The sun twinkled off the hooks holding the railings around the ring as Sara McKenzie patiently guided her student and friend Marian Carblo Sanders in her horseback riding lessons. Though Marian, now nearing her fifty-first birthday, had been born in the country, she had never taken the time, or had the opportunity, to learn to ride. So, knowing a birthday was coming closer with each passing day, she had started her version of a bucket list, things she wanted to accomplish in life. At the top listed in bold letters was learn to ride and jump. “Give him his head. You’re a little tight on the reins,” Sara, who had immediately volunteered to give the lessons, instructed her rider. “That’s it. He knows the way around the ring, but you still have to guide him where you want him to go. You are the one in charge.”