Anyone who owns a horse and truly takes the time to know it is blessed. Those of us who own and ride Arabian horses may know that even more due to the intelligence, sensitivity, kindness, loyalty, and courage of our breed. Arabians' strength, endurance, and beauty complete the package.
Unlike many people who compete in our breed, I did not grow up riding. Childhood asthma left me reading every horse book I could lay my hands on, but only dreaming of owning my own horse. For a long time that dream seemed impossible. When my farm-raised Dad bought me some ponies, they made me so sick when I spent time with them, the pediatrician told him I could not ride. The barn cat I brought home
