By Anna Crumbie
For her 2 year old filly "Take Me Away"

*A pretty paint comes trotting by,*
* Her ears perked up, her head held high*
*Then the trainer gives her a cue*
*What next will she choose to do?*
*The trainer said stop and that’s what she did*
*The trainer says come, you did as was bid*
*Now hold the reins right, don’t let her go*
*One boot in the stirrup, nice and slow *
*Don’t sit down yet, we don’t want a scare*
*Let her get used to you being up there*
*Foot back on the ground, she did fine*
*Without a jump, without a whine*
*This time sit down, she’s that far along*
*So far she hasn’t done anything wrong*
*Seat’s in the saddle, she’s still and that’s best*
*Don’t move around, let’s give her some rest*
*Give her some pats, you’re on her at last!*
*Without any sprains, and without a cast*
*A few minutes pass of shifting around*
*Getting her used to you up off the ground*
*Move along now, let’s tell her to go*
*Let’s start her off with something she’ll know*
*She understands kiss, we saw that before*
*Now that she’s going don’t ask her for more*
*Now time to stop, more weight, not more hands*
*Give her more cues that she understands*
*Now turn her around the other way*
*Walk her around, we’re done for the day*
*Get off of her back and give her a pat*
*Let her know she did good at that!*
*You’ve a sense of pride, as you walk away*
*Knowing you’ve done enough for one day*