"AND THE OLD HORSE HE, THE CHILD, DOESN’T SPORT FURROWS.
OLD HORSE "IN LAW" HE DOESN'T PLEASE AT ALL ... ".
A. Rosenbaum
And ... ONCE, AND ... ONCE! VILLAGES ARE GONE, VILLAGES ARE GOT ...
Early Friday morning. My only day off, and I'm on my feet. More precisely, on horseback in the Dubai Plantation Riding Club. Kristina, a professional horsewoman from Tashkent, teaches me the correct fit and slightly drives a horse with a whip so that he does not go one step from a lynx. Hippolytus, so we redid his overseas name Poppolito in Russian fashion, such a calm and obedient horse that I’m not at all afraid to fall off, and try not to lose my rhythm. Interestingly, incomplete seventeen years is still not a very old age for a horse? Hippolytus’s teeth seem to be in order, I looked in. And outwardly you will not give him more than fifteen. And it works only with newcomers like me, it’s not overworked.
Horse riding in the early morning, filled with the twitter of birds and the smell of wet grass - just a paradise vacation. They say that for people engaged in mental work, physical activity is very useful, it is the best distraction from daily worries. Firewood, by the way, can be chopped. But still, riding, I think, is preferable. You sway in the saddle, hold your posture like a prima ballerina, and don't think about anything superfluous. Thoughts are lazy, viscous and transparent. What, God forbid, work ?! Enjoyment from the fresh breeze, spaciousness, smooth ride of the horse, which feels that the person sitting in the saddle completely trusts him. The horse sniffs softly, shakes his big head, spins his ears and gently waves his tail ....
We walk in a circle of a spacious open arena, enjoying a joint walk. By the way, it’s not so easy to learn how to ride properly. After the first lesson, as a rule, in all beginners, the muscles of the legs, back and a little lower are unbearably aching. But with the acquisition of certain skills, you begin to understand how best to sit down so that a horse ride really brings pleasure, not fatigue. My mother, as, however, all the best mothers in the world, believes that riding is dangerous.
“Well, where did you go again,” she scolds me, “why the good thing, the horse will buck up, you will turn your neck ... And anyway, why do you need this, have you gathered for the“ Minute of Glory ”with your horse?
I soothe her as much as I can. What are you, mommy, the horses that beginners study on, already elderly and well-traveled, and therefore not arrogant, and do not make sudden movements. They obey their trainers very well. Therefore, by definition, nothing of the kind can happen to me.
Mom pretends that my explanation completely satisfied her, and continues to worry. I continue to bend my line.
-And then, maybe I'm preparing for long horseback riding, which are very popular in many countries of the world, slowly and surely moving on to the philosophy of eco-tourism. Imagine how great it will be to repeat the famous passage of Suvorov through the Alps on horseback!
I wonder where the mothers of young ladies looked in the 18th-19th century, when frivolous people went horseback riding every morning either alone or with young gentlemen, which was more like dating? Probably as worried as mine, but did not show the mind.
My next riding lesson was already in a tall English handsome man of twelve years old in the Arabian Ranches equestrian club. Here, the coach focused on my posture: “You must be arrogant, otherwise you are not belongs to our Club!” This meant that on a horse I should feel like a queen, otherwise I have no place in this club ....
In the meantime, looking at smartly dressed Indians sitting in a row along the equestrian track (in honor of Friday), for whom watching European girls practicing horseback riding is like going to the movies, I dream of enjoying the fresh heady air on morning horse promenades in green the labyrinths of some forest park. Perhaps even accompanied by an elegant companion of blue blood, and two marble dogs. What, in fact, am I worse than the pale young ladies in hats and crinolines, who once went on traditional picnics and horseback riding?
It remains only to find that park with centuries-old trees and learn how to beautifully and confidently stay in the saddle ...
Riding lessons:
Plantation Holdings FZ LLC
Tel .: +971 4-324 2434
Mob .: +971 50 2735789 (Christina)
www.plantationdubai.com
Dubai Polo & Equestrian Club
P.O. Box 7477, Dubai.
Tel: +971 43618111
www.poloclubdubai.com
