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Horse Sense
Katherine Kelly Lang is Brooke Logan by day, cowgirl by night!
Following a tough day on the job and the daily grind of raising four kids, most working moms choose to call it quits when the sun goes down. THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL�s Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke), on the other hand, hits the open trail. In the process of training and conditioning for a series of upcoming long-distance horse races, the actress has been saddling up her trusty steed, Ronin, several evenings each week to ride up to three-and-a-half hours at a time.
In The Heat Of The Night
Far away from the city lights, under the glow of a gleaming moon, Lang leads
her horse up bramble-laced hills and through ravines along twisted, dusty
trails. She claims the dark of night is the best time to ride to escape L.A.�s scorching summer sun. "It�s really not that bad," she says of her late-night adventures. "With a full moon, I can see where I�m going because it�s fairly bright out."
Before Giddying Up
During a recent chat with Soaps In Depth just days before her first race of the fall, Lang was preoccupied with her horse�s health, waiting for her vet to give the "all-clear" sign. "The other horses at the ranch have been sick with an upper respiratory infection and it�s contagious," she explains. "So I�m concerned about that spreading and if my horse might have caught anything." Having participated in these grueling long-distance races since her youth, Lang is a seasoned pro and is on friendly terms with many of the other competitors in the field. Still, since most of the journey is just her and her horse, alone
in the wilderness, the actress must equip herself for any contingency that may arise.
Ready For Anything
Armed with Gatorade, water, power bars, lip balm and lots of Advil, Lang also has her mount�s needs to consider. "For the horse, I bring a thermometer and electrolytes, along with an Easyboot [the equine equivalent of a spare tire] in case he loses a shoe on the trail," she adds. "I keep everything attached to my saddle." Once the race begins, it can take up to eight hours to finish the 50-mile course. "Sometimes you have to get off and walk the horse or take a break," she says. "You have to follow the ribbons along the trail, and there�s chalk on the ground to help you stay on course."
The Long And Winding Road
While Lang is confident she can do her part by keeping her horse on track, she just hopes Ronin (a name that means "Warrior") can go the distance. "He�s not as in shape as I would like because I was away in Spain for two weeks," she says. "I�ve been trying to ride him a lot in the past week and a half to get some miles on him. We�re not going to race to win � we�re going to race to get through it!"
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