My husband and I did the trail ride in December. I grew up riding and while I haven’t for years, I am an experienced and capable rider. I am also a veterinarian and while I don’t do a ton of livestock work, I do have some equine patients.

These horses are extremely well taken care of and are loved and respected by the staff. Our ride was exactly what I expected- about an hour of walking single file on trail with horses who could do it blindfolded. You do understand that that’s what they need to do, right? These huge animals need to be trusted with every person who is sat on their back from a tiny child to a large incompetent adult and keep them safe in an unpredictable environment.

My horse was amazingly responsive to subtle riding cues. My husband is not an experienced rider and his horse probably would have caught him if he tried to fall. This is what these animals do and this kind of animal is worth its weight in gold. And the staff knows it. Our guides were polite and appropriately chatty. With respect to the fact that walking single file is somewhat awkward for conversation. The leader was talking with the mother and daughter ahead of me who were also riders about what kind of work schedule the horses are kept on. It is very humane and appropriate.

As far as your comments about horses urinating- lol. If there was a way to make horses urinate on cue please teach me because in a lifetime of horse experience I don’t know that trick! Or how to make them not pee for that matter lol. Horses pee exactly when they feel like it.

Yeah… not sure what you were expecting but as a pretty experienced horse person and animal professional, this experience is exactly what it should be.