Keeanna Selby lunges her green broke five year old Quarab mare, Penny, at Windfall Farms in Lebanon, Oregon. Selby purchased Penny recently, just this last October. Selby has been a horse owner her whole life, Penny being her sixth horse. "The previous owners didn't put a lot of work into her, so she hadn’t really been desensitized to anything. She spooks easily, and I'm still trying to get her comfortable in a saddle. She's young and has a lot of potential though, she's very gentle and an incredibly fast learner," Selby says as she continues lunging her.
Selby successfully runs with Penny over a small jump for the first time. "She must be showing off for the camera, she usually just stops and goes around it!" she exclaims while laughing.
After Penny is comfortable with a saddle pad on her back, Selby introduces a western saddle. Selby places the saddle on and off of Penny while calmly speaking to her until she's relaxed. This is done to build Penny's confidence until she's ready to have a rider.
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