I've never been on a horse before and I would've loved to have had a better first experience. The instructions given were pretty rushed and vague. I liked petting the horses but once I got on my horse and the chaos and yelling started, I just completely freaked out and wanted to get off the horse. My horse started nibbling on other horses. Not everyone in our group are experienced riders.
Our group paid $89 + tax and gratuity per person for a 2-hour ride and lunch. The whole process of booking the trail ride was disorganized. I booked it a month ago and received a call the night before that the address we need to be at has changed.
One of the horse handlers almost got kicked by one of the horses when he was getting them out of the trailer. The said handler yelled at the horse, "try to kick me and I'll kill you" which makes me wonder how these horses are treated.
After 10 minutes on the horse, I was just not having a great time. So, I and another person (who also had a terrible time) in our group had to go back. The handler mentioned earlier didn't assist me in getting off the horse. He just told me to swing my right leg over the horse which I did and now I have bruises and scratches on my arm. It was not a fun day and I'm officially afraid to get on a horse again which is sad because I always thought horses are beautiful animals.