This goes to whoever thinks horse riding is just sitting on a horse while it's walking:
1. First of all, we have to get out our horses, cross-tie them, feed them, groom them, then tack them up by hauling a saddle, a girth, 1 or 2 saddle pads, a bridle, and like a 40 pound saddle, at the same time. Then we have to deal with biting, or kicking and such unless you have a good as gold horse.
2. Second of all, we have to lead them into the arena, slipping on ice, snow or mud unless your lucky enough to have a paved walkway to the arena. Then we have to mount up, and sometimes the horse can very well walk away in the process. Sometimes you ride with other horses and maybe your horse doesn't cope well with ones in certain..
3. Next, when we're on the horse, the horse isn't human, so it doesn't understand our words, except for maybe basic commands, so luckily we humans have trained horses to listen to our body aids. You have to know these aids (legs to control direction unless it's a big turn, then you use the reins, the reins to control the speed of your horses gait, and so many more!) to ride the horse.
4. You have to have balance and form, so like knowing full seat, 2 point, 3 point. Then you're ready to ride. Once you start, you have to always remember heels down, shoulders back, head up, back straight, hands forward and up. You give the aids with a strong leg as this horse is around 1000 pounds and may need a lot of leg muscle. 
5. Oh no we aren't done yet! Us riders don't just walk. We jump, do dressage, trot, canter and sometimes even gallop! Some of us regularly ride bareback at a trot and some of us ride bareback occasionally. Some people even canter and jump bareback! But whenever we ride, our muscles get  real sore the next day! After the ride, you walk back, untack, groom, maybe feed a bit as reward, put them in the paddock or stall, then help out around the stable (sweeping, mucking out, and if experienced enough then helping with training or physio therapy)

POST THIS ON YOUR PAGE IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT HORSE RIDING IS ALL ABOUT OR IF YOU RIDE AND YES, THIS WILL RELATE TO YOU!
-written by rissa592, since everyone tells her that riding is just sitting on a horse.

Normal people: fall over while dancing and say, "I'm OK!"

MJ Fans: fall over while dancing and say,"Shamone! Dang it, got to work on that one!"

Normal people: see their friend fall over and say, "Gosh, Lindsey, are you OK?

MJ Fans:  see their friend fall over and say, "Annie are you OK?" Even if their name isn't Annie.

Normal people: hear someone has been murdered and say, "poor guy. I feel bad for his family."

MJ Fans: hear someone has been murdered and say, "you've been hit by, you've been hit by, a smooth criminal!"

Normal people: hurt themselves and say, "ouch, I'm ok!

MJ Fans: hurt themselves and say, "AOWW!" And start singing Smooth Criminal.

Normal people: say, "Dang it!" 

MJ fans: say, "Shamone!"

Normal people: listen to Justin Bieber. (Really?!)

MJ fans: listen to only Michael Jackson. That's all you'll ever find in their iTunes account anyway.

Normal people: walk backwards.

MJ fans: Moonwalk backwards.

Normal people: know how to dance.

MJ fans: can only dance MJ's moves from his music videos. Who needs that old stuff anyway? We got Jackson Style!

Normal people: think of their house as, well, their house.

MJ fans: think of their house as Neverland.

Normal people: When losing in an argument walk away.

MJ fans: when losing in an argument start singing Bad.

Normal people: walk into a dark corner street and say, "watch out, it's dark."

MJ fans: walk into a dark corner street and say, "watch out, the zombies are coming!"

Normal people: ignore this and keep reading the darn page. Who cares about Wacko Jacko anyway?

MJ fans: stop right here and now and copy this to their page before coming back here to read the rest of this one.

On a Sears hairdryer: Do not use while sleeping. (that's the only time I have to work on my hair!).
On a bag of Fritos! ...You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside. (the shoplifter special?)
On a bar o f Dial soap: "Directions: Use like regular soap." (and that would be how...?)
On some Swanson frozen dinners: "Serving suggestion: Defrost." (but, it's "just" a suggestion).
On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom): "Do not turn upside down." (well...duh, a bit late, huh!)
On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding: "Product will be hot after heating." (...and you thought...?)
On packaging for a Rowenta iron: "Do not iron clothes on body." (but wouldn't this save me more time?)
On Boot's Children Cough Medicine: "Do not drive a car or operate machinery after taking this medication." (We could do a lot to reduce the rate of construction accidents if we could just get those 5-year-olds with head-colds off those forklifts.)
On Nytol Sleep Aid: "Warning: May cause drowsiness." (and... I'm taking this because...?)
On most brands of Christmas lights: "For indoor or outdoor use only." (as opposed to...what?)
On a Japanese food processor: "Not to be used for the other use." (now, somebody out there, help me on this. I'm a bit curious.)
On Sunsbury's peanuts: "Warning: contains nuts." (talk about a news flash)
On an American Airlines packet of nuts: "Instructions: Open packet, eat nuts." (Step 3: maybe, uh...fly Delta?)
On a child's superman costume: "Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly." (I don't blame the company. I blame the parents for this one.)
On a Swedish chainsaw: "Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands." (...was there a lot of this happening somewhere?)
On a hair straightener: "Do not use in water." (Yes, because I always straighten my hair when I'm taking a bath.)

On a child's play phone: "Will not work when plugged in." (Thank you for letting me know that- I was afraid my three year old was going to make a long distance phone call to Tokyo.)

On an apparatus used to hang up shovels, brooms, and other such things in a garage with a picture showing how it works: "Tools in picture not included in box" (ah, come on, I really wanted that pretty shovel!)

Now that you've smiled at least once, it's your turn to spread the stupidity copy and paste this into your profile.

A white man said,

"Colored people are not allowed here."The black man turned around and stood up. He then said: "Listen sir....when I was born I was BLACKWhen I grew up I was BLACK, When I'm sick I'm BLACK, When I go in the sun I'm BLACK, When I'm cold I'm BLACK, When I die I'll be BLACK. But you sir. When you are born you're PINK When you grow up you'reWHITE, When you're sick, you're GREEN, When you go in the sun you turn RED, When you're cold you turn BLUE, And when you die you turnPURPLE. And you have the nerve to call me colored?" The black man then sat back down and the white man walked away... Put this on your page if you HATE discrimination.