Girl feels free while riding her horse

For Abby Smith riding is just a way of life. She has been around horses for as long as she can remember.

However, this year was different. She needed to learn a new side of horse riding -- the competitive side.

Ten-year-old Smith of Green River wasn’t the only one in her family who needed training, her black-and-white quarter horse she calls “Taffy” also needed training.

For the past year, Smith has been riding with her trainer in the hopes of becoming good enough to compete. While Smith was learning what to do on another horse, Taffy was sent to a training facility in Utah so the 8-year-old m...