I remember telling Alison I wouldn't ride any of the horses beforehand because I was scared of what could happen. Despite me telling her this, Carla and Alison both encouraged me to ride a horse. "Nothing bad will happen", they said. "It will be fine", they said. Man, I bet they both felt bad afterwards for telling me that.
About forty-five minutes into Alison's lesson her instructor and Carla came over to talk to me. They both asked me I if was interested in riding the horse around with Alison for a few minutes. I was extremely hesitant to ride the horse. If not for Alison coming over and convincing …show more content…
Alison was so excited to be showing me all the technical stuff to riding that she practically pulled me up onto the horse. Alison sat behind me and I sat in the front so I could hold on better.
The horse had been walking at a decent pace, and everything was fine so far. We had done a few laps around the room, and I was fine with the basic stuff... until it came to trotting. If you aren't aware of what trotting is, it's like jogging for a horse. So, here Alison and I are on this horse trotting around the room when the horse gets spooked and does a jump to the side.
At this point Alison and I had both flew off the horse and people were racing to get to us. Alison landed on her back and got the wind knocked out of her; whereas I landed flat on my face and couldn't move. It felt as though my head had just got slammed into a large brick. Not only was Alison not able to breath, but on the opposite side of the horse my face is squished into the dirt floor and I'm crying in