Thank you for your reply. This is why I am asking for advice. I am not in Cincinatti, I posted about a lost dog in the area as the rescue I got my dog from based in Arkansas needed help after he ran away immediately upon reaching his new home. I appreciate you doing the research though.

However, I feel there were some unfair assumptions in your response. I never said that I wished to advertise in a dishonest way. I in no way would try to deceive an owner into being more of 'one of you equestrians' as you said. I understand a horse, any pet, is one of your most valuable possessions and you must trust any hands that come near it. Absolutely, of course. I wanted advice on how to begin putting myself out there with trailriding for free as my end goal, but more for advice much like the top comment, laying out the groundwork that needs to be done before the end goal can be achieved.

Again while I appreciate your time for responding as well as the research and trying to ensure that equestrians are responsible, quotes like "Leave exercise riding to the equestrians" and falsely saying I am trying to advertise myself as such when I made no such comments - is exactly why I do not like the barn atmosphere. People are very eager to look down on their peers. I know it was misleading when I said that I don't care about equitation which is absolutely fair for people to hound me about; I did not phrase that well. I have been riding consistently for 20 years. I did horsecamps when I was younger including formal lessons, cattle drives and team penning in Canada, english bareback, western, riding, swimming on horses. Then when I was 13 my friends mom was talking to a co-worker and found out about a woman with three horses and was looking for people to ride with her. My friend and I rode with her (I rode a retired harnessracer who had formerly been abused and thus took months on months to earn his trust before he would allow me (an not his original owner) to even walk him out of his paddock). Once the standardbred got hurt, I told my 8th grade teacher about it and that's when she told me to start riding her little appaloosa. I started off trailriding with her daughter (who for the first year had a 4 yr old percheron) and then the last 9 years I went trail riding by myself and facedmany an obstacle and challenge. So to the commenters saying "it sounds like she needs lessons", that isn't quite true to say. True, I haven't had paid-for lessons since I was 15 (when I did the canadian horseback riding camp for two weeks), however I have learned a lot from other 'equestrians' who are not certified trainers, but gave me hours upon hours of valuable experience and 'lessons'.