Mckenna Kuhn is a Freshmen at Argyle high school. She is part of the external PE program. In the program the student is required to have a minimum of fifteen hours a week for category I, and for category II they need a minimum of five hours of some kind of external activity(s).

“ I wake up at 7, I get to school around 8:00” says Mckenna. “ I ride after school usually at 4:00”.

Mckenna competes in the Hunter ring which is judged on your position and EQ as well as the horse’s movement and style. Apposed to Jumpers were the goals is to get over X amount of fences the fastest without knocking a pole. Other than the jumer world horses have many diffirent uses.

“Lucy is my hunter horse, then chopin is a trail horse, and Daxton is a beginner. I lunge one of my horses because he’s two and not quite saddle broke yet. I ride lucy to get her ready for competitions”.

            Mckenna is apart of the North Texas Hunter Jumper Circuit or NTHJC is a show program that has shows all over Northern Texas. The ones that mckenna shows her horses in most often is Hidden Lakes located in Bartonville.

          “I ride my horses every week to keep them in shape” says Mckenna

           When you have competition horses it’s important to ride them consistently to keep the in shape for the shows and when you win the horses’ value will potentially go up.

          “I run because I wanna keep my body in shape”, says mckenna. “It helps your core and arms and your leg muscles, but I still go on runs to get like more exercise”.

        Riding is a full body workout, you use your core to balance yourself, legs to hold on and help guide, arms to steer and control.
        “My favorite part of my day is riding my horses because it’s kinda like therapy and it helps me think” says Mckenna.