From as far back as I can remember I have always loved horses. I started horse riding when I was 8, the same time at which I started collecting toy and model horses. The Julip make of horses were supposed to be models in which you built up stables, schooling arenas, jumping courses, ect. However I just wanted them as toys. I used to make my own stables out of cardboard shoe boxes and made jumps out of bits of cardboard and pipe cleaners.
I collected these until I was about 12, by then I had quite a lot of them. (more than is shown on the picture).
Although I stopped collecting them and playing with them, my interest of horses carried on well into my teens and still to this day.
When I was about 14 I shared a horse with one of our neighbours, until he became too old to ride and was taken away to some sort of retirement place for horses. These toys and models have become a symbol of my love for horses and horse riding, and remind me of the horse I part owned when I was 14.
I still ride now once a week. I have entered small competitions such as gymkhanas and pony club events (dressage mainly) and have placed 1st a couple of times. However now it has become more of a hobby, as I can’t go riding as much as I would like due to work and school and University in the future. I still plan on continuing horse riding wherever I go and hopefully one day I will own a horse!
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