Horses are some of the most perceptive animals, as evidenced by the popular saying, "You can lead a horse to water but you can't explain his intimate knowledge of your childhood fears." Learn to handle these insightful creatures with today's deal: for $30, you get a one-hour riding lesson from Equi-Valent Riding Center in Delaware, 30 minutes north of Columbus and Ohio State University.

Equi-Valent brings professional, precise horse-riding instruction to greater Columbus and Delaware’s aspiring equestrians. Instructors from all over the country land in Equi-Valent’s premier education center, and they bring years of experience to lessons that span all traditional disciplines, including English, Western, dressage, and natural horsemanship, which emerged from a tradition that forbade both horse and rider from wearing deodorant. Whether long practiced in the art of horse riding or still in doubt as to whether horses exist, lessons can be tailored to suit your experience level. You can choose from any of the four disciplines for your hour-long hoofed session, and absorb useful tips and techniques from your instructor while impressing the horse by convincing it the two of you are a centaur.

Horse riding has long been revered for providing exercise for the horse and animal-assisted therapeutic tranquility for the human atop it. Head to Equi-Valent Riding Center to harness the kinetic-yet-calming power of interspecies sport, and listen to surreptitious requests for carrots and Stargate DVD box sets to determine whether your horse is a human whisperer.

All participants must sign a waiver prior to riding.