Published in The Beacon News
March 12, 2009
Students at Huntoon Stables Take the Reins and Learn More than Just Riding
Hoofbeats thump the ground as a horse marches past the viewing room window at Huntoon Stables in North Aurora.
In this warm room, photos of riders on high-stepping horses cover the walls.
A young girl sits at the table doing math homework. There is a signup sheet for horse shows and an announcement for a horse camp taped to the window that looks out into the indoor arena.
Melinda Huntoon calls out commands to her riders as they walk, trot, and canter past: "Bump his head up a little. That's it."
Melinda is on her feet for 100 lessons every week, teaching her 60 students how to ride American Saddlebred horses, known as "the peacocks of the show ring." She's been doing this since 1958.
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