After a five-year hiatus from horse riding, 83-year-old Judith Bean of Bowdoinham decided “it was time to get back on and relearn what my body once knew.” On Monday, she takes a lesson on Cajun Way, a 5-year-old Arabian, at Esprit Equestrian Center in Durham with her longtime friend and now coach, Carol Poulin-Taylor, who owns the center.

After a five-year hiatus from horse riding, 83-year-old Judith Bean of Bowdoinham decided “it was time to get back on and relearn what my body once knew.” She takes a lesson on Cajun Way, a 5-year-old Arabian, at Esprit Equestrian Center in Durham on Monday morning with her longtime friend and now coach, Carol Poulin-Taylor, who owns the center.

After a five-year hiatus from horse riding, 83-year-old Judith Bean of Bowdoinham decided “it was time to get back on and relearn what my body once knew.” On Monday, she takes a lesson on Cajun Way, a 5-year-old Arabian, at Esprit Equestrian Center in Durham with her longtime friend and now coach, Carol Poulin-Taylor, who owns the center.

After a five-year hiatus from horse riding, 83-year-old Judith Bean of Bowdoinham decided “it was time to get back on and relearn what my body once knew.” On Monday, she takes a lesson on Cajun Way, a 5-year-old Arabian, at Esprit Equestrian Center in Durham with her longtime friend and now coach, Carol Poulin-Taylor, who owns the center.

A foal and its mother graze and bond at Esprit Equestrian Center in Durham on Monday morning.