Personal Narrative: My Love For Horses

My love for horses
Essay for college application

Standing in the arena next to this tall animal that could crush me scared me but also made me excited. The horse turns his head and softly nickers to me. I slowly lift my hand out to pet his enormous head. He takes a couple of steps towards me and I squeal a little and jump back afraid that he will crush me. He stops just an inch from me and nudges my hand searching for any smell of a treat. I laugh and turn to my teacher. She comes up to me and says “Ok, I’m going to give you a leg up so that you can get your foot into the stir-up.” I nod and step onto the crate that’s in front of me then I put my foot in to the cradle she made with her hands and all of a sudden I’m on that tall horse.
My teacher clipped the lunge line onto the bridle. I kick him into a walk and ask “Can I trot please?” She nods and I make a kissing noise to Dakota and say trot. He kicks into a faster pace and suddenly I’m laughing and having the best time in the world. This is the first time I have ever experienced trotting a horse all by myself. I go with the rhythm of the horse’s feet and post up and down in the saddle. After a while I stop Dakota and slid off the left side of him and give him a huge hug around his neck. I can feel him breathing really hard on my neck and I giggle. I grab the reins and lead him out of the arena and to the barn where I un-tack him. Putting the tack away was extremely difficult for me because I wasn’t strong at all. But as I grew older I became stronger. After everything was put away and cleaned, I grabbed a carrot and headed back to Dakota I lay my hand flat and feel his lips slide across my hand to grab
There are also several other majors that have to do with horses that I would love to go into but I don’t know if they are for me. There are several colleges that have to do with these majors and this was one of them. I had to choose between colleges all around the United States. I choose this one because it was closer to home and on weekends or break I could easily just drive back up to Michigan to see my family and friends. There is nothing better than being able to drive back to see your family and friends that you haven’t seen in a while or a week. I hate the idea of being so far away from my family and friends that need help. Another thing that I like about this college is that it will help provide you with the 100 hours of internships. You have so many options of internships at some of the top locations in the country. That is something that I am very interested in to where I can get more experience in some of the areas that I would like to major in for most of my life. Finally I noticed that there are some great facilities at your campus. A very large stable to hold around 110 horses for everyone to use. Several arenas you can choose from. A couple outdoor arenas and one indoor arena for dressage and floor work. I