J.J.
I know what you mean. I'd love that, but I understand why they can't just let people go out on their own. I used to teach all levels of riders, and I am sure you can imagine that I had a great many people who would tell me they were experienced, when they barely know the horse's head from its behind! Perhaps if you find somewhere that you can take a couple of lessons from so they can get to know you and see that you are responsible, they will allow you something along the lines of what you are looking for. The barn I was at in Austin used to "lease" their lesson horses for a month at a time. You would basically pay at set price monthly which allowed you to ride the horse whenever it wasn't being used for lessons. I don't know if anywhere around here does it, but it was a great way for people to be around horses with no obligation, but still a lot of leeway as to what you wanted to do. Please update your message if you find anywhere, I may look into it myself once I have this baby. It's been years for me!
