first is when your kid lingers over the ponies at the petting zoo, stalks local backyard barns on her bike, draws horses in the margins of her math tests, memorizes the Black Stallion and Marguerite Henry books, and eventually wears her non-horsey parents to a bleeding nub, so they finally sign her up for a week of riding camp in the hopes that all the dirt, sweat, and hard work will make her see sense. Instead, she drags her stiff, sore muscles into the car the first day, but cries even harder when her concerned mom suggests not going back. From there, she progresses to lesson kid, unpaid barn rat, working student, and crash test dummy. With increased parental funding, options include Pony Club, competing, leasing and/or ownership.

The second path is when a horsey parent has access to a saintly pony and can put their kid up as soon as they can walk. This is similar to how everyone in Minnesota can skate — it’s just something you do, because you’re going to be at the rink (or barn) anyway. [/quote]

I had never thought of it this way, but PP is spot on. That said, I was a second path that drifted into the first - but a kid whose parents put her on crap horses (not a saintly pony). But we had working horses at home and it was a way of life. [/quote]

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