The Quest of an Equestrian and The Life Lessons I've Learned Along the Way

By Clare Rooney

More than a story of the relationship between a rider and her horse, this story chronicles a 10-year journey and pays homage to those she met along the way that taught her life’s greatest lessons. 100% of the author’s proceeds will be donated to JustWorld International, an equestrian community devoted to breaking the cycle of poverty in some of the poorest countries where education is limited.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Clare Rooney
• Release date: Nov 16, 2015
• ISBN: 9781513606330

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The Quest of an Equestrian

and

The Life Lessons I’ve Learned Along the Way

Clare Rooney

Copyright © 2015 Clare Rooney

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Table of Contents

Prologue

Chapter One: Will a horse bun hatch into a pony?

Chapter Two: It’s Showtime! My First Show

Chapter Three: The Basics.

Chapter Four: The Competitive Rider

Chapter Five: The Inherent Dangers of the Sport

Chapter Six: My Teachers/Trainers

Chapter Seven: Glossary

Chapter Eight: 18 hands worth of life lessons

Epilogue

Prologue

I was eleven when I first kissed a boy. I held on to his face and we both closed our eyes and I kissed him on his nose. Four years later I saw that same boy stumble down a road to his death. As I watched him go, he never looked back. The memory of that day still brings unbearable pain because he had died with my loving him. But along with that memory are countless memories of him that bring me profound joy.

My story really began years earlier so let me start from the beginning…

Chapter One

Will a horse bun hatch into a pony?

All I want for Christmas is horseback riding lessons.

It was Christmas season 2006; I was 8 years old, and my grandmother, (affectionately known as Gaga because as she admits she is quite gaga over her grandchildren - especially me) asked what I wanted for Christmas. I had seen ladies jumping horses at a barn close to my home so I told my grandmother I wanted to jump horses. On Christmas morning I opened a beautiful package with a Breyer plastic replica of a Pinto horse in it. The second present was a beautiful pair of shiny black paddock boots. My grandmother told me that her final present to me was two weeks worth of daily riding lessons that would begin the very next day.

My First Lesson

On December 26, 2006 with my little Breyer pinto horse in hand, and my shiny black paddock boots still new and shiny, my grandmother took me to