| NotMamaRose: About 10 years ago I was toying with a book called 'Surfing Sports' - never wrote it. I was doing triathlons, adventure races, fencing, rock climbing etc. So I started riding (jumping) and liked it, sort of. I noticed that there were few men doing dressage or jumping. Also, it seemed that the women were much better riders. Then I realized, it's a 'man' thing. We feel insecure sitting on a huge animal that has a mind of its own; we want to control the damn thing without understanding it. I have climbed cliffs, run 100 miles, etc, but nothing scared me more than riding a horse, especially getting it to leap over high bars. |