Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Horse Vaulting!

A few weeks ago (I know, I'm very slow to post these!) I got the chance to go photograph a horse vaulting practice for two sisters. I had barely heard of the sport, but watching the practice made me realize that this is a beautiful, but very difficult, sport! The last time I personally went horseback riding was on a trail at a campground - and I was sore just from balancing myself for that ride.

Basically, the girls train to do gymnastics on the back of a horse, and the horses can get pretty fast. Part of the training was doing skills on a trampoline while teammates bounced around! Talk about stable muscle control!!!

A few sneaks from the session:

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