We have that to look forward to. Our eldest great grand girl has only ridden her saddle horse, and a sheep in a kids rodeo last summer just after she turned five years old. She says "I was trying to say No Daddy, get me off, when the gate opened and I rode it and I got $28.00!"
Her most recent 'up and down day' was a week or two ago, when she proudly rode her horse all the 1/4 mile from her house to mine with her dad driving ahead of her in the pick-up to open the gate to get to our barn......then while getting off in the corral, she fell.....and got her 'school coat' all muddy! Lots of tears over the mud and she wanted to get right home to get cleaned up....till her dad mentioned there was a baby calf in the barn she could play with till he finished chores......and all was well!
It is nice that there are opportunities for kids to get some help and small arena experience with several 'little kid fun days' during summer in this area.
mrj