My soon to be husband and I went horseback riding on our first date....long ago...because he knew I love horses (but on a different level than trail riding, I used to compete and have owned four of my own hunter/jumper and dressage horses). When he asked if I wanted to go riding again recently I said yes mostly because I hadn't been on a horse in ages but figured it would be a similar cheesy trail ride on dirty nose to rump barn nags like the first date. BUT IT WAS MUCH BETTER! Malibu riders trailered beautiful, clean, well kept horses to paramount for us. The trails were gorgeous, they let us ride 'to our ability level' - no strict 'no trotting' rules, I was able to let the horse go and have some fun. My horse was responsive and really cute. Best part? At the end of the ride they took us up to a picnic area.....where waiting for us were flowers, champagne, lunch and music...and my proposal :) They did a great job.
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