SO PUT A COLD WEATHER ON TOP
OF ASTHMA AND SOMEONE CAN GET
VERY SICK.
IT IS AN ACTIVITY THAT IS
SOARING IN POPULARITY IN
MINNESOTA.
THE NUMBER OF HORSES AND PONIES
IN OUR STATE IS UP NEARLY 75%.
WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO
RIDE OR STABLE A HORSE?
KATE SADDLED UP TO TAKE US
WHERE HORSES ARE APPARENTLY
PEOPLE, TOO.
SO RELAX THE ELBOWS.
IN THIS HE CAN EQUESTRIAN
RICH ENVIRONMENT SEEING SOMEONE
ON HORSE BACK IS A PRETTY
COMMON SIGHT.
BUT NOT SO COMMON IF YOU SEE
HOW OWL'S NEST OWNER TEACHES
ONE OF HER STUDENTS TO BECOME
ONE WITH A HORSE.
GET HIM STRAIGHT.
IN FACT TO SEE MICHELLE
KNOWS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HORSES
IS AKIN TO SAYING THE OCEAN HAS
A LITTLE BIT OF WATER IN IT.
MY MOM GOT ME ON A HORSE
BEFORE I COULD WALK.
GROWING UP IN VIRGINIA SHE
KNEW HORSES WERE GOING TO BE
HER PASSION.
AS YOU CAN TELL.
IT WASN'T UNTIL MICHELLE
ENTERED HER TEENS THAT SHE
DISCOVERED SHE UNDERSTOOD
HORSES A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN
MOST.
WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER I
STARTED TRAINING THE DIFFICULT
HORSES.
ONE SUMMER SHE TOOK THE
TALENTS TO MINNESOTA AND IT WAS
ON A BLIND DATE WHERE SHE MET
OTHER HUSBAND CHRIS.
SHE CALLED AND SAID DO YOU
MIND IF WE CHANGE YOUR DATE.
I WOULD LIKE TO GO ON A RIDE.
JUST HAD TO STAY ON AT THE
WALK.
APPARENTLY CHRIS PASSED.
THANKS TO A LOVELY HORSE
NAME LIGHT HOUSE.
HE KEPT ME ON.
AND THE RIDE CONTINUES, THE
COUPLE BOUGHT THE FARM, SO TO
SPEAK.
SHE MADE ME PROMISE TO BUILD
HER SOMEWHERE SHE COULD RIDE IN
THE WINTER.
AND CHRIS MADE GOOD ON THAT
PROMISE BY CONSTRUCTING THIS
BARN.
WE DESIGNED THE BARN FOR THE
PEOPLE AND HORSES.
THEY ALL HAVE WINDOWS.
BUT LET'S NOT FORGOT THE
BEAUTY.
WE HAVE LOTS OF OPTIONS TO
RIDE.
THE INDOOR ARENA, THE OUTDOOR
ARENA, A CROSS COUNTRY FIELD.
THEIR CLIENTS HAVE A WIDE
RANGE OF SKILL LEVELS.
SHE HAD NEVER BEEN ON A HORSE.
IT WAS JUST A GREAT OUTLET
AND A GREAT PASSION AND HE'S
JUST A GOOD HORSE.
AND SHE'S A GREAT WOMAN.
SHE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO LET ME
TAKE HER HORSE FOR A TRIP
AROUND THE ARENA.
BUT FIRST.
THAT'S A BIG JUMP.
ARE YOU BREATHING?
MICHELLE SHOWS ME THE PROPER
FORM.
EYES UP.
BUT ALSO TEACHES ME THE
IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING A CALM
MENTAL STATE.
JUST RELAX THE HIP.
IT'S RIGHT ABOUT AT THIS
MOMENT THAT I GET IT.
GOOD BOY.
IT TAKES A BAD DAY AND MAKES IT
MUCH BETTER AND IT TAKES A GOOD
BETTER AND MAKES IT GREAT.
IT'S JUST A BOND YOU CAN'T
GET ANYWHERE ELSE.
SO IT'S NO ONE THAT MAKES
THIS THING THE BEST.
I LOVE THE PEOPLE.
YOU CAN'T GET ANY BETTER
GROUP THAN WE HAVE HERE.
I MEAN, A -- AT OWL'S NEST
BARNS AND WE HAVE THE BEST
STABLE IN MINNESOTA.
THE BEST FARMS OFFER PRIVATE
LESSONS THAT LAST ABOUT AN
HOUR.
MOST OF THEIR BUSINESS COMES AS
A TRAINING FACILITY FOR SHOW
HORSES.
THEY ALSO ALLOW PEOPLE TO LISA
HORSE WHO STAYS ON THE FARM.
SO WE HAVE ALL THEIR SERVICES
THAT THEY OFFER.
THAT WAS A FUN ENDING THAT WE
ALL CAUGHT THERE.
MR. ED.
BRILLIANT HORSE.
THAT'S GORGEOUS, A LOT OF
SPACE.
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND
HOPEFULLY YOU COULD TELL THIS
PLACE WAS GIANT AND THE HORSES
ARE -- IT WAS SO WELL KEPT AND
YOU COULD TELL HOW HAPPY THEY
WERE AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.
IT WAS AWESOME.
I WAS A LITTLE SCARED AT FIRST
BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND
HORSES THAT MUCH AND BY THE
TIME WE LEFT I WAS SO SAD TO
LEAVE.
THEY DO A GREAT JOB THERE.
CONGRATULATIONS.