Hoof Print I have been around horses ever since I can remember because my mom loves horses. I took lessons every week to become a better rider with my horse, “Poe.” Carol, my new instructor (appositive), told me to try to not use stirrups when riding him. We started off walking around the ring without any stirrups, which was easy, so she told me to pick up a trot and move faster. I did that, but what happened was the stirrups ended up bumping Poe in the side, which made him think that I was asking him to go faster. I had to pull him back to slow him down, however, I usually use my stirrups to ground me, because Poe is a very strong horse and I had, and still don’t have, virtually any upper body strength. As I was trying to slow him down I
