The place I used to go was at home -- 1.5 hours away. They knew me by name and let me ride any horse I chose -- I knew them all and they'd even let me ride the ones they just bought from auctions. They had a few that I fell in love with -- one at a time of course until they each got sold. My favorite was a big huge half quarter horse half clydesdale. His name was Clyde.

He was humongous, had all the markings of a clydesdale, but with the running power of a quarter horse. He had a gait like a freight train. He loved to run. My next love was a jet black half quarter horse half thoroughbred named Jazz. (just a coincidence). He had the fastest quarter mile that they'd ever recorded at this place. Anyway -- I'd go if I had more time when I went home, but here where I live they don't have any place like that, where you can run with the horse and pick your difficulty level and stuff like that. It's very expensive and it's only trail rides. It's not as personal.
