Hi my name is Bobbie, I am 10. I love riding my POA. She is my best friend. We run at alot of barrel races and jr rodeos. She runs in the 2d all the time and 21 in poles. I love pole bending it makes me feel like I am dancing with her. Classie tied up in January and spent 9 days in the vet. She has PSSM. She cant have sugers and starchs. When she came home from the vet, it was sad because she looked like we had starved her. All her muscle tone was gone. The vet checked her kidneys the other day and said I still cant ride her that they are damaged. This is so hard for me to watch my best friend go through this I love her so much. She is on a special diet I have to feed her every day. I tell her all the time she is great and she will get better. I am trying to get with two other horses to compete on. Its not easy. I keep my head up though and keep doing my best. I get good grades in school. When I grow up I will be a vet. All I want to do is help horses like Classie get better. I help my little sister Jeslyn learn to ride she is six. when I see her smile when she does a good job I know that horses were put here as a gift to us. Classie has taught me so much. She has made me a better person. I've learned to be humble. She makes me work for what I get. She is not a push button horse but she loves her job. I know she and I will be a good team again one day she is very strong. She loves me as much as I love her. Some times I think she gets mad when I load up the other horses and head out. She runs the fence line to let me know she is mad she cant go. I think the bond you have with your horses is a life long bond. If you take care of them they will take good care of you.