In June 2007 Julia, our first ever Junior Blogger, wrote Realizing Your Horse Dreams: How to Get Started. What I love about Julia’s blog is that it goes beyond dreaming to doing. Anyone can dream, but if you never truly BELIEVE in your dream and DO something toward making it a reality, eventually the dream will fade away…

by Stargazer | After lessons at the old farm, my best friend and I would always ride bareback, asking first, of course. So we asked the farm hand if we could ride bareback and she said yes. She told us though, “Don’t ride in the back field.” We went to ride in the area before the back field because someone was having a lesson in the arena…

by Sweetie | I’ve been riding for two years, which means I have had approximately 60 lessons as I don’t ride every week. I’ve recently started jumping lessons. I can trot over poles and very small jumps. Here’s a little bit from last week’s jumping lesson…

by mustangmane | Have any of you experienced getting thrown? Falling from a horse? I know many girls out there that have. And I’ve come to tell you my experience from it…

by Syd | I am officially switching barns. My trainer is moving and a couple riding friends and I are going to use this summer (what we have left of it after vacations) to find a new barn. So this ‘blogfest’ blog is going to be about all my funny and interesting stories I’ve had at Gold-Creek. My trainer always joked about how my lessons were exciting and terrifying and there will probably be lots of stories to tell about me, so I’m here to tell a few…

by Rebecca Shyly | Every year my stables has a mini horse show so the riders can get some show experience without the stress of the busy, high pressure show circuit. We get to sign up for any school horse we want to ride, if we don’t have our own horse. Well, I was late signing up, and the only horse available for a class I wanted to take was a new pony, Roxy. I had never ridden her and from seeing her in the arena, wasn’t sure I even wanted to…

by Julia | As some of you may know, the barn I started to ride at is probably the worst barn in North America. So when the instructors saw I pointed my toes out, they never commented on it, causing me to feel that there was nothing wrong with it…

by Madelaina | I believe the best way to understand horse riding, apart from riding a horse itself, is to watch or read about others riding. I was always keen on doing so as it is great fun to smile at accomplishments and helpful to know all the different situations around horses and what can be expected. So that is why everyone is encouraged to join us for the first ever GHC Blogfest about riding experiences and/or times around horses that deserve to be shared with others. Whether it has a happily-ever-after or the most nightmare-ish ending, all are welcome…