This teenage wasn’t allowed to have a horse. No problem – she’s turned her cow into one!
Most 15-year-old girls have asked their parents for a pony at some stage – and many of them have been disappointed when told they couldn’t have one.
When Regina Mayer’s parents gave her that message, she refused to give up on her dream of horse-riding and show-jumping. Instead, the girl from southern Germany wandered out to her family’s dairy paddock, saddled up one of the cows, Luna, and decided to teach her to jump instead.
“She thinks she’s a horse,” says Regina proudly.
Regina and two-year-old Luna started off taking walks together, and then Luna adjusted to the riding saddle and stirrups. After six months she was happy to let Regina sit in her saddle for the first time.
The pair go on long rides through the countryside together, hurdling over makeshift jumps.
Luna understands commands such as “go”, “stand” and “gallop”, and has even been taking lessons from cow trainer Anne Wiltafsky, who explains, “Younger cows can jump really well.”
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