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Emma Meserve, left, of Auburn and Lisa McCann help Pepper Rogers, 5, Tuesday get on Missy during day two of riding camp at Few Acres Farm in Auburn. Meserve, a freshman at Edward Little High School in Auburn, is helping McCann during the five-day camp McCann is holding at her farm. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo
Lisa McCann offers advice Tuesday to Lorelai Simard, 10, of Auburn during day two of riding camp at Few Acres Farm in Auburn. Missy is one of two horses McCann is using to teach children how to care for and ride during the camp on McCann’s farm. Sunshine is the other horse. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo
Lorelai Simard, 10, of Auburn helps get Missy ready Tuesday during day two of summer riding camp at Few Acres Farm in Auburn. Simard, a fifth-grader at Fairview Elementary in Auburn, is one of seven young girls participating in the five-day camp at the horse stable owned by Lisa McCann. McCann has three horses: Sunshine, Duke and Missy. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo
Ellie Robinson, 10, of North Yarmouth rides Sunshine as Ilana Jones, 14, leads the way Tuesday during the second day of horse riding camp at Few Acres Farm in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo
Hayden Smith, 7, of Auburn enjoys riding camp Tuesday at Few Acres Farm in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo
Emma Meserve, right, of Auburn helps Madyson Eskuri of Mechanic Falls get Missy ready to ride Tuesday during day two of riding camp at Few Acres Farm in Auburn. Merserve, 14, is a freshman at Edward Little High School in Auburn. Eskuri, 13, is an eighth-grader at Bruce Whittier Middle School in Poland. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo
Lorelai Simard, 10, of Auburn participates Tuesday during day two of horse riding camp at Few Acres Farm in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo
Pepper Rogers, 5, rides Missy up close to Lisa McCann, right, Tuesday during day two of riding camp at Few Acres Farm in Auburn. Rogers, a kindergarten student at Acadia Academy in Lewiston, was playing a game of “Red Light/Green Light” while learning to instruct Missy to go and to stop. McCann teaches riding lessons to children and offers five-day camps this summer. McCann has three horses at her stable: Sunshine, Duke and Missy. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo
Pepper Rogers, 5, puts her helmet on during horse riding camp Tuesday at Few Acres Farm in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo
Ilana Jones, 14, keeps an eye on Hayden Smith on Tuesday as Smith rides Missy during riding camp at Few Acres Farm in Auburn. Jones, a sophomore at Maranacook High School in Readfield, helps farm owner Lisa McCann during horse riding camps. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo
Madyson Eskuri, 13, of Mechanic Falls helps get Missy ready to ride Tuesday during horse riding camp at Few Acres Farm in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo
Gabby Sturgis, 6, of Auburn would like to be the next person to ride Tuesday during horse riding camp at Few Acres Farm in Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo
Ellie Robinson, 10, of North Yarmouth gives Sunshine attention during day two of summer riding camp at Few Acres Farm in Auburn. Robinson is a sixth-grader at Greely Middle School in Cumberland Center. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo
Ilana Jones, second from left, and Emma Meserve, far right, lead Gabby Sturgis, far left, and Pepper Rogers on Tuesday during day two of summer riding camp at Few Acres Farm in Auburn. Jones, 14, and Meserve, 14, are assisting stable owner Lisa McCann during the five-day camp. Jones said she remembers attending a riding camp when she was younger. “I cried on the last day because I had to leave,” she said. “My dad signed me up for lessons after that and I have been riding ever since.” Sturgis, 6, is a first-grader at Walton Elementary in Auburn. Rogers, 5, is a kindergarten student at Acadia Academy in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo
Lisa McCann gives Gabby Sturgis, 6, advice Tuesday before Sturgis rode Sunshine during day two of riding camp at Few Acres Farm in Auburn. Rogers, a kindergarten student at Acadia Academy in Lewiston, is one of the students who are being taught by McCann to care for and ride horses during a five-day camp. McCann has three horses at her stable: Sunshine, Duke and Missy. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Buy this Photo

Daryn Slover always pulls for the underdog - what would you expect from someone that was raised in Cleveland and lives in Lewiston. He drinks cheap coffee and cheap beer so that he can afford to put his...

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