By Kelly Lancellotti MINDEN, Nev. - Bayview Farms Pony Club Riding Center has announced the certification of Bailey Brown, Briezy Caron, Madelynn Hodgkins, and Taylor Undercoffler from Unrated to D-1 at a testing held on March 7, 2021 in Minden. To earn the certification, Bailey (age 7), Madelynn (age 7), and Taylor (age 16) of South Lake Tahoe, and Briezy (age 10) of Carson City passed an examination that tested horsemanship skills and equine knowledge. All four joined Pony Club in 2020, and this was their first certification, riding one of the Bayview Farms horses, ranging in age from 22 to 27. Pony Club has given these old show horses another chance to give the gift of teaching kids the basics, thereby adding more purpose and happiness to their retirement. With some of them needing stools to stand on to reach the top of their mounts for brushing, these young riders can groom and tack up the horses independently, ride in control at the walk and trot, as well as tell you about the parts of the horse, bridle, and saddle, and proper cooling out of their mount after exercising.