My son was 8 when he took lessons, I was riding by myself at 4 or 5. The last horse show we went to, one of the little girls was 5yr old, riding a full size horse in a walk, trot, trail class. A lot depends on the child.
4,482 posted on 05/14/2005 8:37:42 AM PDT by Duchess47
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