One of the things that the Holy Prophet (saw) did was ride horses, so why not me?
A few months back a Syrian brother bought 2 horses…The horses were ‘green’, i.e. they were untrained…He bought the horses cheap but now the same horses 6 times worth what he bought them for…I’ll explain how they became so expensive after only 5 months…This morning I went riding on those horses…They are excellent horses now MashAllah…
This is my Egyptian friend Taweel. Taweel has been riding horses since he was 7 years old and was a world class show jumper having competed around the world from France, Italy, Germany and of course Egypt. He also happens to be a descendant of Pharoah, a fact he would like to keep hidden…Just look at his face…I call him Ibn Firaaun…
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This is Laila…She is one of two horses which my friend owns and is still a little green…The other horse’s name is Musbah and is white and I think I have his picture…They both have Arab blood but Laila is a pedigree…Taweel told me to ride Laila becasue Musbah is a lunatic and I am a pretty green rider…Laila is MashAllah an extremely intelligent horse…Although many people came to ride her, but she became agitated with all of them, but she warmed up to me right away…Here I am giving her a treat for being a good horse…
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This actually Musbah’s saddle and bridle, but I chose this one because this is more cooler…This was the most expensive and best looking saddle on the ranch and very comfortable…
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Although horses have the mentality of a 7 year old child, they are extremely smart…As soon as I got on Laila, she knew I was a new rider and proceeded to test me by playing mind games…She kept champing and pulling at the bit and almost threw me off a couple of times…But what animal can play pshychological warfare with a human…:-D…She wanted to take control, but in the end she became comfortable with me…Love conquers all…
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I guess you can see in this picture who won the mind game…The idea is to never let the horse know that it’s actually him who’s in control…It’s achieved by many ways, by walking ahead of the horse and keeping behind you, never walking on the right side of the horse, keeping you legs and hands in constant communications with the horse…Once the horse accepts you as the controller, it will always accept you as one..
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Laila’s pedigree is very apparent from this gait that she took…Also a horse usually takes this stance when it is very comfortable with the rider riding her…This walk is actually a sign of compliment from the horse to the rider that it has accepted the rider as its controller…
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Laila loved to canter…I don’t mind trotting or even galloping but cantering hurt my butt…Here I am trying to get her to walk, but she’s still a little green…
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shaadi horahi hai kia 
I live in Illinois…