My goal is for me and my horse to have the best relationship I can have with a horse, and her with a human. My dream is riding bridle less in her field in tall grass or galloping through the snow with nothing but her mane to hold on to.

I've had my horse for over 10 years and today i took the first real step in realizing my dream.

I trust her, but to avoid misunderstandings i did it as easy as I could for her. not giving her the opportunity to fail when I took the step and jumped on her back.

I started out just moving her around so she would be listening to me and was aware of me. (she has a tendency to fall asleep or at least let her mind wander) when she did all I asked her too and I was pleased with what she did I jumped on :)

That was step one... complete!