Look what Sophie did today! No ropes!

She’s riding free for the first time and TROTTING. That’s a long way from her first day, when just sitting on the horse was a big deal.

Here she is coming around the rail again, all confidence and that little smile that [...]

That’s Sophie the Brave on the huge horse! Can you believe it?

When she saw how big Carmen (that’s the horse) was, she said, in this tiny voice, “Mommy, I was thinking maybe a smaller horse would be better.” But Anne, the instructor, said Carmen was the most gentle of all [...]