Personal Narrative: My Experience Of Riding Bam

First Time I Rode Bam Bam
By: Katie

Ok, so I want to tell you about how riding Bam Bam for the first time went. First, my trainer told me I could ride Bam Bam. Then, I went to go get him. He is a brown and white horse, [a.k.a paint] with blue eyes. I got his blue halter and brown, blue, and tan leadrope. I put it on him and led out him out. We walked to the crossties.

I attached his halter to the tie downs. I started brushing him on his belly first. Then, I moved on to the saddle. I rode in an english saddle that day. So, I went to go get my stuff. When I came back with my saddle, pads and the girth I set the saddle down on the couch, and put the pads on. Then, I grabbed the saddle to put it on him. I attached the girth to both sides of the saddle. After that, I grabbed the bridle and hung it up. When it was time to ride, I put the bridle on and took him to the arena.
Then, I put the mounting block next to him. I got on and he started walking. After a few laps around the arena, I started doing stretches like standing up in my stirrups, two point, half seat, and sitting trot. When I did the sitting trot for a while, I started posting. Posting is where you stand up and sit down and keep repeating in a method. Then, I went into the two point at the trot. Still trotting, I went over some poles. Then, after doing that for a while, I got to canter. Cantering is where the horse goes faster and you sit the whole time. It was my first time cantering him so, I didn’t know how fast he went or how he moved. So, when he started cantering, it was fast but smooth. Then, towards the end he slowed down. When I slowed him down to a walk, my trainer said the lesson was over and that we have to walk them