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HIGHLAND RECREATION AREA RIDING STABLE (248) 887-4349 Open Tuesday through Friday, noon-6 p.m., by appointment; 10-6 Saturday; and Sunday, first come, first served. Children ages 7 and older can go out on trail rides. HAVERHILL FARMS (248) 887-2027 Offers beginner and advanced riding lessons all summer plus a summer camp for children ages 8-15, two-week ses- sions. Located in White Lake, on McKeachie Road. Lessons are $18 if you pay as you go, or buy a package of eight, which costs $15 a lesson. PONTIAC LAKE RIDING STABLES (248) 625-3410 Open full-time beginning May 1, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Offers public trail rid- ing for $18 per hour on weekends and holidays, $15 weekdays; pony rides for children under age 8 at $3 per rider; western-style riding lessons; and hayrides available for scheduled groups. MAYBURY RIDING STABLE HIGHLAND RECREATION AREA RIDING STABLE (248) 347-1088 Open Tuesday through Friday, with lessons for $16 an hour and $20 an hour on weekends. Closed Mondays and holidays. (248) 887-4349 Open Tuesday through Friday, noon-6 p.m., by appointment; 10-6 Saturday; and Sunday, first come, first served. Children ages 7 and older can go out on trail rides. Monday - Saturday 10 am - 5:30 pm Thursday 10 am - 8 pm and gallery Your neighborhood store for twenty years! American Heart Associatiom flghtrng Heart Disease' and Stroke YOU BEING STALKED BY ARE WOMEN' S No. I KILLER? Reducing your risk factoi-s fbr heart disease and stroke is good self defense 7/16 ©1997, American Heart Association 1999 104 netrnif NPWS is living out his retirement at a farm in Metamora - "he's my husband's favorite horse because he's a real char- acter" - and her other thoroughbred, Victoria's Secret, is at a breeding farm in Tennessee "hoping to become a mom one of these days. I have this reputation of never selling horses, just keeping them all forever, which my mom did too; I get that from her." For Goldberg, like many riders, horseback riding represents a family legacy, physical fitness and a chance for freedom. "As a teen-ager, it was very freeing and a whole different set of friends," she recalls. "I had good friends in school but this was a whole different social life." "It's just a real healthy kind of a sport," Goldberg said. "It takes a lit- tle more of a commitment than other things — even if you're not buying a horse. You can't do it once and then not do it again for another month, otherwise you'll get sore and nervous. For people looking for a place to ride these days, they proba- bly have to find places that give lessons, which is better anyway. The days of Roys Ranches where you just rented a horse are gone, due to insurance." In fact, around metro Detroit there are a handful of places to ride, many of which offer summer camp programs for children and none of which require you to own your own horse. (See box.) Most local stables offer hour-long group and private lessons and trail rides, and some allow you to rent out the place for evening hayrides or square dances. Goldberg, who does volunteer work with child welfare agencies, tried to interest her children in the sport she loves. "My daughter rode for a while; they did other sports, she laments. "They like to hear about the horses and both know how to ride, but never got into it serious- , ) ) She started entering jumping and equitation competitions at the age of 10. Competitions range from hunter jumper horse shows - which offer rider and horse alike a chance to show off their stuff; equitation class- es, where judges rate how the rider rides and looks; and hunter classes, which put the horses through a sim- ulation of fox hunting. In the latter contest, judges look at the horse's smoothness and jumping style, height and speed. "When I went away to college [at , the University of Michigan], I stopped [riding]," Goldberg recalls. "By then, I had a horse of my own, a thoroughbred [named] Wentipo. We had his mother, bred her, so we had raised him; I helped train him." For years, Goldberg refrained (--/ from riding much, except on select rides with her mother. Then, when Dan entered first grade, she started up again. She bought a new horse - Burt — and kept him at the Hunt Club. Riding horses "offers a healthy, physical environment, being outside in the fresh air," Goldberg says. "It's more physically active than people realize. One of the most important things that kids learn is the idea of taking care of the horses, and know- ing, instead of a hockey stick or ten- nis racquet, that if they're going to jump in the pool after they're done riding, a pony or horse needs to be bathed or cooled or fed." "It can be learning a real sense of responsibility of caring for animals. If it's competitive, it can be a nice, healthy kind of competition, too. There are good days and bad days — sometimes you can be your very best, but if your horse isn't in a good mood, you roll with the punches."