Hello,
I thought since I haven't been psoting much I would share with you what
happended to me two weeks ago. I was at my uncle's, like usually, and my aunt
and myself were grooming one of their mares that I just adore and love to ride.
So we get her all cleaned up and put this kind of showing stuff that makes their
soats really shiny and slippery. Well, the bottle said 'Safe for saddle area' so
of course we used it and we tacked her up and took her out to the arena to go
for a ride. So once in the arena we pull up a chair we use as a mounting block,
and I get my foot in the sturrup and I jump up to get on her and once I was
almost laying on the saddle the saddle slid right on her side!!! Oh and this is
happening to the mare that isn't what you'd say the soundest horse ever, but yet
she is sound, if she wasn't I wouldn't be able to ride her. So, I fell and
cought the chair with my leg, the next day my leg ws bruised all over(not a
pretty sight). But thank God that she just stood still, whew! Well my aunt put
the saddle back on right then she tightned it, then she jumped on her rode her
in a cricle and she did really well, both of them. Then my aunt gave another
opertunity to get on the mare and ride her but only if I was ok, so of course
being 13 and loving this horse and loving to ride her I said "Yea, I want to
ride her, I'm not shaken" so I hoped on and rode her for about 30 minutes and I
had a blast especially after falling when I tried to get on the first time.

Just thought I would share a bit of my life with everyone.

Kelly


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