When Michael was seven years old, he asked his Grandpa to get him a horse for Christmas.  His Grandpa got him a toy horse, but Michael wanted a real one.  At age fifteen he rode his first horse and loved those big animals.  Since that time he has become a fervent rider.  He rides every chance he can and has ridden horses all over North America; in places like; Mexico, Jamaica, Florida, California, Nevada, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, New York, and his home state of Pennsylvania His eventual goal is to have his own ranch with his horses.