What is the value in learning to ride?
Apart from sheer enjoyment, we can see great value in learning to ride in our present society because the qualities that a rider must develop are timeless. They are the same as those learnt by children in ancient Greece or Rome long before Jesus Christ was born. A fine rider in any era must develop such qualities as an attentive and patient nature, feeling and consideration for the horse, yet their determination and courage will also be stretched to it’s limits from time to time. Finally, riders must learn to communicate without words, in a universal language of feeling and touch, before the horse will do their bidding. All these would seem to be qualities essential for those wishing to succeed in any century. It was once said; “Better to give a Prince a good horse than jewels, power, or riches, for a horse will not recognize the Prince for anything other than a man. By the time the Prince has developed the qualities which make him a fine rider, The horse will have made of him, a King
