She definitely takes after me! Kate is in love with horses...any color, any size! She would be thrilled to have one, sleep with one, feed one, ride one, smell one! Yup, that's my girl!
In lieu of buying her a horse, ugh-umm...I signed Kate up for a week of Horse Camp. Ms. Kathleen runs a pretty tight ship at Blarney Stone Stables! She give her individual attention to a very small group of campers and instructs them on everything from grooming, feeding, leading, riding, patience, and temperament of horses. Kate would attend on a weekly basis if allowed.
Meet Shorty, Kate's horse for the week...oh, and he is anything but short!
The first hour of the morning included learning tools and how to groom and prepare the horses to be ridden. The second hour was spent in the arena practicing the basics. On this particular day, they rode bareback. Both English & Western is offered. As you can see, they were not "actually" bareback but on a blanket only...a bit easier on the hinny! Some assistance was needed to mount...
...cuz like I said, Shorty is not short...at least to a 10 year old.
Toes up! The one thing that is the biggest struggle for Kate! However, Ms. Kathleen said she had good form otherwise.
They even learned to emergency dismount!
Kate would do this every day if she could...did I already mention that?
Yup, she is in love!
Then the last hour was all about cooling off, cleaning up and letting Shorty get some rest.
Yup...in love!
Who wouldn't love a face like THAT?
Thank you Ms. Kathleen for a great week!
We will definitely be seeing you again real soon!
