Equi*star fun

Angelina and I volunteer at a horse ranch for people with disabilities (and no, Nina and I don't ride there... real funny) ; Dustin and Emily ride on Thursdays. Nina and I help groom the horses, tack them up, all that fun stuff that leads up to riding, only we don't ride, the riders do... but we have fun working with the horses, and yes, with the riders usually. Some of the horses there are real stinkers too, so it is work! Last week, we actually had one horse, Muffin, butt up to another horse, Gypsy, and was about to kick with both hind feet, riders mounted and ready to ride, when I sent up a Nehemiah prayer and they backed down! It was interesting! After the horses calmed down, we started to do some "barrel-racing" at a walk, and then at a trot. Muffin decided to win the race by cantering! She was quite the stinker that mnight!! Well, we decided, actually, I decided, to put a few pictures Nina took of us last Thursday.

Gypsy, one of the oldest horses in the barn...

Dakota, the famous head butter!

Haley on Muffin, getting ready for the trail ride...

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Mary spraying some bug-repelant on Emily...

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Haley heading into the woods...

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Lining up for the barrel races...

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Emily cuttin' the barrel... She won the first round in 45 seconds!

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The instructor Jeff, telling Dustin his time in the race - 1 minute 16 seconds!

Haley won the second round in an incredable 35 seconds! (Muffin cheated by cantering instead of trotting... but she won no the less!)
I had a fun night, that was the first time for these riders to have a go at barrel-racing. They all loved it and had a great time!