25 outdoor things to do before summer ends

16. Mount these horses

Photographs: Imogen Brown

MR. CUTTER

Age: Seven years old

Lives: Forest Hills, Queens

Measurements: 16 hands

Love interest: I’m a gelding, so I’ll take what I can get! My owner thinks I may be gay.

Dislikes: White lines on the street: I won’t cross them! And hay cubes suck—they put them in my food to slow down my eating.

Likes: Playing, and doing tricks for carrots. I’m also into nipping and throwing my head around.

Forest Equine Center, 88-11 70th Rd off Metropolitan Ave, Forest Hills, Queens (718-263-3500, forestequinecenter.com)

TONKA

Age: Ten years old

Lives: Kensington, Brooklyn

Measurements: 16 hands

Likes: Carrots, a good scratch under the saddle, kids, food, attention

Dislikes: I hate my chest being groomed, and I don’t like Fergus, the horse who lives next door to me.

Claim to fame: I appeared in the Children’s Museum parade, and I’ve been on CBS, NBC and in plenty of magazines—I’m a star!

Love interest: Florida (yes, I’m a gelding and yes, he’s a male horse). I get around.

Kensington Stables, 51 Caton Pl at 8th St, Kensington, Brooklyn (718-972-4588, kensingtonstables.com)

SNAPPY

Age: 15 years old

Lives: Riverdale, Bronx

Measurements: 15 hands

Likes: People, treats, apples, sugar cubes. I like snuggling and I love rolling and getting dirty in the paddock.

Dislikes: Camera flashes and having my face washed. Oh, and I don’t like other horses and I hate fly spray—ew.

Claim to fame: I’m not ambitious, I’m just a guy who likes to be sat on.

Love interest: There’s no special horse, but I love Javier, the man who feeds me.

Riverdale Equestrian Centre, Van Cortlandt Park, W 254th St at Broadway, Bronx (718-548-4848, riverdaleriding.com)