I was 32 years old. It was in October 2000, after years of not being on a horse, I decided to take lessons. My friend Janie competes in Team penning. Team penning is a sport, which you have two partners. One goes inside a heard of numbered cattle and the other two stay on the side. The one that goes in tries to get 3 cattle that have a number that was called out, out of the crowd, the other two keep the other cows from coming through. Then you try and get the three cows with the correct number into a pen in the fastest time. Janie had agreed to give me lessons. I would fit them around my work schedule.
I would meet up with Janie at the Barn were I would be introduced to Poco, a chest nut gelding that stands 15 hands high. …
