In the story: Riding
out of the Ring!
In the story, Allison and James William take his show horses
out of the arena for a trail ride but it doesn't go well for JW.
I got the idea from my own experience when I took two of my
horses, Zorro and Corey, on a field trip where there were no fences, no rings,
no indoor. Zorro is in the red and Corey is in the blue, such beautiful
animals. Zorro was so excited he became a megalodon horse, if there were such a
thing. Usually, when I ride with him, I use leg, a lot of it. When out in this
environment, I learned NO LEG!
Some horses can go from ring to trail without a problem,
some horses cannot. Some riders cannot as well. This was a whole new experience for me. Going up hills and
down, trotting over an open field, and through the open sand. Once when trying
to trot a large circle, Zorro broke into a canter. My trainer was screaming at
me to halt him, but I'll tell you, I did it slowly. It was a lovely canter and
I was having a blast. I loved it. At no time did I feel frightened. Boy, did I
learn NO LEG! So did James William…
