During the weekend and in summer I spend a lot of time with my horse. Behind my house there is the Park of Monza there is  the autodrome where the Formula1 takes

place every September.

In this Park there are also enormous spaces and old farmsteads. Some of these are used as riding schools. I started to ride horses when I was 6 years old.

At the beginning I learnt to be familiar with them: for example I pampered them, giving them some carrots (they love carrots!).

Furthermore, thanks to a very patient friend who had a great experience with horses, I have learnt to ride horses very well.

Contrary to what people believe, riding a horse is not very easy in fact a person who intend to ride horses has to acquire a series of fundamental knowledges.

I think that a person never finish to learn. A horse isn’t like a car in fact it is not enough to take some lessons and than to manage it very easily.

Riding a horse is very different because the lessons can help you to learn the correct orders and also to control the horse in a dangerous situation.

This rule can be respected by humans but horses are very instinctive so people can’t know the thought of those animals every time. The horse is wild or like some people

say: “a freespirit”.

Suddenly, he can decide to gallop in a space, to eat some grass and he can be frightened from human’s behaviour. Horses also have different reactions for example: a

horse can get up, run away or simply don’t go where it feels a danger.

At the end you have to pay attention and be careful also if you take a quiet walk in woods or meadows.

You can’t challenge the horse with your strength because he would be more powerful than you.

Instead of  obtaining  something you nned a lot of patience and adroitness; personally, I think that I must learn more and more from horses. Now I have got a personal

horse. Its name is Juanita, it is a female of 8 years old. Its colour is bay, it has a long black mane, a sweet character and a vivacious temperament. In my opinion it is the

best and the most  beautiful horse in all over the world!

Even if we have a super friendship I must respect its spaces without hurting its sensibility.

For me, it is difficult to tell what I think and feel when I mount Juanita. It is a sensation of freedom, happiness but also of fear when I stay with Juanita in a wood it is

wonderful because I can hear the sound of its hoofs and I can feel the whistle of the wind. Today, after lots of years, I believe that my horse give me something special,

more than I can do.

written by : Alice Ne ( free9@itcgbianchi.it )