Who loves horses? I do. They are my very favorite animal. And I am going to have one someday (I hope ;) they are so easy to ride too! Personally I can't see why people think you need all these lessons to be able to ride a horse... I realize that I need to polish up and practice to be able to do stuff like gallop, canter, or trot...But I didn't need a whole bunch of lessons and practice with people practically holding on to the saddle! And what was even more fun than waiting for Grandma Brown to saddle Carmela up with her blanket and bit/bridle was leading her up to the upper field w/o any blanket or saddle and just leading each other around on her while she ate the grass down and saved us some mowing!