I had the riding lessons when I was about 7 years old - totally went off it - that incident happened when I was around 12 years old - I was with my best friend at the time - who became sort of famous in the horse world !! She is still very involved in the horsy world aged fifty plus - despite suffering brain damage due to an accicent when she was 19 years old!
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And to add - you don't really see the dangers at 12 years old!!! was just hanging on for all I was worth!