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Sounds fun, but be careful. I train horses as a hobby (including my own guy) and have trained horses using natural horsemanship in both Arenal and Monteverde (friends with the former cr jr rodeo champion). I’ve found most cr horses are trained in the “old way,” basically through fear and often getting hit on the head. This just scares a horse and makes him/her more dangerous / apt to shy. So when you go, ask for a calm, confident horse (un caballo calmado con confianza), and see if you can gently rub the horse on the neck and then on the head, esp around the ears. If the horse tosses its head, it’s scared or disrespectful, and ask for another one. Go with someone else, and take a cell phone in case you end up on the ground while the horse runs back to the barn. Enjoy! Kelly

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