Girls know how to groom (brush) and tack (saddle) a horse.
They can climb on without any help!
I'm so proud of the girls!!! They are both great little "western" riders! A neighbor saw Ellie riding the other day and said she would be a great "english" rider because of how straight she sits when she rides. The girls raced through cones today and were timed. They both did really well. Ellie came in second among all Phil's students on time and this was only her second time doing the cones! Emma learned to lope today. In western riding, the progression is: walk, jog, lope, gallop. In english riding its: walk, trot, canter, gallop. (galloping is what I'd call running???) Rosie is the horse Phil starts the kids on. She is a gentle, old horse. She can't gallop, she can only go as far as loping. Phil has 5 horses... Senator, Flashy, Dee, Rose, and Dream. (Dream only has one eye and has arthritis, poor baby.) The girls love for me to schedule their lessons around feeding time so they can feed the horses after their lesson.
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