The next horse I leased was a Shetland pony named Teddy. I thought that it would be good to lease Teddy because he would be challenge. I was right about Teddy being a challenge, because he had a mind of his own. While he was following his own mind, I fell off and broke my elbow. I had to wear a sling for six weeks, including on stage during my school’s Winter Concert. I was supposed to be dancing with a broom. The teacher rechoreographed the dance so the girls handled their brooms with one hand and the boys used two hands. After that I called him “Mean, Fuzzy Teddy.”
I still wanted to ride Teddy, but my trainer told me to lease a older chestnut Appendix named Litening. No, that’s not misspelled! Litening was a nice horse, but I didn’t have much fun riding him. Also, I like riding ponies better than horses. Litening was a very calm horse, but one day he got scared and jumped to the side. I fell off and hurt my side really bad and had to go to the hospital. My grandfather said that when I got better he would buy me my own pony.
My mom and I looked for ponies months. We saw a lot of green ponies and naughty ponies. We finally found a Norwegian Fjord name Crista. A Norwegian Fjord isn’t a pony, but a horse that is usually pony-sized. Crista was nice on the ground, but unfortunately we didn’t realize that she was still green. Also, she was very stubborn. We decided to sell her and look for another horse.
Crista
I bought both books at Greenway Saddlery in Scottsdale. You can find them at Amazon.
Part I: Mac & Lucky
I decided that I wanted to ride horses. My mom said I should take some horseback riding lessons. I thought my riding lessons were pretty fun. However, I told my mom she should take some lessons with me because I thought it would be fun together. I noticed that some people had their own horses and ponies while other people were full or half leasing their horses. My mom and I leased a big horse named Mac. He belongs to my trainer, Kim Hill.
Mac is a chestnut Appendix. An Appendix horse is half Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse. There are some funny things about Mac. When he was younger he used to eat Taco Bell and McDonalds. No one would give him Taco Bell and McDonalds; he would steal the bags. Have you ever seen a horse eating fast-food? (I didn’t think so.)
My mom and I took turns riding Mac, but I wanted to have my own horse, so my mom and I could ride together. I started to lease a chestnut Quarter Horse named Lucky. Lucky was very old and nothing ever scared him. He was very smart. One summer when I was at camp he got into a feed bin and opened a bag of expensive supplements. He ate most of the bag, and when they found him he had a very big stomach!
Lucky
Both Mac and Lucky retired, so my mom and I had to find different horses. Lucky went to live with some people who have a lot of grandchildren, but all he has to do is walk around with them. Mac still lives at our barn.