Today was a very exciting day for Sydney. It was her first ever horseback riding lesson. Syd has expressed some interest in riding a horse for a while now and I heard from a friend that at her age she could take lessons at a great farm in Southlands so I took her today to see how she'd take to it!
We met our instructor Sonia, who was very sweet, along with the horse that Syd would be riding, a small white horse named Magic.
Syd got all set with her very awesome crushed velvet riding helmet.
We started the lesson out by brushing Magic's coat.
Then Sonia put the saddle on and she and Sydney walked the horse to the arena.
Syd got up on the saddle with no hesitation with a huge smile on her face! She loved it!
They did a couple of rounds around the arena and then suddenly Magic kneeled down on her front legs and shook Sydney right off!
I let out a yelp as I watched Syd tumble off the back of the horse as Sonia adeptly got Magic under control.
Syd picked herself up, brushed herself off and asked to get back on the horse, as if falling off was just part of the process. What an amazing life lesson! If only we all had the same attitude about things when we fall down the first time!
Thankfully Sydney was not hurt at all considering that it could have been much worse. Mom is still recovering, watching the whole thing from afar gave me a heartattack!
Magic got the rest of the day off after that and we saddled up another pony, Becca, who was much more agreeable and Sydney rode her around the arena and then went for a walk along the road with her with Sonia and I in tow.
She loved it so much and was super keen to go again next week, my little equestrian!
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