MY HORSE RIDING CLASSTopic Trinity/ Grade 4

1-MY FAVOURITE HOBBY

I´ve got many hobbies like dancing, singing, playing padel… but my favourite hobby is horse riding. I started two years ago when I was ten years old. I love it because the horses are my favourite animals.

Since when I go horse riding, on saturdays; I usually go at 17:30h, but the class starts at 18.00h. Before the class I clean the horse. I stay there until 19:00h. I spend one hour but the time flys because I enjoy my time a lot. I usually go with my mum and my sister, sometimes I go with my dad. Next summer holidays I go with my friend Silvia. In summer holidays we do a horse camp. In the horse camp we enjoy a lot, because we start at 10:00h and we finish at 12:30h. We do the camp in the outdoor arena.

2-THE ROSTRIO CENTRE

The Rostrio Centre is a beautifull riding centre, near the sea. So the views are fantastic and located near Santander, it´s only 15 or 20 minutes by car.

The Center is run by the owner Jesús, but the teacher is Marian. Jesús displayed lot of trophies, when he was younger. The trophies are in his office. Marian has won a lot of trophies too, but are about “taming horses”. Jesus and Marian are married.

Apart from Marian and Jesús there are two more people working in the center ,Marta and Jaime, they clean the children´s ponies and enjoy being with children´s of six or seven years old.

3-MY RIDING CLASS

There about 25 acres of grassland to let the riding school horses and ponies rest. After the classes we sometimes take the horses there.

In the centre there are different activities like. Group lessons, private lessons, schooling, trekking and short riding excursions, children´s pony rides.

In my riding class we are about 10 children, in the class there aren´t any adults. i´m in the advanced class, in the advanced class we trot, canter, gallope and jump, with your horse. My favourite activity is jumping, because is very exciting.

4-MY HORSE

My horse is Grafita, it´s black and her hair is very shiny. It is very tall and thin, and it´s got short hair. It´s in the category of “Spanish Horse”, because it´s got a long neck.

I very much galloping with my horse, because you go very fast. Apart from me, Mireia also rides Grafita, on thursdays and sometimes on tuesdays.

Grafita come to the Rostrio when it was one year old, but I have started to ride it this year. Before Grafita could only gallop in the grass alone, nobody could ride her. But now as she is older we can ride her. I love Grafita because it is very beautiful animal; it´s got a sweet temper and it´s very fast.

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