1. Who was the first horse you rode in a lesson?
I’m pretty sure that, that would be my dad’s (at the time) horse, Cassandra. She was a pure bred Arabian, though it may have been my mother’s half Arab, Windy.

2. What's your favorite discipline?
Don’t really know....haven’t really ridden any specific one. More English than Western, more Dressage than anything else, but I don’t specifically go for any one discipline.

3. Who's your favorite pony?
Well since I own two ponies.....I believe that would be Little Fish. Now ‘pony’ as in equine, my old mare Cassandra.

4. What's the youngest horse you've ridden?
Echo, at three years and some odd months.

5. What's the oldest horse you've ridden?
Cassandra, she was 20 something when I stopped riding her.

6. Have you ever fallen off?
Of course! It takes 100 falls to make a true horsemen....though I don’t know if my handstand off the horse’s back counts?

7. What is your favorite horse color?
Hmm....black.....palomino.....ghost horse....blue roan....sorrel.....oh you meant ‘one’? Sorry I can’t choose just one.

8. Would you rather ride inside or out?
In a ring to train, and then definitely outside! I love the freedom I have when ridding outside. And besides my round ring isn’t big enough for any horses to get up to a canter safely in.

9. Who is in your lesson?
I don’t understand the question.

10. Who have you been taught by?
My horse, my mom, and my dad.

11. How old were you on your first pony ride?
Around 4, that I remember, and she wasn’t really a pony.

12. Who's your favorite horse/pony to jump?
I never really got into jumping, the only horse I knew that was good at it, and would jump, was my sister’s horse, and I was afraid of that mare.

13. When did you start riding lessons?
In the third grade.

14. Who's your least favorite horse to ride?
Haven’t really ridden enough to say, because I enjoyed Ahshin’s gate when I was ridding him, but since he threw me I’ve too afraid to get back on. So I’d have to say Ahshin. I would say Stormy, but she’s dead now.

15. How many trail rides have you been on?
Umm.....Lots and lets leave it at that.

16. Most weird/interesting thing done on horseback?
I tried to jump on to Cassandra bare back, and wound up doing a handstand on the other side. She also reared with me once. And I nearly fell asleep on her back.....do any of these count?

17. Have you ever ridden bareback, and on who?
‘Of course...that is a very important step in learning how to ride your horse and how to sit. Everybody should ride bareback.’ by  Hidalgo It’s just such a good answer. And I’ve ridden most of my horses bareback: Cassandra, Fish, Fancy, Rajiyah, Ahshin, and Echo. Didn’t ever tempt fate with Stormy though.

18. Least favorite pony to ride?
Echo. She’s also the only true pony I’ve ever ridden....no that’s not true. She is under 14.3 hands, but she’s an Arabian, and not a “pony”–connotative meaning.

19. What's the highest you jumped?
Only about 2-3 feet.

20. Who was the first horse you cantered on?
Cassandra.....No it was Fish. I followed the horses, and jumped on her without even a halter, something spooked the horses and they all went running back to the barn. I know foolish of me, but I was about 10 at the time.

21. Who was the first horse you jumped?
Stormy. I didn’t want to. My sister made me.

22. Scariest moment on horseback?
Toss up between when me and Cassandra fell in the sink hole, when Fancy reared and wound up sitting down, because she over balanced, and when Ahshin was bucking and the saddle came almost completely off his back-he was cantering at the time, with his nose on the ground.

23. What is your favorite part of the horse?
Umm....their ‘heart’, as in their soul I guess.

25. Who are your favorite boarders?
The only times the horses were boarded was before I was born, none.

26. Who are your least favorite boarders?
See 25.

27. Why did you start riding?
Because my mom rode, and was absolutely crazy about horses(still is crazy about them) I guess is was just natural that I would want to ride them, but unlike my sister, it wasn’t a phase for me.

28. What is your favorite pony breed?
Don’t have much experience with ponies, but from appearance that would have to be Shetlands, or Hackneys.

29. What's your ideal height of a horse/pony?
About 15-16 hands. Tall enough for me, but not huge.

30. Describe your dream horse?
The height I said in ‘29', gentle, black, Arabian blood, and of course mine.

31. Favorite horse markings?
Very little if any chrome, like a star or snip.

32. When was your last lesson?
From a person, some years ago. From a horse, just a few hours ago.

33. Would you rather jump or do flat?
“Flat”?

34. Have you ever showed?
No, but I would like to.

35. Ever ridden a boarder?
No

36. Who did you ride in your last jumping lesson?
Stormy. That would also have been my only jumping lesson.

37. Who did you ride in your last flat lesson?
I don’t know what is meant by ‘flat’.

Years Riding: About 10 years now.
Favorite Horse Book: Oh crap! I can’t think of the name of it, but it is about one of the Through Bred foundation stallions. The small bay one from Arabia.
Favorite Horse Movie: Hidalgo, or Black Beauty
Names of Horses ridden: Windy, Cassandra, Little Fish(After the Storm), Stormy (Dancing the Storm), Fancy, Ahshin, Rajiyah, Echo, Maggy(friend’s horse), Chille, and I’m pretty sure that’s it.
Barns ridden at: technically none.....since I don’t think my own barn counts.