I used to go to the stables and fool with the mules. My mother lived in constant fear that I might be brought home with a hoof print on my stomach.
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I used to ride horses when I was younger. Ponies were my life. I miss being fearless.
I rode horses since I was a kid.
Yeah, I'd been around horses most of my life.
My mum used to ride, and when she was mucking out, I always wanted to sit on a horse. And if she took me off, I'd scream my head off.
By the time I was 15, my mother had turned me into a real clotheshorse.
When I was a little boy, I rode, but I didn't own horses.
My earliest memory is learning to read 'Muffin the Mule' when I was about three.
When I was younger, we lived in a horse community.
I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon.
When people chat to me about my childhood and getting into horses, they're like, 'Was it like the birds sang and the sun came out? Was it an amazing experience?' I'm like, 'No, it was rubbish. I was frightened. I was pretty unbalanced, and most ponies took advantage of me.'
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