Katie's Day For Horseback Riding

This is my niece Katie. Just look at her! Her first time on a horse was Saturday, July 20, 2013. She was so excited to get to ride a horse for the first time. It made her so happy! I think it's fun to see somebody experience something for the first time, especially when it's as awesome as Katie felt this was. I asked her at one point about it and she replied that it was, "Awesome!"

Here she is, leading the horse to where they would saddle it. That horse's neck and head are bigger than she is. At least that's how it looks in this shot. It's amazing how someone so small can control something so big. It would have been nice to know what was going through Katie's mind at that point.

And the horse is all saddled up and ready to ride. Katie helped with everything. I just watched and took pictures. I figured somebody should be there to document it. Obviously the horse knew I was taking pictures. Can't you tell that she's posing for the camera? She probably does that all the time!



There's Katie, the horse, and her trainer. Sorry but I never actually got the name of the horse or the trainer. I'm pretty bad with names anyway. I do have their card, though, so if anyone else is interested in going there to ride just let me know and I'll give you their number.



We went out to the big arena. It was a mostly overcast day but the weather was perfect. It was just after 3 pm and it was nice and quiet. We saw some girls bringing their horses in as Katie was getting hers saddled up.



Below are a few pictures of her riding in the arena. Her instructor was teaching her everything she needed to

know to ride a horse. How to hold the reigns, how to sit, how to speak to the horse. It was very interesting just watching. I almost wanted to try it myself. Lucky girl, that Katie.

I think the following pictures will give you a pretty good idea of how much Katie loved riding a horse. I wish I had been paying better attention to the focus, but the pictures should be focused well enough for you to see the look on her face.

I took over 500 pictures of her (including those which were out-of-focus) but didn't think it would be wise to upload all of them. This next shot is just as she's leaving the arena.

And of course when the lesson was over, Katie helped put everything away.

 And then she took the horse back to her stall.

 I'd say it was a rather productive and successful afternoon. Once again, a little girl's dream has come true!