A New Mexico Adventure: Kids and Horses--Boy and Appaloosa

Follow a 9-year-old boy and his Navajo-bred appaloosa mare through the pinon and juniper of Northern New Mexico. This mare was a rescue. It's amazing how an animal who'd been so mistreated now carries a little boy with such care.

"Equestrian art, perhaps more than any other, is closely related to the wisdom of life. Many of the same principles may be applied as a line of conduct to follow. The horse teaches us self-control, constancy, and the ability to understand what goes on in the mind and the feelings of another creature, qualities that are important throughout our lives. Moreover, from this relationship with his horse the rider will learn that only kindness and mutual understanding will bring about achievements of highest perfection."
-Colonel Alois Podhajsky
Former Director of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna

Credit: Kimberly West
Copyright: Kimberly West